ISSUE 18: THE FANATICISM ISSUE

COVER STORIES


The Flaming Lips: Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times documents the rise of Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips, from the kitchen of a Long John Silvers in Oklahoma to a headlining spot on the world's stage

Jim Jarmusch: A classic 5,000-word interview with New York filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, touching on everything from haunted Indian burial grounds to sentient plantlife

Lou Reed: The legendary frontman of the Velvet Underground talks to writer Mitch Myers about a world with no black music, the need for tai chi and his grudge against George Plimpton


INTERVIEWS

Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine

Chicago sports-radio host Mike North

Forrest Ackerman, the world's most prominent collector of horror movie paraphernalia


MUSIC PROFILES

Steve Krakow of Galactic Zoo Dossier + Bebel Gilberto + Tortoise + Michael Yonkers + The Secret Machines + Sufjan Stevens + The Zincs + Magnetic Fields