theremin chronicles

february

here's a new plot for one of those hong kong films now being produced in hollywood - shaolin monks in vegas. their two-week gig will be at the mgm grand, <2.26.00>

two great tastes that taste great together - the onion interviews mike scully, executive producer of the simpsons. <2.24.00>

lazy professors vote to conform uc santa cruz to the same grading system as everyone else. beginning in the 2001 school year, letter grades will become mandatory for all new students. <2.23.00>

for just a measly $20 million, you could sponsor my stay at the hotel mir. <2.22.00>

yet another priest admits to pedophilia. <2.21.00>

new simpsons pez are coming in april! <2.20.00>

bruce reimer suffered a botched circumcision as a baby and was given reconstructive surgery to turn him into a girl. she spent the next fourteen years as brenda until her father finally told her of the surgery. brenda changed her name to david and is now 34 years old living in winnepeg, canada. there's a new book out about him called 'as nature made him.' listen to terry gross' interview with david on fresh air. <2.16.00>

dave eggers lost a lot of money putting out might magazine. now he's back with his new book 'a heartbreaking story of staggering genius'. he's also been busy printing up 'mcsweeney's' a literary journal out of iceland. <2.15.00>

they're known for very little else, so iceland's government has decided to give bjork her own island in the breida ford because of her outstanding achievement in being able to put the country on the media map. <2.15.00>

american beauty is the top contender for the academy awards this year. meanwhile, jar jar binks has been nominated as one of the worst actors of the decade by this year's razzies. <2.15.00>

cbs has started to use new technology that superimposes the cbs logo onto billboards during news segments and dan rather thinks that this goes against his journalistic integrity. so far, none of the major media has reported on this except for our friends at www.fair.org. <2.14.00>

laughingsquid.com is having a squid contest. <2.10.00>