Water Music

reviewed by Jill Hill

Originally published on November 1, 1998

On Van Morrison’s underrated CD Days Like This, he sings a duet of “You Don’t Know Me” with his daughter, Shana. And the line “I never knew the art of making love/ til my heart yearned with love for you” stands out as a plaintive reminder that even an unrequited love affair can have a [...]

After Awhile

reviewed by Jill Hill

Originally published on November 1, 1998

This is not a new CD, nor is it the newest by Gilmore. It is his best, however. When I was first experimenting with country music I would watch CMT and once, maybe twice, I caught a video made for “My Mind’s Got A Mind of It’s Own” by Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The lyrics showed [...]

Taming the Tiger

reviewed by Jill Hill

Originally published on November 1, 1998

I was stunned when Joni Mitchell won a Grammy last year with Turbulent Indigo. Not stunned that the albumn had won the award – it should have – but stunned that the music industry had finally wisened up enough to recognize Joni’s talent. Where Turbulent Indigo left off, Joni Mitchell’s newest release, Taming the Tiger [...]

XO

reviewed by Carey Dean Potash

Originally published on November 1, 1998

Like it or not, indie artist Elliott Smith has found that the glass slipper fits. Elliott Smith was the guy with the “who me?” look on his face standing sandwiched between Celine Dion and Trisha Yearwood like road kill at the Academy Awards. If you didn’t know better, you might toss a few coins in [...]

Villa Elaine

reviewed by Carey Dean Potash

Originally published on November 1, 1998

For weeks I’ve been hearing this song on the radio I really liked but I could never clearly hear the name of the band when the DJ mumbled it afterwards. So I went into the Princeton Record Exchange and sheepishly asked if they had heard of a band called Lenny Nero. No? How about Emmy [...]

Beat the Heat

by Christina M. Russo

Originally published on November 1, 1998

Sex. When I think of this word, I think of my friend Pip, who is steeping in sex like an undying tea bag. He can’t get enough. “I’m pathological,” he’ll say, and I believe him. So did, perhaps, thousands of others this year, at Burning Man, a festival I’ve never been to, but Pip describes [...]

Woman in Motion #1

by Richard deGaris Doble

Originally published on November 1, 1998

“Woman in Motion #1″ © 1993 Richard deGaris Doble

Scarlet Letters

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on November 1, 1998

After reading Nerve and Riotgrrl, Scarlet Letters: A Journal of Women’s Erotica was quite a disappointment. For starters, the layout is mediocre – another one of those built around the overdone black background, with red and white lettering. Nothing ground-breaking there. Just more pouting, scantily clad illustrations and the profile of legs like the kind [...]

Riotgrrl

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on November 1, 1998

Even though I thought Nerve was a good magazine, Riotgrrl seems to be more playful, though a bit less erotic – despite the cover illustration of a full-figured mod girl in lingerie. At first I was a little put off by the shade of green used as a background, but it grows on you. The [...]

Nerve

reviewed by Kimberly Villalba Wright

Originally published on November 1, 1998

Nerve surprised me. It gave me more than I was expecting from an erotica magazine. For one thing, the zine is full-bodied and fleshy. Additionally, it is (as it boasts) truly “literate smut.” Here is a perfect blend of the thoughtful and the sensual. I was particularly impressed with the initial navigation page, one of [...]