The Thin Red Line
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Volume II, Issue 31 January 25 - February 1, 1999

	News & Opinion
	As Salt Lake City slouches into the Olympic loser's circle, "Power Play" examines the lack of public accountability that enabled the bribery scandal to dash for the finish line. "Hot Air" says good riddance already to Michael Jordan, plus new takes on John Dillinger and Cold War villain Alger Hiss. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Hey kids, it's time again for The Sundance Film Festival--and a stargazer's guide to who will be hanging with Redford. Is "The Thin Red Line" a masterpiece or an uneven effort by an overhyped director? Four opinions await inside. Sean Connery discusses taking a break in the action to enjoy romance. Plus, "Dilbert" draws laughs for UPN, and a fed-up viewer proposes a TV graveyard for 15 cable channels This week in Film & TV At First Sight Hilary & Jackie The Hi-Lo Country (1) The Hi-Lo Country (2) In Dreams Playing By Heart SlamNation Still Crazy Thin Red Line (1) Thin Red Line (2) Thin Red Line (3) Thin Red Line (4) Varsity Blues Virus PLUS Sundance Film Festival (1) Sundance Film Festival (2) Dilbert Best videos of the '90s Cable channels to kill Film's half-wit heroes New video releases Recalling a soft-porn shoot Screen queens on TV and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Will the Grammy Awards once again favor style--and sales--over substance? "Grammy's Home" offers some telling clues. And it turns out that Scandinavian cock rockers might be more in tune with the American political zeitgeist than many home-grown acts. Plus, Vic Chesnutt's fictional woes, and rock survivors Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) and Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction). This week in Music Vic Chesnutt Dr. Israel Beaver Nelson Stephen Perkins Kronos Quartet Sylvain Sylvain Drake Tungsten PLUS Fat Possum releases Grammy nominations Scandinavian cock rockers and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Battling for Laughs Feminist Speaks Out Perfect Philly Cheese Steak Tastes Like Chicken and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

	Books
	"Roots of the Rich" examines a new book about snobbery in America's black upper class, while "Satan Says" looks at the tale of a white bluesman looking to fit in with his African-American brethren. Plus, genre writers attempt new tricks in "Readings From the Fringe" and a Coen brother tries his hand at short stories in "Coen Canon." 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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