November 11–18, 1999 20 questions Buckethead interview by a.d. amorosi Since 1992, Buckethead has been tossing out trashy metal riffs and cool, clean liquid solos that’d make inspirations Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Hazel cry. But rather than make anthemic rock…

November 4–11, 1999 spoken word Pretty Fly, Word Guy Kevin O’Neill and his Day Of The Poet go four for four. by a.d. amorosi Each First Friday, beyond the gallery rush and hushed chatter, there’s an engrossing, literate in-your-face display…

November 4–11, 1999 music Wallpaper No More Nobukazu Takemura and Tortoise’s Doug McCombs make ambient music you can listen to. by a.d. amorosi If you were to pour through the scads of wallpaper music masquerading as “ambient,” you couldn’t find…

September 30–October 7, 1999 music Going Hungary Muzsikas retrace the roots of Hungary from village folk to Bela Bartók. by a.d. amorosi Like hippies in the ’60s, the folk musicians of Hungary take culture and politics into their own hands…

September 23–30, 1999 20 questions Maxx S-Williams interview by a.d. amorosi Whether you call him Blue Maxx, MC Uh-Oh or by his given name, you’ve got to give Maxx S-Williams, rapper/lyricist of Incognegro, your respect. With old pals Mark Boyce…

August 26–September 2, 1999 critical mass The Thin Black Duke A conversation with hip-hop’s Kool Keith, this generation’s Space Oddity. by a.d. amorosi What David Bowie was to ’70s rock, Keith Thornton is to ’90s hip-hop. The rapper who’s alternately…

July 22–29, 1999 movies Funny Guy Comedymeister Bruce Vilanch, round peg in a Hollywood Square, talks about the new documentary on his life. interview by a.d. amorosi I don’t know if wooly, bespectacled Bruce Vilanch is the funniest man in…

July 8–15, 1999 music The (Techno) Age of Aquarius For Ozric Tentacles, the seventh high is in the synthesizer. by a.d. amorosi Whether exhuming the Grateful Dead or chewing on the new space sounds from Apples In Stereo, Americans have…

July 8–15, 1999 music Icepack by a.d. amorosi Chris Schwartz and Joe Nicolo have always beenRuffhouse, the decade-old local label, distributed through Columbia/Sony, that has pumped out hits from theFugees and its solo membership, Cypress Hill, Kris Kross and countless…