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Volume II, Issue 25 December 14 - December 21, 1998

	News & Opinion
	All of your presents will be accounted for in this holiday shopping package. "Giftology 101" makes an eclectic list and checks it twice. "Video Box Sets" and "Geek Chic" guide you to the best high-tech gadgets and packaged movie classics. Plus, why men don't shop and how the mall is transforming itself into Downtown USA. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Don't read this week's section in the shower. Norman, is that you? Equally creepy is Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan." If you need a dose of whimsy after all that bloodletting, just read the interview with Kirk Jones, the writer-director of "Waking Ned Devine." This week in Film & TV The Eel I Married a Strange Person Insomnia Psycho (1) Psycho (2) Psycho (3) Psycho (4) Psycho (5) A Simple Plan (1) A Simple Plan (2) Star Trek: Insurrection PLUS Adventure videos Basketball videos Hercules Horror videos Waking Ned Devine Q&A and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

More gift ideas here, including 14 new box sets and a sackful of holiday-themed discs. Perhaps a little something for yourself? R.E.M.'s 12th CD seems to be a keeper. Plus, just try to keep up with Fastball's frantic pace, and relive a high-rolling Willie Nelson concert. This week in Music Beausoleil Fastball Willie Nelson R.E.M. Doug Sahm Squarepusher PLUS Afropop Box sets Chicago's best CDs Christmas concerts Holiday hits (1) Holiday hits (2) Nashville's future and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Jewish Cooking Ditch the Refs Wine for Whiners Books on Imbibing and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

	Books
	Open up the latest literary box sets, check out some of the season's fictional treats, and page through a sampling of literary classics, fresh poetry and snazzy cookbooks, along with great gift ideas for the writer in your life. This week's non-fiction offerings feature Trashy celebrities, prison athletes and sexual predators. 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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