>>Highs

"Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" That Dandy Warhol's song is a bit floppy, yes, but the video has funny Billy Idol-esque dancers in it, and we like that, hur, hur.

Black & Blue '98 Amazing transformation of one of the crappiest venues in the city. One of the best B & B's yet.

Air Woo-hoo! Snooty French guys who love art and '60s music coming to Montreal!! Actually, that doesn't sound too good, does it.

Good E's They're called Mitsubushis, they come from England. They have them in New York. Gurgle, gurgle.

"Lo-tech" design Means no more rounded corners. Means bars that don't look like fridges. Good.

>>Lows

Alanis Goes to on some gap year trek across Asia and comes back to write a song about it and do a video completely naked. Vile. And in need of aerobics or something.

Preggy pop #3 Mel Blatt, All Saints, six months gone, and she was the really cute one, too.

Star DJs Starting to think we don't care anymore. Really.

NSync vs. the Backstreet Boys NSynch say they are "better dancers," Backstreets say they are "better singers." Both, incidentally, sound equally lobotomized.

Shoes for retards Mom's got those velcro strap numbers, too.