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Something About Kubrick
Love him or hate him, Stanley Kubrick and his work meant something to this culture, and his death has us racing to define their significance.
Marjorie Baumgarten

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Volume III, Issue 6 August 2 - August 9, 1999

News & Opinion

Rather than sitting passively while the sun shines, we ought to find a way to generate electricity and free us from the grip of power company monopolies. Memphis' largest music store exists only on the Web, but its success is real. With a little effort you can find soap made by businesses that are made by the personal hygiene equivalent of microbreweries. Also, grief for JFK Jr. and the Kennedy legacy, veggie murder, Bush's campaign millions, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Take a trip to the video store and you can spend the summer enjoying the beach... via the movies. Andrew Fleming's new film, "Dick," is a comedy of errors about the Nixon White House. A documentary about Selena takes a Latina feminist perspective. Plus, more horrified reactions to "The Blair Witch Project" and its big-budget competition "The Haunting," Emmy nominations, and more. This week in Film & TV Blair Witch Project(1) Blair Witch Project(2) Chalk Deep Blue Sea Dick The Haunting(1) The Haunting(2) A Home Movie for Selena Inspector Gadget Runaway Bride PLUS Beach Movies Emmy Nominations and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Serious music collectors can now look for treasures in used CD stores on the Internet. Summer Session '99 delivers its solution to an overdose of commercialized music festivals. Hip-hop compilations seem to outnumber full-length albums. Plus, reviews of albums from Freedy Johnston and Sam Rivers, and more. This week in Music Rob Bernard Salvador Cardenal Adam Dorn Freedy Johnston junkyardmen Meat Purveyors Sam Rivers Kevin Welch PLUS Old Song New Rap Compilations Summer Session '99 Used CDs on the Internet and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Southern Girl Convention Cruising Seattle Cocktail Culture Barroom Call Broccoli Cookbook and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

It's easy to lose touch with the essentials, so here's a guide to some books which have held up under long years of intense scrutiny. On the other hand, this year's Hugo Award candidates are not the shining examples of speculative fiction goodness we might expect. James Burke hosts another enlightening tour of history, science and culture. Plus, why marriage is good for you, 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 Mueller, Eye of the Beholder, K. Rat and Random Shots. Comics contents page Visit the official Red Meat site

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