Taxes and More Taxes!
Your pay stub only tells part of the tax story. The fact is, government takes your money in dozens of other ways through myriad hidden taxes and fees.
Dennis Domrzalski

SXSW Interactive
Complete coverage of the upcoming festival including interviews with Digital Anvil founder Chris Roberts, composer Philip Glass, filmmaker Doug Block and more.

Taxes and More Taxes!
Your pay stub only tells part of the tax story. The fact is, government takes your money in dozens of other ways through myriad hidden taxes and fees.
Dennis Domrzalski

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Zombification
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One Man's Gamble
Jake Gamble appeared to be living the normal, ordinary life of a country lawyer. So how did he manage to pull off the largest non-drug money laundering scheme in U.S. history?
Willy Stern

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Volume II, Issue 37 March 8 - March 15, 1999

	News & Opinion
	Don't bother to look at your paycheck until sometime in May. That's when you'll be done paying this year's taxes, according to one group looking at taxes in our bureaucratic United States. Do we really take rape seriously in this country? Is information knowledge? Plus more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Austin's annual SXSW festival is getting ready to hit full stride. Philip Glass' "Monsters of Grace" showcases his minimalist brilliance. "Home Page," the brainchild of Doug Block, explores how the Internet and World Wide Web are being leveraged by many to enhance their personal and social lives. The book "Burn Rate" takes a look at the Internet's ebb and flow from a guy who's on the inside. The 10 year old smash hit computer game Wing Commander is making the move to the big screen as the result of the grand vision of its creator, Chris Roberts. This week in Film & TV Affliction Cruel Intentions 8 MM (1) 8 MM (2) The Last Days My Name is Joe 200 Cigarettes (1) 200 Cigarettes (2) PLUS Zoom Kurt Cobain documentary Fred Williamson videos TV news SXSW festival SXSW-Philip Glass SXSW-Home Page SXSW-Burn Rate SXSW-Wing Commander and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

The hub-bub over the MP3 standard for audio delivery via the Internet is typical of the industry's attempt to control delivery of music to listeners. Last week we looked at the trials and tribulations of learning to play blues piano. This week, the spotlight is on one girl's mission to enter the male dominated rock guitar arena. Plus more. This week in Music SXSW-Courtney Audain SXSW-Meg Hentges SXSW-The Kiss Offs SXSW-Monroe Mustang SXSW-Ephraim Owens Jello Biafra Harvey Brooks Beppe Gambetta Mark Harriman Allison Moorer Jim O'Rourke Sleater-Kinney PLUS Impersonating Rod Stewart 7" singles MP3 Girls playing lead and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Are Cocktails Dead? Is Cockfighting Dead? Pygmalion and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

	Books
	Comic book art and advice on pregnancy lead off this week. Fiction takes the form of books from Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Chabon, while non-fiction covers technology and the wonders of porcelain. Plus more in Mini-Reviews. 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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