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...friends, is an urban legend that had a hold on our imagination until about two years ago--and the myth has finally been exploded once and for all. (I credit every major news magazine that runs a "The New Las Vegas" story when they run out of Campaign 2000 fodder...
...Booey for the King of All Media and his Queen: lustful radio shock jock HOWARD STERN and his wife ALISON are separating after 21 years, ending one of the most curiously enduring of public marriages. Stern regularly used Alison as on-air fodder, moaning about their sex life--she'd been known to call up and rebut him--and once hurtfully joked about Alison's miscarriage. Yet through all the stripper interviews and hearty rounds of Butt Bongo, the professional lech vowed he was faithful to his wife, portrayed in his autobiography and 1997 movie Private Parts as a dedicated...
...behalf of their business associates, including a scheduled drop-by visit from the President himself. So far, the Rodhams don't seem to have made much money from their White House connections, but their sister's expected run for the U.S. Senate means their business dealings could provide more fodder for the Clintons' many political foes...
...accessible without losing touch with its roots. The beats are as solid and inventive as one would expect from an artist who has been at the epicenter of jump-up drum 'n bass for years, but it is the sampling that makes this disc more than just forgettable rave fodder. Aphrodite's usual hip-hop soundbites are topped with a mix of organic, ambient clips ranging from jazz horns to ethereal female vocals. Especially notable is the fun treatment of the rude saxophone lick from DJ Kool's party anthem "Let Me Clear My Throat" on the track...
Anyone who has ever worn a Peter Pan collar, written an apology note and then copied it over 100 times, or cringed in fear at the ire of Sister Mary knows that the Catholic school experience is excellent fodder for comedy. Perhaps this explains the inherent humor in the character Mary Katherine Gallagher, the stereotypically awkward and repressed Catholic schoolgirl. Yet even with the infinite funny possibilities its setting provides, Superstar fails to deliver many laughs...