CONTENTS Agenda
2 - 16 December 2 LETTERS
4 15 DAYS TO LIVE 7 NEWS
8 RADAR
10 RAGE
14 THE LEECH
What'sOn
39 AROUND TOWN 44 BOOKS
46 CLUBS
56 COMEDY
58 FILM
64 DVD , M , g 82 GAY .x» ~ . “‘ C 83 KIDS ' ' e4 MUSIC 88 RECORDS ‘ 107 THEATRE
111 TV
112 VISUAL ART Cover story: Christmas Shopping megsMe Here we are all over again: it’s the hallucinogenic blur of Christmas as "9 PLAY THERE TH|S you race round the shops on Christmas Eve, blowing your entire FORTN'GHT December salary in John Lewis’ hi-fi department in a scattergun attempt 12‘ TRAVEL to plug the last minute present gaps. But this year, attitudes towards last 123 EAT & DRINK ditch shopping are changing: if all normal working people do it, why 125 HEALTH & ADVICE should we pretend it’s a problem? We’ve turned Christmas shopping into 126 CLASSIFIED a high speed game, putting together the finest circuits in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the perfect short, sharp shop. Meet you back at the pub in Reaer an hour. Full story, see page 21.
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16 Beastie Boys Not so long ago. this New York hip hop band made tabloId headlines by being. well. beastly. Now. hip hop's gelling over thinking that Inisogyny's cool . . . So what exactly Is the Beastie Boys' legacy?
18 Ellen Gallagher IntrIguIng. beautiful and haunting. Ellen Gallagher's art uses many different media to pursue a conSIstent two of enguin about personal and cultural IdentIty. Front filIn cuts to scalpel—scratched drawmgs. Gallagher's at the cutting edge.
58 Al Pacino From The Godfather to Serpico. Al PaCIno has chosen some of the plum roles In the history of CIneIna. He says It's all because he got hIs training on stage. and maybe that's why for his latest film, Pacrno's taking on Shakespeare.
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