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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
rom the Stephen Glass affair to 63 weekly hours of weak TV newsmagazines,
Memphis Flyer's Jim Hanas recounts a year's worth of disappointing
media stories in "1998 News In Review." The only bright
spot for reporters? "At least this year they didn't kill
a princess," Hanas notes.
In our holiday hangover feature, "St. Nicked," Newcity
Chicago's Carl Kozlowski dons a Santa suit and proceeds to
go on a holly-jolly spree of smoking, dancing and picking up chicks.
Meanwhile, Nashville Scene's James Hanback Jr. details
how well online shopping sites held up during the season in "Getting
Crowded."
Our columnists serve up plenty of year-end reminiscences in this
issue, and difficult family issues come up repeatedly. In "Present
Danger," Nashville Scene's John Bridges recalls the
year his father forced a BB gun on him when all he really wanted
was a book on the history of opera. Mubarak S. Dahir recalls the
"Last Goodbye" a gay son offered to his supportive mother
in Memphis Flyer. And in "Family Matters," Nashville
Scene's Walter Jowers discovers the positive attributes of
his alcoholic, criminal dad.
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1998 News In Review [2]
Six things that shaped the media in 1998.
— Jim Hanas, MEMPHIS FLYER
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Mr. Smarty Pants [11]
Our resident know-it-all unearths the latest trivia.
— R.U. Steinberg, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Now What? [12]
Can't get enough news? You're in luck -- more news is created every day. Our Now What? page offers a plethora of recommended links to help keep you living in the present.
— WEEKLY WIRE
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Volume II, Issue 27
December 28 - January 4, 1999
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St. Nicked [3]
A man in a Santa Suit spreads the wrong kind of cheer.
— Carl Kozlowski, NEWCITY CHICAGO
Getting Crowded [4]
Shopping online put an end to seasonal anxiety, right? Think again, sez James Hanback.
— James Hanback Jr., NASHVILLE SCENE
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Present Danger [5]
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep--but John Bridges is stuck there with a lousy BB gun.
— John Bridges, NASHVILLE SCENE
Family matters [6]
Good isn't just a matter of yes or no, as Walter Jowers remembers.
— Walter Jowers, NASHVILLE SCENE
The Last Goodbye [7]
A son remembers a mother's gifts.
— Mubarak S. Dahir, MEMPHIS FLYER
Pilgrim's Progress [8]
Away in a camper, no shocks for their bed, the little, poor Canadians lay down their sweet heads...
— Jeff Smith, TUCSON WEEKLY
Letters At 3 AM [9]
Warning: Bible lesson.
— Michael Ventura, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Xmas-Shmeckmas [10]
Some random thoughts on the holiday season...
— Tom Danehy, TUCSON WEEKLY
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