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Volume III, Issue 31 January 24 - January 31, 2000

News & Opinion

Creating a new board game is much more work than you might imagine. Just ask the four folks from Nashville who have come up with Inc., a game about running a business. Rats are not high on the cuddly-animal list, especially considering their history as disease carriers and their appetites for agricultural products. So we've got advice on handling a rat problem. Ask high school students what they think about the new millennium, and you're liable to get more complex answers than you would expect. Also, AIDS remains a big problem in Memphis, more than you wanted to know about penis enlargement, a lament on the apathetic times, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Publicists are circling over lists of attendees. Journalists and industryites are circling over lists of films that almost no one has been allowed to see in advance. It's time for the Sundance Film Festival! Richard Dindo's documentaries encircle a subject and express the complexity of truth in a variety of representational forms. Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy" made several Top Ten lists for 1999. Also, reviews of the film version of Frank McCourt's memoir, "Angela's Ashes," Tim Robbins' new agitprop "The Cradle Will Rock," the fight flick "Play It to the Bone," and more. This week in Film & TV Angela's Ashes(1) Angela's Ashes(2) The Cradle Will Rock(1) The Cradle Will Rock(2) The End of the Affair Following Genghis Blues My Dog Skip Next Friday Play It to the Bone(1) Play It to the Bone(2) Supernova(1) Supernova(2) Titus Topsy-Turvy(1) Topsy-Turvy(2) PLUS Sundance Film Festival Documentarian R. Dindo PBS 'Culture Shock' TV Eye and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin" is a neo-psychedelic masterpiece, and guitarist Wayne Coyne discusses the album and other musical issues. There may be other bandleaders as prolific as Dave Douglas, but few are as focused. Phil Lee is starting to reap acclaim from fans of country-flavored rock with a lot of backbeat and cranked-up, chunky guitar riffs. Plus, a visit with three of rap's reigning kings, former Stray Cats bass player Lee Rocker, drummer Gerry Hemingway, and more. This week in Music Dave Douglas The Flaming Lips Gerry Hemingway Phil Lee Goodie Mob Lee Rocker PLUS Rap Royalty and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	The Ugly Mug Israeli Food Biblical Feast Jewish Cooking in America and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

Though he strains at poetry when straightforward prose would suffice, Robert Kaplan communicates enthusiasm for zero, the symbol and concept all too often taken for granted. "Interstate Dreams" is a comic thriller that rides the highway between Austin and Houston while skirting the bounds of the natural and the mystical. Exploitation movies have been ignored by most film historians, but Eric Schaefer has concocted what may become the definitive study of this industry. Plus, American poetry, the Dark Knight, and more. Books contents page

	Comics
	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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