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Barry Miles's "The Beat Hotel," a chronicle of Ginsberg, Orlovsky, Corso and Burroughs in Paris, breaks no new ground, but American readers are a bottomless pit when is comes to Beats.
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Volume IV, Issue 10 August 28 - September 11, 2000

News & Opinion

Brown & Root, the most famous construction company in Texas, is once again near the center of a presidential race. Part of the reason the media didn't focus on protestors' issues at the Democratic convention was there wasn't a single message. Centrism and diversity were, for the Democrats of Los Angeles as for the Republicans of Philadelphia earlier, the watchwords of the day. Also, Project Vote Smart, gay and lesbian parents, lake troubles in Southern Arizona, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Max Färberböck's based-in-fact movie about the World War II affair between hausfrau Lilly Wust and journalist/resistance fighter Felice Schragenheim would seem to have everything going for it. "Cecil B. DeMented" is a wicked film, featuring things like excessive drug use, random killings, and gerbil porn. Excitement over the new fall TV season is building. Also, a "Survivor" post mortem, comedy kings, and more. This week in Film & TV Aimee and Jaguar Cecil B. DeMented God's Army The Opportunists Original Kings of Comedy PLUS Boys and Boobs TV Eye and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

A bill amending U.S. copyright laws with respect to satellite re-transmissions of broadcast signals also took away a musician's ability to own the master recordings. The Louis Armstrong Centennial is upon us. Thee Headcoats were England's finest garage-punk-blues torchbearers for more than a decade. Also, Weezer, Lyle Lovett, and more. This week in Music Louis Armstrong Lyle Lovett Sisters Morales Thee Headcoats Weezer PLUS Work for Hire and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Paris by Net Manifest Destiny Someone's in the Kitchen Liquid Sunshine Farm Stands and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

Amy Bloom's easygoing empathy for the situations and characters who inhabit her stories make them an epiphany to read. "A&R" is the music-industry equivalent of a John Grisham legal thriller. June Jordan's emerging sense of herself as a "warrior," of being armed and toughened up for a battle, colors every episode of her childhood. Also, the return of Sir Harry Flashman, Bill Maher's first novel, 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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