December 2001

Just in from Tora Bora: Slippery Osama bin Laden continues to elude tribal fighters. But take heart, although he has yet to be captured, bin Laden has been driven half insane by eating all that peanut butter we air-dropped a few months back without any jelly or cold milk to wash it down. In fact, sources say that the stuff has given him a severe case of constipation and he is currently holed up in a luxury cave just screaming for a laxative. Moreover, bin Laden has reportedly given up all efforts to secure nuclear weapons and is instead offering his entire flock of wives and maybe a camel or two in exchange for an air-dropped supply of good ol' American Ex-Lax. Meanwhile, here in the States, NY Rock has a fresh batch of content that we'd like to tell you about:

• Interviews: Gavin Rossdale of Bush, Shirley Manson of Garbage
• Concert Reviews: Slayer, Psychedelic Furs, Henry Rollins
• Christmas Special: The El Vez Show with Tammy Faye Starlite!
• Movie Review: Ocean's 11

For our friends in the neighborhood, NY Rock invites you to come celebrate the holidays with us at the elegant Cutting Room this Saturday night, Dec 22. Joy Ryder and the NY Rhythm Allstars will be performing their rockin' rhythm and blues at 9 pm. $5 at door. (19 W. 24th St., btwn 5th and 6th Aves, NYC.)

Otto Luck