2003

SPECIAL EDITIONS & GUIDES

NOISEMAKERS 2003
Sex Survey 2003
7th Annual Alternative Academy Awards
CLUBLAND '03
BOM: 14th Annual Best of Montreal Readers Poll 2003
Hot Summer Guide
Divers/Cité Guide
The Annual Student SURVIVAL GUIDE
Nightlife
SOUND CHECK 2003
Holiday CD Buying Guide
NAUGHTY, NICE & NASTY: The Mirror Gift Guide
2003 Year in Review
New Year's Eve Party Guide

Dec 23, 2003-Jan 7, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 28 : 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW | Inside
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY GUIDE

Dec 18-22, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 27 : HEAVENLY CREATURE | Inside
COVER: Andy Serkis on bringing the glorious Gollum to life in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King >> Shine Like Stars! >> Cops for hire >> Gravity opens >> Holiday charities >> SPORTS: Inside pro foosball

Dec 11-18, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 26 : DARK SIDE OF THE MOOG | Inside
COVER: The cosmic keyboard cool of the Unireverse >> Erotic activist John Ince >> The Hidden Cameras >> A Boy and His Dog >> NAUGHTY, NICE & NASTY: The Mirror Gift Guide

Dec 4-10, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 25 : Jingle belle | Inside
COVER: Saved by the Belles star Karen Simpson tops the marquee of our annual Holiday CD Buying Guide >> Winter Steelpan Festival >> Molière in Creole >> The Last Samurai >> Activist banned from Israel >> FILM: Off-kilter animated shorts at the Cinémathèque

NOVEMBER

Nov 27-Dec 3, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 24 : LEGENDS IN STEREO | Inside
COVER: House heroes Frankie Knuckles and David Morales get hyped for the renowned club's fifth anniversary >> Rufus Wainwright >> Urban Tribes >> Three Crooners >> Hedda Gabler >> NEWS: Auther Jeffrey Masson on the emotional world of farm animals

Nov 20-26, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 23 : BAWDY HEAT | Inside
COVER: The brazen burlesque of the Scandelles >> Planet Smashers >> 21 Grams >> Anthony Rother >> Resto Bizarro >> NEWS: Indians vs. Alcan

Nov 13-19, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 22 : READY TO RIDE | Inside
COVER: Brossard's South Parc set for skateboard invasion >> Brian Jonestown Massacre >> Shattered Glass >> Medical mistakes >> Comic artist James Kochalka >> MUSIC: Elektra festival highlights

Nov 6-12, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 21 : Lust, dust & doom | Inside
COVER: Sex meets death in Bruno Dumont's disturbing Twentynine Palms at Cinemania >> Kid Koala >> Fix: the Story of an Addicted City >> Ghetto Nuns >> Dirt Bombs >> SOUND CHECK 2003

OCTOBER

Oct 30-Nov 5, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 20 : By Divine Fright | Inside
COVER: Getting under the greasepaint of scare-metal monarch King Diamond >> Death Bed >> Kidnapper Films Variety Show >> Extreme journalism >> Ghoulunatics >> Halloween Party Guide

Oct 23-29, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 19 : NIGHTLIFE | Inside
COVER: Playgroup >> Hot clubs >> Psychobilly >> DJ Premier >> All-night Net games >> DJ Spinna & Mr. Scruff >> Exploited riot aftermath! >> & more

Oct 16-22, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 18 : SUN ON THE RUN | Inside
COVER: Why turning back the clocks is a bad idea >> Broadcast >> Robert Lepage >> Gush Shalom >> MUSIC: Highlights of the MEG festival

Oct 9-15, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 17 : Cunning Chloë | Inside
COVER: Chloë Sevigny stars in Lars von Trier's bizarre Dogville and Vincent Gallo's outrageous The Brown Bunny >> The Unicorns >> Irshad Manji >> Cro-Mags NYC >> SPORTS RAGE : A new column by Gabriel Morency

Oct 2-8, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 16 : Kitty crusader | Inside
COVER: Monica Campo fights to give abandoned cats a home >> Electrocute >> The School of Rock >> Célébration 2 >> Black & Blue >> Cannabis café

