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Volume IV, Issue 3 July 10 - July 17, 2000

News & Opinion

It's been five years since the suicide of Lisa Davis, an Austin photographer, activist, and music scenester. Route 66 is a highway of dreams and artery of despair, with a million personal vignettes dotting the path. If dying is easy and comedy's hard, where does that leave fencing? Plus, baiting druggies with cookies, a slave registry online, the high cost of cats, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Director Alison Maclean joins writer Denis Johnson in translating Johnson's collection of bottom-scraping, darkly comical short stories, "Jesus' Son," into a movie. Paul Schrader is less the angry man that his reputation would suggest than a serious craftsman not allowed to practice his craft. Our opposing reviews of "The Patriot" may help you decide whether to see it. Also, a zany Japanese caper movie, Latino presence on the small screen, and more. This week in Film & TV Adrenaline Drive Disney's The Kid Jesus' Son(1) Jesus' Son(2) Luminous Motion The Patriot(1) The Patriot(2) Scary Movie Sunshine PLUS TV Eye Paul Schrader and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

	Music
	The death of Sims Ellison gave rise to the SIMS Foundation. Pat Haney is a blue-collar guy from rural Kentucky whose experiences work into the stories he tells. "Wasp Star" is a true return to form for XTC. Plus, new music from Eminem, two reggae nuggets, and more. This week in Music Sims Ellison Eminem Pat Haney XTC and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Damn, It's Good The Ugly Truth Taking Stages and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

Anyone who hasn't done battle with their demons and come out the other side can enter Denis Johnson's world and get a lesson. Much of "Alice in Wonderland" is composed of details of Victorian manners that modern audiences are not likely to understand. Funeral director Thomas Lynch returns with a second collection of essays. Also, a new biography of rock critic Lester Bangs, two books from Mexico, 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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