Cover: Tom Tom Club
Tom Smothers tackles those trash-talkin' Farrelly Brothers.

News: The Right Stuff
The Christian Right steps into the workplace.

Nolan Bushnell: After losing it all, the Atari founder is back in the garage.

Let Them Eat Cake: Hanging with the Harvest Fair judges.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Weird Science: Re-release of vintage Bell Lab videos is high camp.

Mum's the Word: 'Mumford' has plenty of local color but few laughs.

War Zone: New documentary 'Return with Honor' honors Vietnam POWs.

Stigmatized: Futurist Bart Kosko pits Stigmata against The Exorcist, wonders why exposed nipples are so controversial, and imagines a fuzzy future where death--and lousy films--won't exist.

Gothic Novelty: Jill Tracy's eerie but mellifluous torch songs have finally come of age.

Stereolab Experiment: Stereolab blends heated rhetoric with chill-out sounds on new 'Cobra' album.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by Stunt Monkey and The Road Kings.

Spins: New CDs reveal hits and misses among genre-benders.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Bloody Business: All's fair in love and war in Actors' Theatre's updated 'Macbeth.'

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