June 2000

Hi there. It's summer in New York: The flowers are in full bloom, the fire hydrants have been freshly vandalized and the rats are merrily feasting on discarded Popsicle sticks all over town.

Welcome to the NY Rock Newsletter #2!

We decided that for our most recent issue of NY Rock, we would try something different and actually feature a bunch of musicians on our home page – hence the lovely spread of West Coast quartet Papa Roach. For those of you who sorely miss seeing a sexy gal or two in this spot, rest assured, we'll try not to make this sort of thing a habit.

Before I run down the rest of the current fodder appearing on our site, I thought I would mention some material that we considered for publication but pulled at the last minute. The list goes as follows: "John Rocker, It's Guys Like Him That Give Ignorant Racists a Bad Name," "Elian Gonzales: Boy Messiah," "How You Can Be a Complete Idiot and Still Rise to the Top by George W. Bush" and "Is Whitney on Drugs? Is Elian a Little Cuban Boy?"

Although these articles never saw the light of day, I assure you that the NY Rock staff has been as busy as cockroaches in a Lower East Side pantry. Currently, we are proud to present the following selection of material for your reading/viewing pleasure...

Concert Reviews:
- L7: Having a Uterus Doesn't Mean You Don't Have Balls
- Dope/Disturbed/Primer 55
- Bosstones
- Travis

CD Reviews:
- NOFX
- Black Sabbath Tribute featuring Godsmack, Machine Head, Static-X, Megadeth, System of a Down, Pantera, Primus, Slayer, Soulfly, hed(pe), Monster Magnet, and Busta Rhymes. - Don Henley
- Charlie Watts

Sports Week Review:
- Matt Schroeder's must-read jock journals

Movie Reviews:
- Shaft: Bullets and Booty over Broadway
- Jesus' Son: You Can't OD on JHC
- Gone in 60 Seconds

World Beat:
- daily news briefs on artists such as AC/DC, Sinead O'Connor, Mary J Blige, Spinal Tap, A Perfect Circle, 3 Doors Down

Newz:
- Drug Wars: Everyone Wants to Be a Kingpin
- Weather Wars: The Super Gonzo Triple Doppler of Death 6000 and More

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