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Volume III, Issue 4 July 19 - July 26, 1999

News & Opinion

Not surprisingly, the nearly-democratic and peaceful Slovenia has been trying to distance itself from its troubled former Yugoslavian countrymen. The news Americans get on their doorsteps each morning tends to be bland and standardized. Campaign themes are carefully crafted, and "compassionate conservatism" is likely no exception. Also, a bad SWAT raid, a mining town without a mine, copying ideas, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Midway through 1999, and Hollywood has delivered only one genuinely fine release. It's a bad year for film. The story of the creation of "The Blair Witch Project" is as interesting as the movie, which is an "immersion into terror" and "truly horrifying." Stanley Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut," says a lot about how we love today, a meditation on skewed relationships. Plus premium cable, "That '70s Show," reviews of "Lake Placid," and more. This week in Film & TV American Pie Arlington Road Blair Witch Project(1) Blair Witch Project(2) Blair Witch Project(3) Eyes Wide Shut(1) Eyes Wide Shut(2) Lake Placid(1) Lake Placid(2) Loss of Sexual Innocence Lovers of Arctic Circle Muppets From Space Pariah PLUS Bad Year for Film Premium Cable Sneaking into 'Pie' That '70s Show and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

The Southwestern desert has become a second home for the Australian didgeridoo, that hypnotic aboriginal humming instrument. The rumors of the death of Asylum Records were greatly exaggerated. Nearly 30 years after he started recording, Kinky Friedman has his name on a No. 1 country album. Also, Springsteen is back on the road, online services recommend music, girl band profiles and more. This week in Music Anton Bruckner Kinky Friedman Gentle Waves Handful Mickey Hart Kitty Gordon Looper Luscious Jackson Powerman 5000 Red Hot Chili Peppers Shindig Bruce Springsteen PLUS Album Advisor Asylum Records Didgeridoos and Don'ts and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Great Impressions Viva la Difference Soccer Sisters Rules of the Game Dear Billy and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

	Books
	Marcel Duchamp wanted X-ray Specs to see the reality behind reality and plumb the depths of artistic expression. Three authors brave the racial minefield of jazz and blues. Pat Barker delivers a meditation on the corrosive fallout of war. Lana Witt gives us fresh metaphors in her second novel. Plus, a history of board games, a volume of poetry, 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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