May 2000

Greetings from our lovely tenement in NYC and welcome to newsletter #1 from NY Rock. To all of you who have opted to join our list, we are impressed with your decision-making prowess. If somehow you've been accidentally included in the mailing, you'll be happy to know that, as we speak, NY Rock is assembling a free-sex-for-life contest, a trillion-dollar giveaway, and immortality kits that are yours for the taking.

In the words of the great philosopher Mick Jagger, "sex and sex and sex and sex – that's what makes this town the best" (or something like that), NY Rock is proud to feature the Elite Model Search 2000 as its cover story for May. To all of our women fans, please think of it as an introduction to some of the new faces you'll be seeing in your favorite clothing ads. For our male hetero fans, please note that there is some text lodged between the pictures. If you have a few minutes, you may want to scan through some of the paragraphs.

Other current NY Rock stories include:

• Interview with No Doubt
• Daily news briefs on artists such as Oasis, Stones, Korn, Santana, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz
• CD reviews of Neil Young, Hanson, No Doubt, Built to Spill, Glassjaw, Pat McGee Band, Smashing Pumpkins.

NEED A LAUGH: head to our Newz section and check out Matt Schroeder's latest scribes on topics such as the Love Bug virus, Internet Privacy and Elian Gonzalez.

Coming up in the week ahead: Reviews of Bosstones, Don Henley and Charlie Watts.

Of course, if for some crazy reason you wish to be excluded in the future, just reply to this message, type "Remove" in the subject header, and we'll remedy the situation pronto.

On a final note, you'll be happy to observe that this newsletter contains absolutely no attachments for you to download to your hard drive.