The Grammys: A View From the Cheap Seats
Ever wonder just how the whole process works? If not inherently flawed, it at least always seems to produce some interesting results.
Michael Bertin

Outing Teletubbies
We've got three stories this week about the Rev. Jerry Falwell's latest homophobic spotting. Maybe he's the one who needs to come out of the closet.

The Grammys: A View From the Cheap Seats
Ever wonder just how the whole process works? If not inherently flawed, it at least always seems to produce some interesting results.
Michael Bertin

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Volume II, Issue 35 February 23 - March 1, 1999

News & Opinion

Denis Haliday left the UN effort in Iraq for a simple reason. Sanctions are killing the citizens, not the goverment and military. Plus, Jerry Falwell continues his misguided crusade across America, this time targeting children's favorite "Teletubbies" TV show. Also up this week: fetishism, sexual addiction, an overview of the 2000 Presidential elections, a proposal for a new political party, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Russell Banks' novel "Affliction" is now playing on the big screen, thanks to director Paul Shrader and actors James Coburn and Nick Nolte. Chat with the director and read reviews of the movie from Nashville Scene and Austin Chronicle. Plus much more. This week in Film & TV Affliction (1) Affliction (2) Blast from the Past Jawbreaker Little Voices My Favorite Martian October Sky (1) October Sky (2) Office Space (1) Office Space (2) Still Crazy PLUS Mike Judge interview Hugh Wilson interview Paul Shrader interview Michael Moore Romantic comedies Video Reviews TV guides and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

	Music
	It's just another popularity contest, when you get down to it. The Grammys can be great acknowledgment for musical artists, but does it really gives us the best and brightest? Plus much more. This week in Music Built To Spill Cassius James DeMars The Eroica Trio Nnenna Freelon Honest Engine Paul Horn & Roger Kellaway PLUS Fresh jazz Grammy awards and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	NEA Dog Gone It Taco Belch Cooking!!! and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

	Books
	Author James Ellroy's fascination with and brilliance at writing crime fiction stems from his own horrendous past. Austin Chronicle's Jesse Sublett explores Ellroy's talents. Plus, reviews of works from Elmore Leonard, Pat Cunningham Devoto, Alex Garland, Robert Torrance, and more. Books contents page

	Comics
	Come down from your Staggering Heights and get to the Red Meat of the matter with this swell set of cartoons that also includes Mueller, Eye of the Beholder, K. Rat and Random Shots. Comics contents page Visit the official Red Meat site

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