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3 LETTERS FROM OUR CRACK SMOKING READERS Why do Aliens want to enslave us? Lies, lies… they are our FRIENDS. They are trying to HELP US! I don’t even believe they are [[THEY]]. They are US. They are manifestations of an emergency response routine lying dormant in the psyche of the human species. When the species is in danger of extinction, it kicks in, using whatever metaphor is necessary. It’s goal is simple. To correct the situation which is leading toward extinction. As things get worse, it should be interesting to see this feature activate in millions of humans. -Scott Busby

Dear Think, Thank you for the excellent perspectives in your recent issues regarding the situation in Serbia. It is not going to get better there until Milosevic and his people are brought to justice, and the Serb people learn how they have been used. HUMANIFESTO On the 600th anniversary of the war in Kosovo, in the square where hundreds of thousands of Serbs were gathered, President Milosevic said, “We are entering a new war after 600 hundred years. It is not an armed Think is brought to you this month by: Ben struggle but if necessary we will use arms.” The Balkan wars were kindled at Dover and C. Howlett Fields, Attorneys At Law that moment... Milosevic knows communist methods very well, uniting them with nationalist rhetoric, and had used three techniques in Bosnia. These can "And the way they talked to me! Like old friends, people who’d be listed as encouraging radicalism in the Serbian people, turning the Serbs known me forever. I was appalled at the thought of having to stay into militias, and organizing provocative incidents. with them forever," lamented a character in the most famous book To radicalize the Serbs, Milosevic has misinformed them. Implying that the by the most famous Czech author, and yet another wave of long term- Muslim population and the Croats were planning to kill the Serbs, he said that ers head back to the mothership, the oppression of the summer heat they had to eliminate them first. Then he armed all the Serb peasants and releases all its children into the hiving that we are programmed to do provoked them to attack the Bosnians and Croats. To top it all, following the despite the restlessness of the non credit card carrying, under incidents created by the Serb militia he asked the Serbian army to go in and insured, hand to mouth world the rest of us live in. As if there were thus held the upper hand... In Kosovo, the savage actions we’re all the work of any separation, as if when we lie, steal, cheat, and fuck over some- the ‘militia’. The only difference lies in the fact that, when the Serbian army body, it gets you any farther from the source of the problem. A was preparing to go into Kosovo, NATO has interfered. NATO has to eradicate marvelous tool, the hypocrite uses, as the spiritual wannabes down Serbian facism. Only then can peace come to Kosovo, and the Balkans.” at the "white" (as in trash, which is what they sell) market would -Taha Akyol-Milliyet have you believe. This guy from there had the nerve to give me this Buddhist schlock-prose one day when I was in his office talking about Greetings from the USA. the dance scene (unity etc.) and I spotted his guru, leering down at We’re dropping an email to you to say first off that we really like your me, and begging me to ask about it. This well tanned dude, magazine. It’s just the right blend of humor and information, something few Mahamudra wrote about finding "The clear light that is without cate- magazines ever achieve. The grunting midget in the one ad was a good one! gories or veils of obscuration, and the spontaneous, concept free Secondly, we would like to announce that two of our artists (Dj Bliss and state that is beyond intellect." You’d do biz wit dis kinda fool Brian Stillwater) will be visiting Czech in December/January to play at the wouldn’t ya, a straight up karma cracker, he’d seem. Well this chap, Millenium Z event on New Year’s Eve. We’d like to see if it would be possible lets just call him Petr for short decided that he wasn’t gonna pay for to somehow get something mentioned in Think, maybe even an interview with his two page map in our last issue, because, on the outside he them. explained, they did the graphics themselves! Well, as their noble They’d also like to make some contacts before coming over, and Think English-speaking employee explained to us, they just wanted to screw us Magazine is definitely an organization that is of interest to them. They will be over because of our country of origin. These guys make cash from clothes there at least a week, with other area gigs and radio appearances while they no one in Britain would wear, western garbage that is, and convinces you are there. Let us know if this would be possible. At the very least, that its cool. They try to get tourists to buy their junk-using Think, and play we’d like to arrange for you to simply meet up with them while they are there. the xenophobia card. So before any of you shop at their one stop karma Thanks a lot. We hope to hear from you soon. Below is a short bio on each shop, keep in mind, they sure do like your dough at the Black Market store dj/producer. Brian Stillwater-Inertia Label Collective: but beyond that, they think they’re getting over on, and they think they http://www.specworks.com/ are better than you. This is becoming a little more like Consumer Reports DJ BLISS: From 1995-1999 he ran the nationally distributed Activated everyday, I fear, but maybe if we could do the simple things like fulfill our Magazine. Last year he began Activated Records. The first release, Innercourse obligations in the simple world of transactions, then not only would we “Waypoint 1” (Bliss & Brian Stillwater) gained play from John Digweed, Nick become more Buddha like, if that’s your bag, but perhaps have some Warren (Way Out West), Andy Jarrod, Chris Fortier, etc. Reviews of the record respect for ourselves instead of becoming like the sad middle aged men popped up in magazines such as Thousand Words, Lotus and Matter. Bliss is on the trams who look in a constant state of petty guilt and anxiety over also a staff reviewer in BPM Culture Magazine, and has just joined the all the folks they fucked over in the years gone past. All this presumes that Thousand Words staff. Bliss also works at Modern Music Records in Baltimore time is linear of course, and whatever happens in Prague matters. It’s on (techno buyer). More information on Bliss is at: y’all. Your’s truly and respect to those who keep it real. http://www.angelfire.com/md/djbliss

