2/15 Ray Hammett's on the case with his main man, Curtis Mayfield

2/10 New Writer Showdown! Have you voted?

2/2 Lance F. Rockaway moves the Paris Dispatch to Munich.

1/27 Terrence, American Buddhist, reviews Fantasma by Cornelius. Enlightenment ensues.

1/22 In the latest installment of Diary of a 5th Year Senior, Reese Ellroy loves, lives, and reviews the Field Mice.

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12/13 The legendary Ric Befara reviews the live Spiritualized album.

7/12 Horace French reviews Nick Cave in concert

1/9 Terrence, American Buddhist, reviews cat power

12/17 email reviews from around the world. including PJ Harvey, Funkdoobiest, and many more...

Ric Befara on the design: "I went with an old, retro-reliable color scheme, with the antique yellow and bright white. For the second frame I wanted to create the illusion of a large movie screen, as if the observer were watching the screen credits."

Javier Luna talks about the concept: "Well I've been picking up on a certain hackneyed phrase that's been driving me up a wall. Have you ever noticed how something is always banned "in parts" of a certain place? Like what the hell does that mean?" [Editor's note: the above ad is fictitious, but readers should know that usounds is banned in parts of South America, mainly the lower mountain regions and some areas near the river basin]

Phillip Coulette speaks on the inspiration: "I had some dusty pictures of my darling mother laying around. I remember as a boy, after golfing lessons at the club, my mother would watch me take lessons with the tennis instructor, Raul. Those were wonderful times, even if my mother never let me accompany her and Raul to London to watch the Wimbledon matches."

Shelly Petworth speaks: "Horses with big ol' erections are pretty fuckin' funny if you ask me." 

Terrance, American Buddhist, on the design: "Last week at the monastery one of my friends, Chama, showed me a used color TV he had purchased from a second-hand store. It was one of the very first color TV's and everyone was abuzz with excitement. Everyone was so fascinated with the color images that a week later I decided to sneak off during a meditation period and walk to Circuit City where I bought a new Magnavox Home Theater System with digital sound and picture.

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