SEPTEMBER

Sep 25-Oct 1, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 15 : Killer clubber | Inside
COVER: Macaulay Culkin stars as the notorious Michael Alig in Party Monster at Image&Nation >> Ken Hechtman on maquiladoras >> John Sayles on Casa de los Babys >> Hawksley Workman >> DANCE: Picks from FIND

Sep 18-24, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 14 : BUMPKIN BOUNCE | Inside
COVER: Hip hop hobo Buck 65 suits up for Pop Montreal >> Goldfrapp >> Paupers' graves >> Electroshockbox >> Club l'Orage >> NEWS: Homeless humiliation at Crazypricks.com

Sep 11-17, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 13 : Fall Arts Preview | Inside
COVER: Music - Film -Theatre - Dance - Books - Visual Arts - Spoken Word

Sep 4-10, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 12 : TASTEMAKERS | Inside
COVER: The hip hop flavours of Blackalicious >> Stephen Frears on Dirty Pretty Things >> Nebula >> Dandy Warhols >> Montreal sex tour >> The Annual Student Survival Guide

AUGUST

Aug 28-Sep 3, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 11 : HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL | Inside
COVER: Kids go berserk in Gus Van Sant's Columbine-inspired Elephant >> NEWS >> The bizarre world of Montreal biotech PLUS >> World Film Fest Roundup >> VJ wars at Lumen >> Chromeo >> Retooling rent controls >> T-shirt tycoon Dov Charney

Aug 21-27, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 10 : CHECKPOINT | Inside
COVER: In his upcoming documentary, Montreal filmmaker Eric Scott tries to get to the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict >> PLUS >> George Clinton >> American Splendor >> KC and the Sunshine Band >> José Navas >> Beating city hall

Aug 14-20, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 9 : MY REGENERATION | Inside
COVER: Montreal's Datsons are reborn as the High Dials >> THEATRE >> Gravy Bath's New Classical Theatre Festival >> PLUS >> Radiohead >> Thom Fitzgerald's The Wild Dogs >> Mile-End drug-house crackdown

Aug 7-13, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 8 : CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE | Inside
Exposing graffiti culture at Under Pressure >> FILM >> Director Andrew Jarecki on Capturing the Friedmans >> PLUS >> Flaming Lips >> WTO protester's jailhouse diary >> Let Me Die a Woman >> Origines

JULY

Jul 31-Aug 6, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 7 : HOLY DICK! | Inside
Gay phallus worshippers unite at Montreal's Temple Priapus >> Divers/Cité special: Ashley MacIsaac speaks! >> Sasha's queer year! >> Lesbians buy real estate! >> Fantasy Pride floats >> Lesbians on Ecstasy! >> Will Aitken on Patricia Highsmith! >> Michael Hendricks on why the fight for gay marriage isn't over! >> Gay and Arab! >> NEWS >> SPCA kills two raccoons, activists wonder why >> PLUS >> Arthur H >> WTO protest report >> Fantasia >> Meet Me at the Gates

Jul 24-30, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 6 : Nazis, voodoo & jihad | Inside
Three documentaries by Richard Stanley at Fantasia explore the roots of evil >> BOOKS >> American censorship in The Language Police >> PLUS >> Fantasia >> Sans Pression & Francofolies >> Divers/Cité preview >> Test Pilot

Jul 17-23, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 5 : BACK from the DEAD | Inside
An aged Elvis battles immortal evil at the resurrected Fantasia festival >> Zombies, phantoms, samurais, spies, slashers & more at Fantasia >> COMEDY >> Coke freak cuts it up at Just for Laughs! Mark Lundholm's Addicted >> PLUS >> Metallica >> Albert Nerenberg's Stupidity >> The Lonesome Organist >> Walking against the WTO

Jul 10-16, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 4 : THE HUMOUR MILL | Inside
All manner of comedians try their luck at the 21st edition of Just for Laughs: Colin Quinn, Arthur Smith, Bruce Bruce, Improv All Stars, Sarah Yowell, Comedia, Aeros, Colette Hawley, Urban Hip Hop Stage & more >> NEWS >> West End gangster pens cautionary novel PLUS >> Natacha Atlas >> Dance Disaster Movement >> Mentally disturbed and on the street