Signed, BRIAN STILLWATER: Formerly known as Brian S., Brian has been Dj’ing and The multicultural and hard working staff of producing for years now, currently one of the leading US trance DJ/producers, Think entering its fourth year. In your homes, Holmes. with releases on labels such as Gargoyle, Outlandz, Sonic Soul, Vinyl Junkie,

4 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 [email protected] Activated, and his own label- Progress Recordings. He has had tracks on CD compilations from Simply Jeff, Dj Liquid, and others. Brian is a member of the highly respected Balance BEST OF PRAGUE WINNERS! \Promote Group, the most influential record pool in the US. First off, I’d like to thank the hundreds of people who sent Brian is also a buyer at Modern Music Record store. More infor- in their replies, as well as the thousands who didn’t, because mation on Brian Stillwater is at: if I had realized what a pain in the ass it was going to tally http://www.specworks.com/act/brianstillwater.html the results of a 50+ category survey, I would have just not done it. So for all of you who have been waiting for the Venting reasons, now you have it! Hmm... how to start this letter, nothing really important to say but I need to rant, rave, and generally scream & holler about And the winners are: some things that really piss me off. It's either that or kill some- 1st Place: Transportation for two to London England, plus three one. nights acommedation & two tickets to see the new StarWars My housemate and I share a bathroom. Could she be a little considerate? No. Do I have to leave the house at 7:45 to get to movie; work on time? Yes. What is taking so long? She and her Raul Balizar, Praha 3 boyfriend are in the shower together. Real nice. Way to go. Have 2nd Place: Ten CD’s in an assortment of styles; all the sex you want, BUT DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT WHEN I NEED Pavel Ma‰ka, Praha 6 TO GET READY FOR WORK! 3rd Place: Dinner for two at Jáma, The Hollow and a bottle of How about this? Two days ago my housemate storms in to MY Jack Daniel’s to top the evening off; ROOM at 6:45 AM and decides she has to listen to BILLY OCEAN. Robert Carrithers, Praha 9 Not even 'Carribean Queen', but all the other crap he came up Winners must send us notification to collect prizes by 28/9/99. Winners with in the 80s. What's worse is she went to a modeling agency yesterday who told her to lose AT LEAST 2 kilos. Why is it that almost every young Czech woman today only dreams of being a walking without a shirt. And I hate it when you're sitting behind someone at a model? What the hell kind of self-esteem are they supposed to have when their red light, it turns to a green arrow and they just sit there staring at the pretty future "career goal" consists of fitting the stereotype of a model? Maybe 2 girls green arrow! And why do people drive 10 miles under the speed limit when you out of 50,000 even have a shot, and the rest will never make it because they can't pass them and when the road becomes 2 lanes one way and you can pass them all of a sudden they can do 15 miles over the speed limit? I guess this is all the power these people have. Oh, how long a list this could be. First & foremost: MOST PEOPLE ARE STUPID. Let's begin with people who take up at least 2 parking spaces because of their precious luxury automobiles. This pisses me off daily, especially in my job's parking lot, which is constantly full. How can these jerks even enjoy their car if they have to worry about something happening to it all the time? Not to mention, I have to park in East Bunghole & then walk twice as far to the building. I HATE THESE SELFISH BASTARDS! You know what else really sucks? It sucks when you go to another country and you can't speak the language! It sucks when you're stuck with housemates who slap you on the back for a morning greeting and then take your cigarettes! And what's the deal with ignorant, idiotic, crowd following, black sheep, band- wagon fools? I tell you, there is nothing that gets my goat more than followers. Would they really jump off a bridge if everyone was doing it? YES! Why am I so alone? What is it about me that causes people to avoid me? Why is that at the end of the day, I am alone. so alone in a heartless, cruel cruel world. Why is it don't look right. Why don't any of the careers that really DO exist and are that my heart feels so heavy all the time? Why is it that I uncontrollably cry obtainable have any appeal? No wonder so few Czech women are able to myself to sleep at least 2 nights per week? What is so wrong with me? -Ana actually feel self-confident. And to the Harley Davidson accountant-by-day, rebel-by-night biker wannabe who lives on my street; Look, there's nothing wrong with having a good midlife crisis, but why do you have to ride your ridiculously LOUD penile implant through my quiet neighborhood at 3am? Here's an idea; next Saturday night, after you've glued on your favorite tattoo and squeezed your pasty-white, flabby-breasted wife into a tube top and leather chaps, do us all a favor and take the Octavia instead. And more noise for the roommate: if the bedroom's closed and you can hear moaning and groaning, obviously the people in here are having sex, so back off, go to the bathroom and puke if you have to, but leave it alone! And for those people who smoke and chew gum, etc., PLEASE support your own habit. Moochers are extremely annoying! For once I'd like to get through a day without pro veřejnost Po-Ne 16.00 - 03.00 anyone asking me if I have a cigarrete, piece of gum, a condom, a joint, or an OPEN: krmení/kitchen Po-Ne 16.00 - 02.00 Live Music, Cocktails, Easy Bowling extra life!!! Another thing I hate; fat Eastern European men with beer bellies working or NÁRODNÍ 25, PRAHA 1, INFO: 02/2108 5599

