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Volume IV, Issue 11 September 11 - September 25, 2000

News & Opinion

Journalist Ken Silverstein takes a bizarrely compelling journey to discover where the Cold Warriors have gone. George W. Bush's killing of a tailpipe-emission testing program in Texas cost $160 million in damages and legal fees. Bush campaign insiders don't appear concerned recent national polls, they're concentrating on states where the election will be won. Also, click beetle frenzy in Texas, warming up to Al Gore, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

"The Way of the Gun" is about criminals, their actions, and their logical consequences, and we've got an interview with the writer and director as well as a review. Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty" is a cracked tale of a wronged Kansas wife. The oddly popular "The Tao of Steve" is reviewed by the Tucson Weekly and Austin Chronicle. Also, we have a documentary on fraternity pledging rituals, a French film about human nature at its worst, and more. This week in Film & TV Catfish in Bean Sauce Equinox Knocks The Eyes of Tammy Faye Frat House Highlander: Endgame L'Humanite Nurse Betty(1) Nurse Betty(2) Nurse Betty(3) The Tao of Steve(1) The Tao of Steve(2) The Way of the Gun(1) The Way of the Gun(2) Whipped PLUS TV Eye Sundance Channel and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Rapper KRS-One says his philosophy is to "establish health, love, awareness, and wealth in the lives of all that claim Hiphop as their lifestyle." Ever since "The Buena Vista Social Club" album was released in 1997, the project has been tainted by glossy, congratulatory paternalism. Modern rock radio formats offer innocuous, inoffensive, unaffecting music. Also, reclaiming the hard rock legacy, Jethro Tull's not living in the past, and more. This week in Music Ryan Adams Buena Vista Social Club Caitlin Cary Fairport Convention Gluecifer Hellacopter Jethro Tull KRS-One Nashville Pussy Dan Penn Matthew Ryan Mongo Santamaria PLUS Why Rock Sucks and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Life's Enriched Pageant Silver Prints Spin Control and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan series, featuring a title character with a for calamitous misadventure, is a triumph of the sublime. Daniel Clowes has been called "the country's premier underground cartoonist." Regarded as the world's foremost book jacket designer, Chip Kidd's work has helped spawn a revolution. Also, another dysfunctional family from Kate Atkinson, a new anthology of Southern 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 K. Rat and Random Shots. Comics contents page Visit the official Red Meat site

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