Hoodoo Voodoo in Mormonville

by Stefene Russell

Originally published on June 10, 1998

Stefene Russell takes a stroll through Salt Lake City’s newest Botanica.

Comfort TV

by Diana Stauber

Originally published on June 10, 1998

Diana Stauber reminisces about the good ‘ole days of television.

Cultronix

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on June 1, 1998

Sometimes the web is put down for providing the public with nothing more than filler, filth, and eye candy. Magazines like Cultronix negate this type of criticism, for it provides readers with engaging articles and multimedia on topics of contemporary concern. For example, the most recent issue, entitled “Allopathologies” dealt with the state of modern [...]

Glimmer Train

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on June 1, 1998

Now, for a little bit of fluff, may I present Glimmer Train? Sleek and stylish, this zine does nothing more than pimp for its print version. For all the care the editors take with the appearance of this zine, you’d think they’d have the heart to give us a little bit more than a tease. [...]

Crank

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on June 1, 1998

Here’s some fun, but not for the whole family (unless you have a perverse family). This zine is funny in a mean-spirited, piss on your neighbor way, with bits of sadism and screwiness for good measure. At times, the editor is a bit self-indulgent, but he makes up for it in flashes of brilliance. Nearly [...]

Express

reviewed by Richard Luck

Originally published on June 1, 1998

Having spearheaded the gothic rock movement of the late 70′s, Bauhaus (which included David J, Kevin Haskins, Daniel Ash, and Peter Murphy) reached critical mass in the early 80′s. Lamented by goth fans world-wide, the break-up of Bauhaus signaled the end of an era – and the beginning of Love and Rockets. Peter Murphy, leaving [...]

Milk and Kisses

reviewed by Richard Luck

Originally published on June 1, 1998

There is something so magical about Elizabeth Fraser’s voice that words can only hope to give one a glimpse, an idea, a feeling of what it is she represents. Words are poor substitutes, I admit. There is no single stanza that can accurately depict what the Cocteau Twins can in a single song. Paintings by [...]

Boogie Nights (1997)

reviewed by Nick Burton

Originally published on June 1, 1998

For a while , Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (New Line)looks like it’s really onto something special; a Robert Altman -like social tableau about the porn film industry in California’s San Fernando Valley. As the camera snakes Scorsese-like through a 1977 disco , Anderson introduces us to his characters, including a well known porn director [...]

Cop Land (1997)

reviewed by Nick Burton

Originally published on June 1, 1998

While you’d think that Cop Land (Miramax), which features Scorsese alumni Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Frank Vincent and Cathy Moriarty would even be more Scorsese lite, it is in fact a pleasantly old fashioned film that often seems to owe more to the journeyman American directors like Stuart Rosenberg and Norman Jewison, who [...]

The Jackal (1997)

reviewed by Nick Burton

Originally published on June 1, 1998

There is a scene in Fred Zinneman’s 1973 film of Frederick Forthsythe’s novel The Day Of The Jackal where the Jackal (played by Edward Fox), a cold blooded killer with an almost existential sense of purpose who was been hired by the O.A.S. to kill Charles DeGallue, takes target practice by firing a hand made [...]