5 FROM A PLANET FULL OF JUNK Lunetic sucks!

ew from a company called Hors (pronounced „whores“) are Lunetic Bonbons, cheap litle candies just Nlike grandma used to give you on your weekly visits, when you’d rather she got hip and discovered Reese’s Pieces. But just like grandma never got a clue, these here candies don’t seem to have any special- ness either, just plain ol’ genericsim. Sure, like the band they’re very fruity, and cheap looking, and maybe just as sweet, and I guess if you’re working for a company called Hors, the irony’s not lost if you put your picture on anything that will sell to the masses of gullible teenage Czech girls. And besides, we all know Lunetic sucks, but now, finally, you can suck Lunetics! BIG WHIRLED 13Kã, whereever candies are sold EXPLOIT THE ALIENS, BEFORE THEY PROBE YOU! YOU CAN NOW PLAY A SCIENTIST EXAMINING ALIENS LIKE IN SETI@Home THE FAMOUS ROSWELL- The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence MOVIE FROM THE X-FILES OF THE U.S.-ARMY. IN Last april the SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed "ALIEN ANATOMY" YOU ARE Intelligent Populations) group, based at the University of California Berkeley, launched a ground FISHING FOR THE INTESTINES IN breaking program called SETI@Home. Using the world’s largest radio-telescope at the Aricibo THE GUT OF A GREEN GUM-DOLL Observatory in Puerto Rico, SERENDIP has been WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS. WHO combing the skies looking KNOWS WHAT YOU WILL FIND? for alien radio transmis- THE INTRODUCTION IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL ANATOMY COSTS sions and they need our ABOUT 1,400Kã (includes postage) AND IT'S NOW AVAILABLE help. SETI@Home is a screen saver which goes to FROM THINK MAGAZINE. (EMAIL TO ORDER: [email protected]) work when you aren't on PAY ATTENTION! HIDE THE GAME IF YOU WILL HAVE A VISIT your computer. It down- FROM THE ALIENS! loads a piece of data from the Aricibo telescope, your computer processes it and je v plném sends it back to SERENDIP. You could find E.T. right from your own home! Currently the Czech Létoproudu, Republic ranks 10th in the amount of data processed with 605.22 years(!) of total computer ãas prázdnin nekonãí time. To find out more information and to download the software, go to: http://www.setiath- a pro ty z Vás, ktefií ome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and you can join the thousands of us already looking! se je‰tû chystají na cesty, máme typ. Je Tato zpráva sv˘m obsahem tak úplnû nezapadá do rubriky Kiosk, jím Karta mládeÏe Euro<26, ale rozhodnû by mohla b˘t novinkou pro ty, ktefií se po prázdninách vracejí s kterou lze snadno u‰etfiit pfii putování Evropou, tak i na domácí pÛdû. Slevy jsou v mnoha do Prahy. Od 1. ãervence je uzavfiena stanice metra Malostranská (trasa A), oblastech: cestování a doprava, kultura, ubytování, stravování, z dÛvodu v˘mûny eskalátorÛ a rekonstrukce ve stanici. Kromû toho je také sport, obchod, sluÏby a informace, v âechách a na Moravû i ve vzdûlávací sféfie. Na ukázku nûkolik zajímav˘ch typÛ v Praze: uzavfien a totálnû zdemolován park, tak vychytané místo pro schÛzky nebo na vstupné do kina Per‰t˘n od 17 hod. je sleva 20%, do Dejvického del‰í ãekání. Celková oprava by mûla trvat devût mûsícÛ, uvidíme, zda-li se divadla je sleva 50%, na pfiedstavení spolku Ka‰par je studentské 1. dubna dozvíme, Ïe ukonãení dostavby je pouh˘ April-fool joke. vstupné, do Divadla pod Palmovkou je sleva 50%, Galerie hl. m. Prahy poskytuje slevu 100% do tûchto objektÛ: Mûstská knihovna, galerie Mánes, Bílkova vila, Staromûstská radnice a na dal‰í místa. V cizinû se karta vyplatí zejména pfii ubytování (hotely, hostely Interiér klubu XT 3 pro‰el bûhem a kempy), sportovního vyÏití (zejména lyÏování), pfii prohlídkách prázdnin men‰í úpravou. Horní ãást byla zrekonstruována a to památek (aÏ 50%) a dopravû (v Itálii u‰etfiíte na Ïeleznici aÏ 40%). tak, Ïe prostor balkónu byl zmen‰en, pohovka se stolkem a Kartu obdrÏíte na adrese: Praha 2, Mánesova 46 (tel. 22250388 kfiesly jsou pryã, zb˘vají malé stolky na pÛvodním místû. I zábradlí nebo info na www.adam. cz/ascii/km), stojí 200,- Kã (roãní u schodi‰tû zmûnilo svÛj vzhled, av‰ak uchovalo si svou nezbyt- platnost) a spolu s ní dostanete pfiehled míst v âeské republice, nost. Boãní stûna (vedle schodi‰tû), o kterou se vût‰í ãást které zaji‰Èují slevy, kontaktní adresy na informaãní místa klubov˘ch hostÛ pfii balkónovém sestupu nebo v˘stupu opírala a v zahraniãí, kde najdete tamní kanceláfi KM a hlavnû praktické bylo to na ní patfiiãnû znát, je obloÏena dfievem ve stejné barvû, informace o moÏnostech vyuÏití karty. A jako mal˘ dárek Vám bude jako zábradlí. Zda-li rekonstrukce byla k lep‰ímu nebo ne, musí vûnována vstupenka do klubu Rock Café, kterou uplatníte na Vámi kaÏd˘ posoudit sám. Praha 8, Pod Plynojemem 5. vybranou akci, aÏ budete chtít.

