Vol 17 - Issue 33 - August 18-24, 2004 



Washington Squares
Political experts prepare for a Democratic victory.
By Russ Smith
WHEN YOU THINK about it, that was a really quick presidential election. I defer to a growing number of pollsters, pundits and political analysts...

Art: Nathaniel Gold
CRIME BLOTTER
STRIKE!
THE NEW PORN WAR
SOME THINGS WON’T FLY AT THE CONVENTION
CBS: YOUR HOME FOR TWO-FISTED NEWSMEN
This Week: Godzilla meets the next generation, William Bryk’s new homie in Atlanta is buying, and when is an acceptance speech just an acceptance speech? PLUS: Jack Miller’s Pub in Jersey City is not a creepy place and anyone who says otherwise never knew Jack Miller and wouldn’t know “class” if it camped out in their fridge
MATT TAIBBI
Sorry, Our Bad

The Washington Post still doesn’t get it.

JIM KNIPFEL
Gretchen Worden, Rest in Peace

Remembering a dear friend from Philadelphia.

MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE
Homosexual Governor on the Loose!

The not-so-startling meaning of Jim McGreevey.

KATE CRANE
The Life After Capitalism Conference

Q&A; with Max Uhlenbeck

JUDY MCGUIRE
Love Handles

Double standards and dirty rotten scoundrels.

JENNIFER MERIN
Property Tales

PAUL KRASSNER
Woodstock 35 Years Later

HENRY FLESH
Kingdom of the Sick 8

ARMOND WHITE
Princes Among Frogs

Patrice Leconte and the ever-lengthening shadow of Jean Renoir.

MATT ZOLLER SEITZ
Monsters Without a Cause

An iconic face-off movie that never should have happened.

JIM KNIPFEL
Beat on the Band

The less you know about the Ramones, the better.

SAUL AUSTERLITZ
Inner Turbulence

New York Korean Film Festival 2004

CAERIEL
Sign Language

PICKS
HIGHLIGHTS
J.R.TAYLOR
Shine As They Do

Pantene presents Ashanti, Skye Sweetnam and Fefe; across town, Penthouse prepares to mourn.

STEVEN PSYLLOS
Eighteen Wheels of Funk

Kool Keith—coming up in your rear-view.

DAN MARTINO
Raw Fusion

MOLLY SHERIDAN
Tin Hat Trio

GABRIELLA GERSHENSON
Diner Dud

Twenty-four reasons to eat in.

JOSHUA M.BERNSTEIN
Barramundi

 
Readings
 
NEIL SWAAB
Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles

NICHOLAS GUREWITCH
The Perry Bible Fellowship

SARA EDWARD CORBETT
See-Saw

SCOTT MATTHEWS
Clip Clop