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  • 2004: The Year in Review

    By on December 22, 2004

    We had the strangest dream about 2004. Everything was carefree and gay, and the good fairies had done away with sodomy laws and we were...

  • You Shouldn't Have

    By on December 15, 2004

    A billionaire talk show host had a psychotic episode on national television, and then everyone got Pontiacs. ''Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!''...

  • Challenging Principals

    By on December 15, 2004

    Minors may not be allowed to vote, but that certainly doesn't allow them to live outside politics. According to a Dec. 9 press release issued...

  • Modern Marvel

    By on December 15, 2004

    How do you know when you're having a good time at the theatre? You're smiling ear to ear, from curtain rise to curtain fall, check....

  • Dickie's Girl

    By on December 15, 2004

    In the late '90s, Dick Scanlan's boyfriend passed away, leaving him a summer home in the South Hamptons. The house had lousy television reception but,...

  • Need for Speed

    By on December 15, 2004

    One of the hidden truths about writing reviews, be they about cars or movies or architecture, is that the most difficult things to write about...

  • Truly Yours

    By on December 15, 2004

    Dear Lena, I am a ''newbie'' to the whole gay scene. I am only 17, but I am going to be 18 in a few...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 15, 2004

    THE GRAMMY DANCE… In a typical year, we'd be crowing about Green Day's six Grammy nominations, Gwen Stefani's sole one-year-early nod, and Basement Jaxx's sweep...

  • Allix Allot

    By on December 15, 2004

    Allix Allot A couple years ago Allix met a boy at Nation. After dancing together for a while, they started making out and their hands...

  • Will Bell

    By on December 15, 2004

    Will Bell There is a chance that Will Bell may be having a mild quarter-life crisis. ''I have my education to fall back on, I've...

  • Environs

    By on December 8, 2004

    GONE WITH THE WIND -- Drafty walls and disrepair didn't scare off this GWM couple in Southeast. With ingenuity and a not-small amount of sheet...

  • Where Do We Fit?

    By on December 8, 2004

    With the November elections five weeks past, people are finally turning away from electoral discussions. Who could blame the voters on the losing side if...

  • Equal Opportunity

    By on December 8, 2004

    Job change is in the air. I know this because I've just given notice at my current place of employment and am poised to start...

  • Web of Receipt

    By on December 8, 2004

    I have a confession, a very un-American confession. I hate shopping malls. Can't stand them. I hate trying to find parking, hate pushing through hordes...

  • Uncoupling

    By on December 8, 2004

    In Closer, four strangers drawn together by fate form into romantic pairs and then proceed to uncouple and re-couple, in the process ripping each other...

  • Dickens Nouveau

    By on December 8, 2004

    Just when you thought you knew Ebenezer Scrooge and his shopworn miserly antics, just when Charles Dickens seemed a safe bet for an evening filled...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 8, 2004

    MCLACHLAN'S CALLING… Some videos are worth celebrating because they're so good. Gwen Stefani's “What You Waiting For?” for example. And some videos are worth celebrating...

  • Underwhelmed

    By on December 8, 2004

    After Mitsubishi tapped Dirty Vegas to promote its Eclipse model two years ago with the song ''Days Gone By,'' the band became the most popular...

  • Hearsay

    By on December 8, 2004

    The unauthorized scoop on the new Mr. DC Eagle... Shopping till dropping, then dancing... Is 26 really that old? Yes, it is... Did anyone else...

  • SLDN's Full Court Press

    By on December 8, 2004

    When Monica Hill joined the Air Force in the 1990s, she and her partner thought it was an excellent way to both act on her...