6 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 A MIXED COCKTAIL OF THE WORLD

atfiíte-li mezi milovníky dobrého vína, jistû budete potû‰eni novû otevfienou, Pspecializovanou prodejnou archivních vín na Malé Stranû. V nabídce oceníte ‰irok˘ v˘bûr domácích vín z nejúrodnûj‰ích vinafisk˘ch oblastí, jako jsou Velké Pavlovice, Mikulov a dal‰í známá místa. Zahraniãí zastupuje sluncem zalitá Francie. ObchÛdek U zlaté koruny se zab˘vá i prodejem ãeského historiského skla - dÏbánkÛ, sklenic, ãí‰í a v neposlední fiadû zde seÏenete klasické likéry - Slivovici, Becherovku i Fernet, v lahvích o nejrÛznûj‰ím objemu. V Karmelitské ulici ã.21 na Praze 1 se otevírá kaÏd˘ den v jedenáct dopoledne a poslední zákazník opou‰tí prodejnu v ‰est veãer.

A RECENTLY REJECTED BILLBOARD FROM SWITZERLAND’S YOUNG & RUBICAM AGENCY FOR AN ERICSSON MOBIL WITH A FEATURE CALLED VIBRA CALL. I WONDER THOUGH, WHAT SWATCH KIND OF BATTERIES DOES IT USE AND WILL THEY RELEASE A HANDS-FREE VERSION?

drÏovan˘ch parkÛ a vefiejn˘ch zahrad není v Praze tolik, i kdyÏ jejich obliba Ustále stoupá. Pfies léto je otevfiena Vrtbovská zahrada, která svou rozlohou smûle konkuruje zahradû Vald‰tûjnské. Na její pÛdû naleznete voliéru s ptáky, ateliér Mikolá‰e Al‰e, galerii, barokní sochy lemující schodi‰tû na vyhlídku, která opravdu stojí za v˘stup. Rázem se ocitnete pod Petfiínem, v tûsném sousedství pozemku patfiícího k ambasádû americké vlády, odkud je pohled na celou Prahu pfies stfiechy malostransk˘ch domÛ. Ale pozor! Do zahrady je vstup 20,- Kã, pro studenty poloviãní. Cena vstupenek na koncerty zde pofiádané se pohybuje okolo 150,- Kã. Zahrada je otevfiena dennû mezi 10:00 a 18:00, o víkendu je otevfieno o hodinu déle. Prostory jsou nabízeny k pofiádání zahradních party, banketÛ nebo koktejlÛ. Praha 1, Karmelitská 25, tel:57531480.

7 SOCIETY IS BUILT UPON TRUST

world to make purchases. This is extremely ineffi- cient, and additionally runs the risk that the viewer may not immediately return and resume watching. So we are planning to add financial transactions to the WWW as well. In the near future, you will only need to point your mouse at the item you want and click. Software will handle the rest and in short order the items will appear on your doorstep. This is much more efficient— the consumer does not need to leave the house at all, reducing the risk that they may discover non-shopping activities to fill their time. It’s all part of the grand Shopping-As- Entertainment meme, which we’ve gradually been spreading through the population. It is our objective to make shopping as pleasurable as possible, so that this activity will eventually supplant all other forms CONSPIRACY ON-LINE of entertainment. This is already common — many vacationers, for example, take time to visit outlet An Overview “web” of surveillance and creeping consumerism. malls while far from home. We are quite pleased at Already the WWW is crowded with companies this development. What good does it do for a The Internet, as it currently exists, is a major advertising their wares, infiltrating every corner of conspiracy dupe to, for example, visit the Tatra annoyance to The Conspiracy™. We don’t like it, as the WWW with consumer-manipulation memes, Mountains, when they could be in one of our it has a nasty tendency to promote free speech and, urging viewers to buy more, to submit to our plan stores? Thus there are outlet malls in every corner god forbid, independent, non-consumer thought. for society. of the Western World™, that people might have the This cannot be allowed to continue. Incidentally, the choice of words above was not illusion of a vacation by travelling hundreds or The first stage of our Internet Suppression Plan accidental. It is no longer appropriate to refer to thousands of miles to visit a shopping mall. Non- (ISP) was the creation of the World Wide Web. As Internet “users”. Under the plan, and increasingly shopping recreation fails to generate revenue, and we have previously stated, the WWW’s name was true even now, those on the internet will be VIEW- is in fact quite dangerous since it encourages carefully chosen. At first glance it appears to refer ERS, mindlessly watching images on their screens, people to reflect on their lives. This is a serious to an interpersonal web of friends, exchanging happily accepting the latest corporate ad campaign, threat to order in western society, since personal thoughts in open communication. In fact, the “web” scarcely using their conscious mind as they “surf” reflection can lead to the realization that toiling for is a trap, which has ensnared the net and its users the web. long hours in a faceless corporation, in order to in the same way that a fishing net entangles Sending credit card information over the net is the better afford mall-distributed trinkets, is not tradi- dolphins. It’s no accident that WWW users are said next phase of the ISP. It’s not enough to simply tionally considered a spiritually fulfilling existence. to be “surfing” the web. Just imagine what would advertise merchandise on the Internet. Such a We absolutely cannot permit this. Thus, shopping as happen to a surfer who encountered a commercial scheme relies on the viewer eventually leaving the entertainment. Enjoy fishing net, and you begin to understand. It is a screen, and their house, and venturing out into the The Conspiracy™: You’re soaking in it.