Jul 3-9, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 3 : BLUE IN THE FACE | Inside
Blue Man Group blend science, art, comedy and rock at Just For Laughs >> MUSIC >> Manu Dibango and Nuits d'Afrique PLUS >> Angel Moraes >> Harry Potter >> Mentalist Marc Salem >> Edouard Beltrami and his penis gauge

JUNE

Jun 26-Jul 2, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 2 : REEL DEAL | Inside
Cinematic Orchestra project their vision at the 24th Jazz Festival >> PLUS >> Ramasutra, Raymond Scott Orchestrette, Swing Dynamique and picks for indoors and out >> Mutabaruka >> Danny Boyle on 28 Days Later >> Original Hulk Lou Ferrigno >> NEWS >> Men ogle schoolgirls in uniform, study reveals!

Jun 19-25, 2003 Vol. 19 No. 1 : SIGNAL TO NOISE | Inside
Tuning in to Wilco at the Jazz Festival >> Art meets porn in the J-Boys' Gay Samurai Revue >> PLUS >> THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MAD: Fringe reviews >> Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen >> Gay foster parents >> Moonstarr >> Scrawny city trees >> MUSIC >> What to see at the OFF Jazz fest

Jun 12-18, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 52 : Fringe follies
All the theatre that's fit to stage at the 13th annual Montreal Fringe Festival >> Art meets porn in the J-Boys' Gay Samurai Revue >> PLUS >> HOT SUMMER GUIDE: Nudists, miniskirts, ice cream, gadgets, Gashapen, music, movies, arts & more >> NEWS >> American students come to Montreal, get drunk!

Jun 5-11, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 51 : SPEED FREAKS
High on crystal meth in Jonas Akerlund's new film Spun >> PLUS >> RESTO BIZARRO - Chowing down at Les Amazones >> The Rapture >> First Peoples' Fest >> A.R.E. Weapons >> Turcot art >> NEWS >> Pot growers' gripes

MAY

May 29-Jun 4, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 50 : ADD IT UP
The many elements of Sixtoo's left-field hip hop success >> PLUS >> Señor Coconut and more Mutek picks >> Report from Casablanca >> Matt Dillon on City of Ghosts >> Mask On! >> The Dears >> NEWS >> Mile-End dog killer still at large!

May 22-28, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 49 : PLAY TIME
Curtain rises on the Féstival de théâtre des Amérique >> Mambo Italiano: Hit play hits the screen >> NEWS >> French from France neither arrogant nor rude! >> PLUS >> Bleu Nuit at Kamasutra >> Johnny Marr >> The Taboo raid

May 15-21, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 48 : DOWN AND DUTTY!
Dancehall king Sean Paul's uptown vibes >> NEWS >> Montreal's Weapons of Mass Destruction bus tour >> PLUS >> Gentilly-2 nuke protest >> Matrix Reloaded >> Kid 606 & Victo >> Black_Box

May 8-14, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 47 : BEST OF MONTREAL
BOM - 14th Annual Best of Montreal Readers Poll 2003: The readers have voted and the results are in!

May 1-7, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 46 : SHOCK VALUE
Between rock and an art place at the Electric Art Derby >> PLUS: >> Arab Strap >> Spanish cult classic Viva la Muerte >> I Am Spoonbender

APRIL

April 24-30, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 45 : CLUBLAND '03
Crisco · RaveVival '93 · New clubs · Colonel Dom · Wikkid · Saved by the Belles >> PLUS Gus Van Sant >> Afterhours battle >> Ute Lemper >> Vues d'Afrique >> Soft Canyon

April 17-23, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 44 : Hammstrung!
The confounding song-and-dance routine of Canned Hamm >> PLUS >> Changing Main >> Robert Duvall >> Evolution denied >> Misstress Barbara

April 10-16, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 43 : PICK A CANDIDATE!
The Mirror guide to the election >> FILM >> Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses >> PLUS >> The Brains >> Montreal's hockey walk of fame >> Pipo Fiasco

