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| CHIC STARS, MALE PRODUCERS | WE COULD LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY |
| HBO'S SEX IN THE CITY, which is far more explicit and hilarious than ALLY MCBEAL, but at least as regresssive--more THELMA & LOUISE feminism. | "I think
I've been pretty darn specific..." George W. Bush |
| UNNECESSARY GRANDSTANDING | INEXPLICABLY SWEET |
| Saturday morning, July 17: Amidst a blizzard of bad Kennedy taste, Dan Rather beats all others for interrupting the CBS Saturday Morning News to sit and chat about not much at all, except that he's Dan Rather, and feels compelled to remind us of his Dan Ratherness at moments like this. | Flowers left at Lauren Bissette's doorway. |
| WE DON'T GET OUT MUCH | LOW REGARD RENTALS |
| THE
SPY WHO SHAGGED ME: for Dr. Evil THE GENERAL: Boorman scores with Jon Voight THREE SEASONS: writer-director debut of the season |
BUFFALO
66: disappointing, except for Huston RUNAWAY TRAIN: for Jon Voight's nominated role SHE'S ALL THAT: does it always have to be a wager? |
| BEST COVER | BIG STORY BUNGLED |
| "Dragging the Line," by R.E.M. (SPY soundtrack) | Rape and sexual assault misreported at Woodstock '99, then lumped in as key indicators of a warped weekend. |
| CONTENDERS | REISSUES |
| Caetano Veloso, LIVRO
(Luaka Bop) Randy Newman, BAD LOVE (Reprise) Jamiroquai, SYNKRONIZED (Work/Sony) Cheap Trick, MUSIC FOR HANGOVERS The Pretenders, ¡VIVA AMOR! (Warner Bros) Pavement, TERROR TWILIGHT Eliades Ochoa, SUBLIME ILUSION Mojave 3, OUT OF TUNE |
Fleetwood
Mac, SHRINE 60 (Ryko) BEST OF OS MUTANTES (Luaka Bop) Jimi Hendrix, LIVE AT FILLMORE EAST Steve Goodman, STEVE GOODMAN (Buddah) |
| CLASSICAL | INSTANT CAMP CLASSIC |
| Shostakovich: 24
Preludes (Ashkenazy) Brahms Violin Sonatas (Frank, Serkin) |
EYES WIDE SHUT: more heat in Alan Cumming's desk clerk scene than that posh (yawn ) orgy. |
| PIGS AT THE PASTRY TROUGH | DOG DAYS |
| ROBERT CHRISTGAU, CYNTHIA COTTS, KATHA POLLITT, HARRY SHEARER, GARY TRUDEAU, GARY WILLS, |
FRESH MEAT, LETTERMAN
ENTRAILS, THE ONION, LEMON YELLOW, FEED, ARTS & LETTERS DAILY, DRUDGE RETORT |