THE ONION AS CHERRY 90% of the material is new, Progressivism of Robert La Follette. and it retains all of the bite, But unlike their predecessors, The Onion can't take Our Dumb Century, edited by Scott Dikkers and multi-dimensionality and con this protest shit too seriously. When the situation on The Onion staff (Three Rivers Press, 1999) sistency that one expects spaceship Earth is This Bad, and being earnest and from the weekly edition. It is thorough doesn't even guarantee the illusion of obody familiar with the clear that an impressive amount of change anymore, it becomes attractive to beat the NOnion should be surprised research went into the first half-as bastards with a painful, momentary black blooded that its first book length effort is well as a reading or two of Howard belly laugh so hard you almost forget for a moment. a brilliant, milk-spurting-out-of- Zinn's People's History - and there Which is not to say that the Onion fails to offer a your-nose tour de force of sharply was almost certainly some academic running, sustained and coherent critique, but rather honed, dangerously informed input along the way. The tone of the that it realizes the limits of straight-faced and overly wrecking ball humor. first three sections is spot-on earnest intellectualism. Our Dumb Century is the last convincing and demonstrates at least One is reminded of Stanley Kubrick and his early one hundred years through the an advanced graduate student's attempts to research Dr. Strangelove, which he orig- crystal lens of America's finest sense of the nation's past. inally intended to be a drama along the lines of news source, which systematically Which is not surprising for a crew Failsafe, a nuclear themed film released the same sears the folly and wickedness of based in Madison, Wisconsin, a town year. The more Kubrick learned about the Air Force, the American Century with pitch perfect evocations famous for leftist politics, great historians and great the arms race, and the insane logic behind it all, the of the various myths that have sustained and fueled leftist historians. The Onion staff, which combines more he knew his film could only be satire. The spirit it, from Industrial Progress ("Nation's Skies Filled the comedic intuition of Woody Allen circa 1970 and of that film, which makes us laugh at what normally With Beautiful, Black Smoke") to the Space Race the politics of Noam Chomsky with an unmatched, freezes our tears while still in their ducts, is the spirit ("Outer Space Falls to Communists") to the Domino zeitgeist shaping sense of their own moment in time, behind the Onion, which is to say the healthy, Theory ("U.S. Loses Vietnam War; Ford Urges All can be seen as part of a long tradition of Madison- humane side of intelligence made manifest in these Americans to Salute Our Vietcong Rulers"). based dissent starting most famously with the dark times. -Alexander Zaitchik

8 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 ZAMY·LENÍ PAVLA TULINA

ejdfiíve si musíte uvûdomit, Ïe vláda je naÏivu! MÛÏete na ni pohlíÏet Nstejnû jako na jakékoli jiné Ïivé stvofiení. A jako takové má i vláda touhu se rozpínat a pfieÏít. Proto se americká vláda snaÏí zaujmout pozici vlády „svûtové“. Rusové to také vyzkou‰eli, ale neuspûli. Nyní je na tahu Amerika. Vláda byla vytvofiena pfied dvûma INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL sty sedmnácti lety. Byla zaloÏena na du‰evních a intelektuálních kvalitách OF EUROPEAN AND lidí, které jiné kontinenty odmítly pro ORIENTAL LANGUAGES jejich velikost a nepotlaãiteln˘ smysl pro svobodu. Byli to dobfií lidé. UváÏíme-li offers podmínky pfied dvûma sty lety, americká ústava byla bájeãn˘m kusem práce. English, German, Tehdy vytvofiená vláda a spoleãensk˘ French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, CO MŮŽETE UDĚLAT SE SVOU VLÁDOU? Japanese,

aparát mûly chránit prosperitu a dávat nadûji sv˘m lidem. Ale mnoho vûcí se Arabian, and za dvûstû let zmûnilo. âlovûk vstoupil do vesmíru, objevil se AIDS - ve stínu Hebrew courses neuvûfiitelné technologie existují nevyléãitelné nemoci. VzrÛstá chudoba, zloãin Enroll now for the semester a násilí. Existuje tolik vûcí, které pfiekroãily hranice pfiedstavivosti tvÛrcÛ Spojen˘ch StátÛ. Mnohé principy ustavené pfied dvûma sty lety uÏ nefungují - ne starting in September! proto, Ïe jsou ‰patné, ale proto, Ïe svût je jin˘. The Language House, Vláda je sv˘m urãením konzervativní. NezáleÏí na tom, jak revoluãním zpÛsobem se ujala své moci. KaÏd˘ novodob˘ systém bude pfiirozenû v opozici vÛãi jak˘mkoli ·krétova 8, Prague 2 • Tel/fax: 24231211, velk˘m zmûnám jak jen dlouho bude moÏné. Dokonce bude ve snaze se ubránit jednat i proti vlastním lidem. Tak to vÏdycky bylo. Vláda bude bytnût a sílit a zaãne e-mail: [email protected] obcházet a podfiizovat spoleãnost vlastním potfiebám. Dfiíve nebo pozdûji budou lidé Ïít jenom pro naplnûní potfieb vlády, ale vláda nebude dále vyhovovat jejich sociálním poÏadavkÛm. Pro záchranu své existence bude vláda vÏdy vytváfiet donucovací mechanismy a obrovské nástroje propagandy. Bude dominovat informaãním prostfiedkÛm a komunikaci a urputnû demoralizovat a zamítat své oponenty. Rozhofiãenû se bude hádat s k˘mkoli, kdo nesouhlasí nebo má odli‰né názory. Brzo bude byrokratická ma‰inérie vést svÛj vlastní Ïivot a nikdo nebude vûdût, co se dûje. Co se dá dûlat? MÛÏe dojít k dal‰í revoluci nebo k obãanské válce. Ale za urãitou dobu bezpochyby nastane stejná situace. Co jiného? MoÏná, Ïe musí dojít ke zmûnû v srdcích a my‰lení uvnitfi spoleãnosti...nûjaká forma osvobození se od spoleãensk˘ch vazeb bez potfieby destrukce. Mám tu nûkolik praktick˘ch návodÛ pro zaãáteãníky! Nejdfiíve se pokuste osvobodit se ze spoleãenského útlaku, kter˘ na vás tlaãí. Podporujte malé formy kapitalismu namísto obrovsk˘ch korporaãních monster. Nakupujte v mal˘ch obchodech v sousedství namísto Tesca nebo Kotvy. Dejte ‰anci mal˘m obchodníãkÛm a brzo dostanete ãerstv˘ chléb k snídani na rohu va‰eho domu. Starejte se o své sousedství - pfiizpÛsobte ho sv˘m potfiebám. Seznamte se s místními bezdomovci a brzo se jich pfiestanete bát, vznikne vzájemn˘ respekt. Sráãi, ktefií na to nepfiistoupí, brzo zmizí. Mluvte se sv˘mi sousedy, poskytnou vám vût‰í pocit bezpeãí neÏ policie. Pokuste se nepouÏívat policejních sluÏeb, pokud skuteãnû nemusíte - jejich teroristické metody devalvují jakoukoli definici pofiádku. Namísto sledování televize po celé hodiny a lkaní nad tím, jak je svût ‰patn˘, bûÏte nav‰tívit pfiátele, bude se vám lépe spát. A tak dále, a tak dále. Existuje mnoho vûcí, které kolem sebe mÛÏete zlep‰it, aniÏ byste pouÏili vládu a korporaãní ma‰inérii. MÛÏete provést jednoduché zmûny, které vám dají pocit sounáleÏitosti a pozved- nou vás z pfiízemnosti. Je to jednoduchá rada. Velká zmûna mÛÏe b˘t provedena bez války a boje, ale musí zaãít u vás, musíte nad tím postupnû pfievzít kontrolu. Jakmile budete pokraãovat ve zmûnách uvnitfi sebe, svût kolem vás se bude také mûnit a moÏná zase dosáhnete vyrovnanosti. Ignorujte vnûj‰í sílu kolem vás, rozvíjejte svoji vnitfiní. MoÏná, Ïe ve skuteãnosti nepotfiebujete v‰echny ty armády a policie a tisíce institucí, které vysávají kaÏdou kapku va‰í krve.

