>>Highs

Fake sealskin moonboots @ Pegabo Very Chewbacca. Saving up.

The return of the Pet Shop Boys Older, grayer, but sounding as slick and fag-o-licious as ever.

The return of the Monarch butterfly Orange flying things spotted in the Village! Possible wonder of nature. Possible aftershock of Saturday's bad drugs. Nice anyway.

Comedy clubs #3 The world's third Studio 54 opened last week. In Brossard. Mercy.

Black & Blue '99 Tickets for the Leather Ball already sold out. VIP passes almost sold out. The Black and Blue expects 30,000 this year. Insane or what?

Cream chicks Disgusting and magnificent at the same time. Now where exactly does one purchase a pink lycra catsuit with peekaboo neckline in this day and age?

>>Lows

Cream sound It's techno! It's house! It's hip hop! It's all three combined!

The Herbalizer Don't go "live jazz" if you don't know how to play your instruments. Just a suggestion.

Emmy Fashion An orgy of tack. And you thought Bob Mackie was dead.

The new punk Sporty Spice Well, she's got the bad teeth.

"Adult entertainment centers" The world is being taken over by bowling alleys with 57 screens. You've been warned.