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...frontman Shaun Rider’s heroin problems finally caused their 1993 breakup—the musical document they leave is a rich testament to the chemical glories and corresponding dementias of the rave scene. “God rains the Es down on me,” Ryder declares in “God’s Cop,” but you know, Bill, it doesn’t take explicit reference to prove how much this album owes to MDMA; it comes off just as forcefully in the lush sound. Bouncy dance beats, sneering guitars and Ryder?...
...Thrills and Bellyaches opens with the romping “Kinky Afro” without bothering with any introduction. “Son, I’m thirty / I only went with your mother cause she’s dirty,” Shaun Ryder enters, immediately launching listeners into the Mondays’ bent, polluted world, where joyous “Yippee-yippee-yi-yi-yay!”s stolen from Patti LaBelle are followed by “I had to crucify some brother today!” Properly indoctrinated, we progress through a surreal encounter with...
...make fun of small-town America," says Wernick. "The thing we actually set out to do was make fun of Hollywood." That would explain the kleptomaniac tendencies of one of Shatner's sham-movie co-stars. Says Wernick: "That was our little shout-out to Winona Ryder." We'd wager that she isn't laughing either...
...career enders go, her transgressions dwarfed the infractions of stars like the shoplifting Winona Ryder or the philandering Hugh Grant. But unlike Grant, who publicly--and effectively--offered contrition, Poundstone refuses to pander to win back her audience. "I was sentenced to A.A. on national television," she says during her routine. "That pretty much blows the hell out of the second A." She refers to rehab as "stupid" and argues that not only have A.A. meetings proved ineffective, but it was unconstitutional for a judge to compel her to attend. "I'm an atheist," she says. "Everyone tries...
...CYCLING Michael Barry, Toronto Lyne Bessette, Knowlton, Que. Kiara Bisaro, Courtenay, B.C. Gord Fraser, Nepean, Ont. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, B.C. Manon Jutras, Montreal Seamus McGrath, Millgrove, Ont. Lori-Ann Muenzer, Edmonton Susan Palmer-Komar, Hamilton, Ont. Marie-H?lene Premont, Ch?teau-Richer, Que. Alison Sydor, Victoria, B.C. Eric Wohlberg, Levack...