9 BYLA JSEM CIZINKOU V CIZÍ ZEMI

a my nespûcháme. Ale netrvá to dlouho a znovu rozsekané konãetiny, hraje frisbee. âas nelze plánujeme trasu do jedné z nejbohat‰ích odhadnout, slunce stále pálí do celého tûla, ale a nejlidnatûj‰ích oblastí Francie. Díky doprovod- v‰ichni jsou ze hry unavení, vane siln˘ vítr a musí nému vozu se dostáváme z nejzakopanûj‰ího se pofiádnû bûhat. Stále se zvedá a dlouhá pláÏ se stanovi‰tû a pokraãujeme na dálniãním v˘jezdu. pozvolna vyprazdÀuje. V tuto dobu se vût‰inou âekají nás malá francouzká auta, která nejsou vrací rybáfisk˘ ãlun, jenÏ obklopí houf nad‰encÛ, pfiizpÛsobena na‰im batohÛm, nocleh v pûto- obdivující bohat˘ úlovek mofisk˘ch potvor. Je na hvûzdiãkovém poli s kukufiicí, na parkovi‰ti nebo co se dívat. Ale je‰tû vût‰í kousky potkáváme na v lese. A záÏitky. Tím nejsilnûj‰ím byl v pofiadí okrajích pláÏe, usu‰ené a vyschlé. Den konãí a je druh˘ camp, kam jsme dorazili po namáhavé nutné se pfiipravit na veãer. cestû a doufali, Ïe jsme na ideálním pobfieÏí Víno jsme nakupovali hned po ránu spoleãnû Atlantiku. Místo bylo podivné na první pohled. s bagetami, které se ov‰em do veãera promûní Nejen místo, ale jak se ukázalo pozdûji, bohuÏel v nepoÏivatelnou hmotu. Stolní víno není drahé, i lidé. Poprvé nám do‰lo, Ïe Francouzi mají prob- od deseti frankÛ, ale nevyplatí se kupovat to lém s hygienou. Sprchy olezlé plísní a otevfiené nejlevnûj‰í, protoÏe se mÛÏe stát, Ïe z kaÏdé pouze do deváté hodiny veãerní, venku pfied otevfiené láhve, i kdyÏ jsou naprosto stejné, pijete vchodem umístûny pánské mu‰le s nezakryt˘m nûco jiného, slitého. Za úãelem získání frankÛ, v˘hledem na v‰echny strany a koneãnû samotné vezeme z Prahy Absinth. Vezeme zelen˘ nápoj do KOUSEK ZEMĚ toalety, chlívky s dírou do zemû. A v‰ude parádní zemû jeho pÛvodu, kde se jiÏ dlouho nekonzumuje, smrad. Jako náhradní fie‰ení jsme na‰li lavory na neprodává a nevyrábí. ProtoÏe nesmí! Národním text: Efka Koláfiová foto: Ondfiej Novák, Jakub Trubaã praní prádla. Tento camp mûl víc podobn˘ch nápojem je pastis, an˘zov˘ aperitiv, kter˘ sice není vychytávek, které vedly k jednoznaãnému rozhod- tak siln˘ jako Absinth, ale je také dobr˘. evzpomínám si, kdo pfii‰el nutí: vyspat se a rychle zmizet! Druhého dne se Na pobfieÏí je poãasí naprosto nevyzpytatelné, Nprvní s nápadem jet do spustil prÛzkumn˘ vÛz s posádkou o nûkolik desítek jako na horách. Noc strávená pod hvûzdnou Francie. KaÏdopádnû 24. kilometrÛ jiÏnûji a na‰el skvûlé místo nad mal˘m oblohou se s neuvûfiitelnou rychlostí promûní ãervence opustila ãesko- mûsteãkem, které bylo opklopeno útesy obrovsk˘ch v zamraãené ráno nebo rovnou nûkolikrát sprchne. nûmecké hranice partiãka rozmûrÛ. Nûjak˘ ãas zde zÛstaneme. A v tom nejlep‰ím pfiípadû, jak se nám stalo tûsnû ‰esti hitchhikerÛ, pfiedem rozdûlena do dvojic, s Normandie vÏdy byla a je vdûãn˘m námûtem pro pfied odjezdem, pfiijde slu‰ná pfieháÀka. Otestuje pevn˘m rozhodnutím spatfiit severo-západní umûlce, zejména pro malífie. Nepfieberné mnoÏství