Thursday, December 17th., 1998: Vol. 3 #51 NEWS Film grant ceiling lowered to boost opportunities (and other stories) by FFWD Staff LETTERS Fast Forward a damn good read by FFWD Reader SPLICE Finding Jesus on the Web (and other salvations) by FFWD Staff VIEWPOINT Buzz speaks out On Europeans, subsidies and radical farm protests by Hamish MacAulay BOOKS Look between the covers To find gifts that suit everyone on your list by FFWD Staff Exhausted Hollywood stereotypes leave nothing to care about Richard E. Grant's A Hollywood Novel reviewed by Mike Bell Bookends by Harry Vandervlist FOOD How to put the fun into fungi Discovering the flavors and uses of the types of mushrooms on the market by Patrick Rengger CITY Have yourself a kinky little Christmas Risqué gifts for those who prefer to be naughty rather than nice by Scott Gray MUSIC Emotion needs no words Guitarist Oscar Lopez enjoys the freedom of being an ambassador to Calgary by Mary-Lynn McEwen Unmasking the band you hate to love Local punkers The Browns dish out the schtick to keep the scene fresh by Aubrey McInnis CD BOX SET REVIEWS Lennon set emotionally raw John Lennon's The John Lennon Anthology reviewed by Ian Chiclo Coltrane's music history John Coltrane's The Classic Quartet , Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings reviewed by Jordan Kawchuk The Style Council brought down the walls The Style Council's The Compete Adventures of.... reviewed by Mike Bell CD REVIEWS Mixin' up ways to beat the seasonal blahs Urban Groove reviews by Red Eye VISUAL ARTS Posing perceptions Nudes attempt to politicize female form by Dave Teeuwen THEATRE Calgary gets a Fringe Festival to call its own Organizers introduce alternative theatre to the summer festival lineup by Maureen McNamee In the shadows of a classic (review: It's a Wonderful Life) Production fails to find a wonderful life outside of film by Nikki Sheppy FILM Would you like topping on your cinema experience? From movie coliseums to VIP seating, there are big changes brewing in the way we watch film by Julie Pithers All hail the King of Krap (review: Happiness) Happiness not for those with an aversion to perversions by Richard Zywotkiewicz Bore me up, Scotty (review: Star Trek: Insurrection) Lame episodic TV now playing at a theatre near you by Robert Tarry Some fertilizer needed for Genie nominee (review: Ruper's Land) Canadian road movie straddles the dotted yellow line for too much of the trip by Robert Tarry VIDEO Video Vulture Gorilla-suit movies: for the animal in you by John Tebbutt MR. SMUTTY St. Sheldon's Fire Or: Man In Motion Sickness, A Christmas Story by James Martin HOROSCOPE What's your sign Cruising the cosmos this week by The Kid Copyright ©1998 FFWD. All rights reserved.