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INTERMISSION VIRGINS
By Barrett W. Sheridan and Tam Vo
INTERMISSION| Welcome to Intermission volume ÜBER. First, we want to let you know that we’re here for you. We’ll take risks for you.

In a ‘Fog,’ McNamara loses morals, pants

By Anthony Ha
INTERMISSION| “The Fog of War” — filmmaker Errol Morris’ profile of former US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara — is full of haunting urgency and a sad resonance with the present.

Strangely proportioned characters like bikes and frogs

By Meenal Kumar
INTERMISSION| A movie made today is like a badly baked soufflé. Don’t get me wrong, the creators put in all the effort — they painstakingly follow the formula (sex, explosions, car chases, crime, exotic locales, special effects, a little emotion or maybe just lust), and then lovingly pour in dollars and dollar-making talent into the mix.

The Hollywood life

By Jenny Stingle
INTERMISSION| Former Hole singer Courtney Love announced that she will follow in the footsteps of her deceased husband Kurt Cobain (whose autobiography “Journals” dominated the 2002 best seller lists) by coming out with her own book.

With 'Bows and Arrows,' The Walkmen could be YOUR Cupid

By Karan Mahajan
INTERMISSION| Here’s a quote for all you cheeseballs: Bands lie, their music doesn’t. So, when vocalist Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen promised — in vague and uncertain terms — that their next album would capture their “live” sound, I simply smirked, clasped my scepter and said: NEXT PLEASE.

Don't forget about . . . The Frames

By John Holgate
INTERMISSION| When Slug, Atmosphere’s lead rapper and creative genius, threw himself into the crowd during a mic break at last Saturday night’s concert, you could see why fans love this guy.

From the U.K. with love

By Rachel Syme
INTERMISSION| Ah, Britain. The land of the Beatles and the Clash, post-colonialism, big red buses and small red telephone booths, proper manners, punk rock and an aura of snobbish intelligence that, let’s face it, makes us Americans feel like slack jawed yokels from the wrong side of the tracks.

The Vibrator Monologues

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| According to statistics in the sexual bible (i.e. Cosmo), only a paltry 33 percent of women admit that they masturbate.

Baritone packs in the crowds with song recital

By Hart Gilula
INTERMISSION| Thomas Hampson has made himself into something of a one-man circus. People flock from near and far to witness the American baritone, whether it is in opera, recital or master class.