kvalitní ãeské stany (Áãka) a je pryã. Následky jsou pobfieÏí Francie, Normandii. Za dva, moÏná tfii dny, pfiitaÏliv˘ch lokalit naleznete v‰ude - na pobfieÏí, k pos....! Na jednu posádku plátûn˘ pfiístfie‰ek spadl, se má pfiipojit dal‰í dvojice v doprovodném voze, v kouzeln˘ch mûsteãkách a pfiístavech. Okrasou dal‰í dvojice se v nûm skoro utopila, ostatní jsou na kterou budeme oãekávat v prvním a zatím jediném vût‰ího mûsta je katedrála nebo chrám, v men‰ích tom o nûco lépe (pro cestování zvolili trochu kval- plánovaném campu za hranicemi na‰í prázdninové mûstech neminete kostel. PobfieÏní pláÏe jsou itnûj‰í stany). V‰ichni v˘teãnû naladûni vylévají zemû. Musíme se rychle dostat pfies Nûmecko. posety památníky, které opra‰ují historii vylodûní vodu, Ïdímají mokré vybavení a umisÈují do igelitÛ, Nûmecko je nejlep‰í evropskou zemí pro hitch- západních spojencÛ v roce 1944. Nejhustûji jsou posléze do batohÛ, aby se tam mohlo v klidu pafiit hikery, hned po Holansku, takÏe není problém pláÏe zaplnûné o víkendu, kdy pfiijíÏdûjí obyvatelé a hnít. Monstrózní odjezd, pfii kterém si vût‰ina jí proletût za necel˘ den. Pokud se ov‰em nedalek˘ch mûst, aby se zde zrekreovali. Osu‰ky obyvatel campu oddychla! Doprovodné vozidlo nás nedostanete do auta nad‰ence, kter˘ Vám hodlá mají vût‰inu dne rozloÏené na kamení, neboÈ jemn˘ opût odváÏí na v˘padovku, jeho posádka se pozdûji ukázat v‰echny historické památky v okolí, i kdyÏ si písek se ukáÏe teprve pfii odlivu. To voda ustupuje pfiesune do PafiíÏe. Na neurãit˘ poãet dní se v‰ichni zajede ze své pÛvodní trasy desítky kilometrÛ. Jednou neuvûfiitelnû rychle a tento jev lze sledovat louãíme, pfií‰tí místo srazu: Akropolis nebo XT 3. z v˘hod je i skvûlá domluva s Nûmci, neboÈ vût‰ina pouh˘m okem. Tyto pfiíhody jsou vytaÏené kousky z puzzles, z nich hovofií anglicky, coÏ jsme marnû oãekávali také KaÏd˘m okamÏikem je pevnina vût‰í a vût‰í, které jsou-li v‰echny pohromadû, dávají od FrancouzÛ. Ti o spoleãnost hitchhikerÛ pfiíli‰ chodila se bofií do vodou nasáklého písku a nûco je celkov˘ obraz. KaÏd˘, kdo Francii nav‰tívil, má nestojí, to zjistíte hned za ãárou. Ale dá se. jinak. To ,,nûco" je v‰ude okolo. V tuto odpolední ten svÛj, jehoÏ ãásti jsou specifické, stejnû jako Podle plánu se v‰ichni setkáváme, spoleãnû dobu trávíme nejvíce ãasu na pláÏi. Ledové vlny nás oblasti této zemû a pohled kaÏdého z nás je si uÏíváme pár dní, neÏ se opût postavíme pohazují na kameny, v zakázané zónû jich je stejnû tak rozdíln˘. na rozpálené silnice. Campy nejsou pfiíli‰ drahé spousta na rozdíl od lidí. Ten, kdo nemá pfiíli‰

Po nûkolika dnech stráven˘ch na pra‰n˘ch silnicích, kdy se rtuÈ na teplomûru pohybuje okolo 40 stupÀÛ, urãitû nepohrd- nete sprchou s ledovou vodou v korytech na praní prádla a jako malé dítû se tû‰íte na veãerní pohodu, po takovém dni.

10 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 LISTEN TO WHAT I GOTTA SAY!

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-by Milkmoney Jones, Ph.D.

