NOVEMBER, 2000
To inaugurate this new column, we bring you a double dose of Randy Burns. The Great Ethics Scare... They’re back. Just when you thought you were safe: “Watch out now, after the election they’ll be arriving for a brief visit everywhere. Truth and ethics, riding together.” The Death of Frank Wills - “No one ever knew for certain whether Nixon was made up out of five separate assholes, or if he had been born as one great big one.” This is “one for the unsung who whisper into death.” God bless Frank Wills.
WHISPERS IN GREAT FALLS
OCTOBER, 2000 - POLITICA
Anytown, USA is rocked with charges of police brutality. Who started it? The cops blame 'Dennis the Menace'. Yeah, right. 3 AM's Cliff Montgomery reports.
TELEVISION: PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED
OCTOBER, 2000 - VOX POPULI
Kids are watching TV and then going out and killing each other. And no one will do the obvious. Tom Waltz presents the facts - you gonna listen?
WHEN THE NUCLEAR BOMBS COME TUMBLING DOWN
OCTOBER, 2000
"Exploded on land, the bomb would vaporize all people and buildings... If in the harbour, there would be a crater
in the harbour floor and a tidal wave...." 3 A.M. Magazine brings you: "The Effects on the Inhabitants of a City of the Explosion of a Nuclear Bomb" By Dr. Allan Phillips.
JOLO UNDER SIEGE
OCTOBER, 2000 - POLITICA
Abu Sayyaf, a group of Muslim extremists notoriously known for several bombings, assassinations, and kidnapping incidents in Metro Manila and Mindanao have been terrorizing the Philippines for a number of months. When will they be stopped? 3 A.M. MAGAZINE'S Rolando Ecarnacion reports from the Philippines.
ANIMAL EXTINCTION: IRRATIONAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR
AUGUST, 2000 - VOX POPULI
"There is undeniable human arrogance afoot when it is claimed that the dinosaurs were a species that failed." By Tom Waltz.
AMERICAN FEAR: A REPORT FROM THE NRA FRONTLINE
AUGUST, 2000 - POLITICA
"Two full halls, displaying enough raw guns and ammo to maintain a cozy dictatorship in South America for a few months. If you can shove it into a gun and blow it out of the other end, they've got it here on the floor. Smokeless gunpowder. A guy in camouflage that's so mind-bendingly real a dog may well come over to piss on him at any second. I keep my eyes peeled, but no such luck." By Cliff Montgomery.
SERGEANT HENDERSON
JUNE, 2000 - VOX POPULI
"Sergeant Henderson was a woman Marine. She was the non-commissioned officer in charge of me. She was also a holy terror most of the time, constantly on my case, and I liked her about as much as I liked Saddam Hussein." Tom Waltz met Sergeant Henderson during the Gulf War - and survived to tell the tale.
DRUG-INFO BAN LIKELY TO BECOME LAW
JUNE, 2000 - ANGRY!
In this issue, the ANGRY! section is taken over by our friends at 420Times.com who sent us this article by Dana Larsen of Cannabis Culture Magazine.
KEEPING THE PEACE
APRIL, 2000 - VOX POPULI
In "Keeping the Peace", Tom Waltz shows just how difficult - even tragic - it can be to keep the peace when there is no peace to keep.
"It all started a little more than three weeks ago with the demonstrations that got out of control, and continued right on through to the day before yesterday, the day we found the mass graves."
CUSTARD PIE IN THE SKY
APRIL, 2000 - ANGRY!
In "Custard Pie in the Sky," Andrew Gallix analyses Noël Godin's slapstick tactics and pâtisserie terrorism :
"Godin-Le Gloupier inhabits a twilight world suspended between plot-hatching obscurity and limelight-hogging ubiquity. His pâtisserie pranks regularly hit the headlines, and yet he can still strike unawares in broad daylight, confounding the tightest of security measures Fantômas-fashion."
Isn't it about time you left the twenty-first century?
