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1997 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Ghost ship

  published August 14, 1997

  By the end of Event Horizon, an ocean of red nearly drowns half the cast--this is a literal bloodbath. Blood pours from their throats, from their... More >>

• Hat's off

  published July 10, 1997

  It's so damned hot in Austin on this Saturday that condensation forms on your skin before you're all the way out the door. You're like a... More >>

• Bad business

  published July 3, 1997

  For the past month, callers trying to reach Roland Edison at the headquarters of A&M Records in Los Angeles have been told he is out of the office... More >>

• Born again

  published June 26, 1997

  Rickie Lee Jones doesn't want to be here. Well, here, maybe--in the Novel Cafe on Main Street in Santa Monica, a nice site for a cup of coffee or... More >>

• Power trio

  published June 12, 1997

  In the middle of answering a question, Mark Eitzel notices a jacket worn by one of the Warner Bros. Records publicists who are hanging around his... More >>

• boring-something

  published May 29, 1997

  It lasted a mere four seasons, but thirtysomething lives on. Its legacy began the moment the show went off the air in 1991: The yuppie angst... More >>

• Bar chords

  published May 29, 1997

  Answering the door of his Los Angeles home on Mulholland Drive, perched between the Valley and the sky, Harry Dean Stanton appears as he has for... More >>

• Out Here

  published April 24, 1997

  Heavy tin foil Come On Feel The Metal Various artists steve records The joke's an easy one to remember, but a hard one to... More >>

• Soul survivor

  published March 20, 1997

  The rain and cold don't stop Solomon Burke. He's an hour late for the rendezvous, in the parking lot of the red-ribboned church at the... More >>

• Sells like teen spirit

  published March 13, 1997

  It could have been any town in America, and it often was: Athens, Georgia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Minneapolis; Austin. Seattle was just... More >>

• Taking Howard Stern seriously

  published February 27, 1997

  The man who makes his living talking louder than everyone is suddenly quiet. His eyes close behind trademark shades, his hand rubs against the... More >>

• New Direction

  published January 16, 1997

  Kevin Spacey sits in his Four Seasons hotel room to talk about his first experience as a director, about the two years he spent navigating Albino... More >>

• Farther along

  published January 16, 1997

  She does not stick out in the dilapidated lobby of Los Angeles' Farmer's Daughter Motel on Fairfax, just across the street from the restaurants... More >>