Rewind
We don't have very far to go this month, as we rewind back to 1999, an unimportant year to some, but for our Editor-in-Chief, a very important year in his awareness of modern music and film.

Watching the Music
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers go all Alice In Wonderland on us for "Don't Come Around Here No More"

Getting to Know...
Kurt Vonnegut may be an elusive writer, but he's also delivered dozens of classic books. This month, Russell Bartholomee helps us tackle the Vonnegut canon.

Hello In There
Zayne Reeves takes a closer look at some of the great films lurking below the pop culture radar

Couch Festival
Too lazy to go to a real film festival? Try one of our couch festivals. This month: "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"

I Wanna See The Nashville Lights
Zayne Reeves' comic starring some familiar faces in country music.

Whatever Happened To...
EMF briefly innovated the pop scene, but quickly vanished once grunge became a hit. Where'd they go?

What Went Wrong
Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen could have been a great remake; but it wasn't. What went wrong? Nathan Williams takes a look.

9 x 5
Our contributors pick five things they're digging this month.

9x5 – March 2004

Being There’s staff picks their favourites of the month.

Adam M. Anklewicz
(Technical Director/Webmaster & Staff Contributor):

1) “Back Home Weather” by Matt Mays
2) “Apple of my Eye” by Badfinger
3) “Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole” by Martha Wainwright
4) “The Animals” by Elevator
5) Doctor Who on April 5th!

Russell Bartholomee
(Staff Contributor & Associate Editor <New Music>):

1) Golden Ocean, 50 Foot Wave
2) Goodfellas
3) America: The Audio Book
4) London
5) Paris

Cari Crosby
(Media Relations, Marketing, and Advertising):

1) Transistor Radio, M. Ward
2) Macadamia nuts
3) Anxiously awaiting spring
4) Pink
5) The Incredibles on DVD

Shel Desormeaux
(Staff Contributor & Associate Editor <Film & DVD>):

Shel is on leave for April. But fear not, she will return!

Lisa Hood-Anklewicz
(Staff Contributor)

1) The Inbreds
2) Finally getting to see The Inbreds play live. Wishes really can come true, you just need to give it about seven years.
3) Robert Altman movies
4) The 4400
5) Tori Amos

Aaron Licht
(Staff Contributor):

1) The films of Robert Linklater
2) Hitchcock's Psycho
3) The Mother & the Whore (dir. Jean Eustache)
4) Anticipating the spring
5) Perpetual research for my degree's final project

Adam D. Miller
(Editor-in-Chief, Staff Contributor)

1) Having downtown Toronto as a permanent aspect of my lifestyle
2) Transistor Radio, M. Ward
3) Make Do With What You Got, Solomon Burke
4) Nolita, Keren Ann
5) Amos Lee, Amos Lee

Brighid Mooney
(Staff Contributor, Associate Editor <Books & Classic Music>):

1) iPod
2) Peter Sellers movies
3) Lidsville
4) Freaks and Geeks
5) Elvis Costello

Zayne Reeves
(Staff Contributor):

1) Vic Chestnutt reissues
2) Alejandro Escovedo
3) New Orleans
4) Mystery Science Theater 3000
5) Manna Grocery (especially when their daily special is blackened snapper!)

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