April 3-9, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 42 : GET YOUR WAR ON!
David Rees brings his darkly satirical comic strip to Blue Metropolis >> LETTERS >> Angry Americans! Angry Canadians! >> PLUS >> Joel Schumacher on Phone Booth >> Talib Kweli >> Michael Palin

MARCH

March 27-April 2, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 41 : FIGHTING GANGS
Youth in Côte des Neiges worry about being targeted in a new city-wide crime prevention program >> NEWS >> Shots from the March 19 anti-war demo >> PLUS >> Election notebook >> Keb Darge's legendary funk >> Bend It Like Beckham

March 20-26, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 40 : Clit Parader
The cougar rap of Vancouver's Stink Mitt >> PLUS >> Super grass >> Clearcutting at Grassy Narrows >> Rocket From the Crypt

March 13-19, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 39 : KISS THIS, I'M IRISH
Stocious, langered and fluthered on St. Patrick's Day >> PLUS >> Morvern Callar >> Police brutality >> Dayglo Abortions

March 6-12, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 38 : RAT PACT
Cult actor Crispin Glover bonds with rodents in the horror remake Willard >> PLUS >> Old Brewery Mission union >> Kid Koala’s comic >> Kelly Joe Phelps >> FemBots

FEBRUARY

February 27-March 5, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 37 : Pandrogynously yours
Genesis P-Orridge brings sex, psychedelia and magick to Montreal >> FILM >> Arachnophobia - David Cronenberg on Spider, his unsettling vision of schizophrenia >> PLUS >> The Hipster Handbook >> The Organ >> The Mole of Soul

February 20-26, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 36 : ORIGINAL SYNTH
The U.K.'s Ladytron reboot robot rock >> PLUS >> Metro romance >> Death row movies >> Ursula Rucker

February 13-19, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 35 : SEX WORKERS DELIGHT
The In Heat festival triumphs the rights of local and international members of the sex trade >> PLUS >> Sex Survey >> STD Web site >> John psychology & more

February 6-12, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 34 : SMOKE JOB
Imperial Tobacco tries to put a happy face on cigarettes >> PLUS >> We Love Molecules >> Afterhours crackdown >> Electric Eel Shock

JANUARY

January 30 - February 5, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 33 : Håkan chop!
The secret identities of Swedish techno trickster Håkan Lidbo revealed! >> NEWS >> Racist ink - The favourite tattoos of white supremacists and what they mean >> PLUS >> Wi-Fi >> Candy Ass >> Black Body

January 23 - 29, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 32 : COOL CONDUCTOR
Maestro moderne Kent Nagano takes the reins of the MSO this week >> FILM >> Mean streets - The brutal City of God delves into Rio de Janeiro’s drug underworld

January 16 - 22, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 31 : STRAIGHT FROM YARD
Beth Lesser's book King Jammy's explores the golden era of dancehall reggae >> PLUS >> Winter Arts Preview - What’s coming up in music, film, theatre, books, dance, visual arts & more

January 9 - 15, 2003 Vol. 18 No. 30 : QUEEN OF SCREAMS
Z-movie star Isabelle Stephen strives for gory glory >> PLUS >> NOISEMAKERS 2003 » Parasite TV >> Dibondoko & DJ Kobal >> Thubten Samdup >> Madd Harold >> Mara Verna >> Radarsat-1 >> Not Proud >> Jacob Tierney >> Jon Erik Johansen >> The Donkeys >> Wiseguy Wally >> Patrick Batemen >> Avenue Verte Mont-Royal >> Yanik Chicoine >> NúFilms >> Jennyfer Grenon >> Shiverdown >> Yung Chang >> Samer Elatrash >> Zoe Brown >> Eli Batalion & Jerome Saibil >> Pablo Aravena >> Actor’s Studio Montreal >> Mahalia Verna >> Jon Paul Fiorentino >> Mia Brooks >> Danette MacKay >> Daniel Bitton >> Maryse Larivière >> Valérie Rousseau >> Rob Lutes >> Evidence Clothing >> Alena >> Lük Fleury >> Mark Camacho