Weaned on the Internet, the electronic creature of Astro Teller's novel "Exegesis" is forced to teethe on discussion groups like alt.sex.fetish.white-mommas, alt.bigfoot.research and soc.culture.albanian. The information superhighway can be a rough place for a naive computer program that has just begun to develop self-awareness.
Teller pens tale of electronic creature
Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, a.k.a. The Crystal Method, have whipped up quite a techno-rave-hop masterpiece here. The band's proper debut, "Vegas," pulsates with feverish rhythms and ominous bass over eerie vocal snippets. Finally, we have something to call our own! The Crystal Method is from the States (Las Vegas to be exact) and not from that island out East that has those people who speak funny and eat tea and crumpets and say "football" instead of "soccer." 
Crystal perfects method with feverish debut
For as long as women can remember, the punchline to the popular male-chauvinistic joke, "Why did the woman cross the road?" of "Who cares? What's she doing out of the kitchen?" has been an insult of the most degrading kind. The joke is now on those ignorant and lazy beer-swigging bums, as revealed by the rich and boisterous book, "Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking."'Window' reflects on women, food, cooking
Threatening to cross the boundaries of good taste in households across America with unprecedented vulgarity, "South Park" will not remain a relatively unknown cartoon for long. Although it can be nasty, "South Park" forces viewers to experience uncontrollable bouts of laughter.
Comedy, insult, injury reside in 'South Park'
09-17-97
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