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Volume IV, Issue 2 July 3 - July 10, 2000

News & Opinion

It may be time the American public became better informed about the depleted uranium debate. A collection of public interest groups are mounting Shadow Conventions during this year's Republican and Democratic get-togethers. Advertising the robustness of your company's technology by building a website about the senselessness of the economic system that funds you. Plus, taking time for fatherhood, the joys of snot, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

The man-vs.-nature tale of "The Perfect Storm" blew into movieplexes across the country this past weekend. "The Patriot" seems a sure-fire bet for setting off some box-office fireworks. The late Nancy Marchand had a long career before becoming Mama Soprano. Also, Moose and Squirrel on big screen, the rave scene on film, and more. This week in Film & TV Groove(1) Groove(2) Kikujiro My, Myself & Irene The Patriot The Perfect Storm(1) The Perfect Storm(2) The Perfect Storm(3) Rocky and Bullwinkle PLUS TV Eye and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Cathal McConnell's "Long Expectant This Way Comes" is an immensely moving album of Celtic-based music. Lovebirds and polar bears ride the freight train whenever the Orange Mothers sing. Dave Fridmann has earned a reputation for producing lush, orchestrated pop records. Plus, emotion-splattered acoustic punk, a 12-year-old gets his hands on a million-dollar violin, and more. This week in Music Dave Fridmann Grand Champeen Cathal McConnell Orange Mothers Shannon Wright and more... Music contents page

Books

"Anil's Ghost" is Michael Ondaatje's fourth novel, and it concerns family relations, identity, spirituality, the nature of truth, the nature of remembrance, and the redemptive power of art. A quartet of books about nature -- including man -- run the gamut from breezy mysticism to dense descriptions of the sensory worlds of other creatures. Casting a consideration of mortal experience through the medium of humankind's perambulations, in Rebecca Solnit's "Wanderlust." Plus, a not-so Honest Abe. 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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