I expounded In my last column,rather heatedly on the villainous nature of NATO lawlessness. There, I let myself grow impolitic and perhaps a bit too sarcastic. To the detriment of both the circulation of this KY-MANI magazine and my own reputation, I lost all journalistic control, and committed The Journey what the late great C.L. Sulzberger once called the newspaper man's greatest sin: I forgot who my daddy was. So, after a not inconsiderable torrent of hate mail and several threats by advertisers to withdraw their generous sponsorship, I hearby recant my former public opposition to the indiscriminate use of cluster bombs and depleted Uranium. I stand, as does the management and ownership of this patriotic PUBLIC ENEMY journal, wholeheartedly behind whatever noble military adventures our civilian There’s a Poison leaders are currently preparing, be it on the mountainous Korean peninsula Going On... or the verdant coasts of Grenada. There are far more important goings ons in this town than stale debates about war and peace. The appearance of a new protest movement, Impuls 99, for instance, has rocked the public out of its apathy and sent the status quo reeling. Demanding such changes as "a better society" and "Sega for all," these start-ups have thrown down the reformist gauntlet with the force of a thousand Havels. They also, much like Blues Brothers 2000, have a catchy title. THE CHURCH But while this ragtag collection of academics, journalists, and tram drivers A Box of Birds clearly deserve our support, I must condemn their unfair incarceration of the Plastic People of the Universe, whom Impuls agents have arrested to add an aura of "authenticity" to their cause. Every right thinking reader should join me in demanding the release of the Plastic People, whose atonal use of fiddles, keyboards and kazoos have inspired us all, in one life or another. THE And then there are the Law School scandals, in which otherwise honest and WALKABOUTS ambitious students at CU are said to have paid large sums of crownage for the multiple choice answers to their exams. Although incredulous at first, I can now Trail of Stars personally verify the verity of these charges, as I myself acquired a copy of the answers in exchange for a pair of Levi's. Or was it a car? In any case, Impuls 99 must include academic honesty on its list of Bad Things, as well as traffic congestion, unemployment, groups of touristic fraternity members, and some asshole named Weston Stacey who somehow keeps popping up on the Prague Post opinion page. Okay for now. ONLY YAZOO The First & Only The Best Of COFFEE SHOP in Prague! Memories of Africa Fresh coffee, roasted every 10 days! Available in whole beans or ground -Wholesale RINOCEROSE & Delivery Instalation Sonore Rybná/Jakubská, Praha 1, 110 00 tel.: 0603a434 fax: 02/2057 0450 email: [email protected] • http://www.ebelcoffee.cz Visit our New Coffee House at T˘n Courtyard, Praha 1, ALL TITLES AVAILABLE AT: Just a two-minute walk from the Old Town Square! Radost FX Music Shop Bûlehradská 120 I.P. Pavlova Distributed by MONITOR/EMI 11 BestBest OfOf PrPr

sme nad‰ení z v˘sledkÛ na‰í ãtenáfiské ankety, kterou t’s exciting seeing the results of our little questionnaire J jsme uvefiejnili v minul˘ch vydáních Thinku. Ptali jsme Ipublished previously in Think. We asked for your ideas about se vás, která místa se vám nejvíce v Praze líbí, kde the places in Prague which you likemost, who has the best se nejlépe najíte a pobavíte, kde vás nejsnáze food, what places were the easiest to be robbed in and okradou a tak podobnû. Dostali jsme spoustu so forth. We’ve received many answers, thanks for odpovûdí, díky za nû, asi vás to bavilo. Je super, them all. It’s not surprising that we’re sharing the Ïe máme stejn˘ vkus, vybrali jste si stejné lidi, same tastes, you’ve choosen places we also go for. vûci a místa, do kter˘ch bychom ‰li i my. Tak But we’ve made the Best of Prague out of it, and jsme z toho udûlali nejlep‰í z Prahy a krátk˘mi decided to introduce selected places also to those zpráviãkami ona místa pfiedstavujeme i tûm, who aren’t so involved with Prague yet. And you, ktefií v tom je‰tû tak moc nejedou. A vy, ktefií non-Prague residents, who come and visit „this v Praze nebydlíte a pfiijedete se na matiãku mûst mother of cities“ during your holiday, watch up our mrknout bûhem prázdnin, drÏte se na‰ich instrukcí, instructions, they’ve been confirmed by Think’s readers, jsou potvrzeny ãtenáfii Thinku, a to má nûjakou váhu! which means that there’s something about them! Don’t Nemávejte na taxíky na ulici a ta‰ky s prachama si drÏte stop cabs on the street & keep your bags close to your body v tramvaji ãíslo 22 pûknû u tûla. Pûknû si to v Praze uÏijte! while travelling by tram 22. Wish you enjoy Prague very much!

Jazz klub/Jazz club: Jazz klub Îelezná (Îelezná 16, Praha 1)

taré známé místo s rozmanitou produkcí jazzové i jiné muziky pfii‰lo nedávno s nov˘m Sprojektem nazvan˘m "Jedním hlasem" od sdruÏení The Tower of Babel Production Co. Pfiedstavení se konají jednou za 14 dní, vÏdy v nedûli od 17.00 do 19.00 hodin. Básníci, dramatici, umûlci performance, herci a hudebníci v‰ech hlasÛ, jazykÛ i smûrÛ jsou vítáni na kaÏdém pfiedstavení. Vpravdû kosmopolitní záleÏitost. Vyzkou‰ejte si své moÏnosti, máte-li nûco svého doma v ‰uplíku nebo jenom v hlavû, vyneste to na svûtlo! his well known old venue, home to the varied T production of jazz and other musicians, not long ago came up with a new project under the title Radiostanice/Radio „In One Voice" from The Tower of Babel Production Co. Performances take place once every 14 days, always on Station: Radio 1 Sunday, from 5 to 7 p.m. Poets, playwrights, performance artists, actors and musicians of all voices, rvní a jediná nezávislá rozhlasová stanice, která vznikla languages and tendencies are invited to each performance. A Pz pÛvodního rádia Stalin, odkud byla vysílána na frekvenci truly cosmopolitan affair. Try out your possibilities, if you've got something at home in a 91,9 FM a je dodnes. Jako jediné rádio od svého vzniku mapuje drawer or only in your head, expose it to the light! "In the beginning, confusion was born, nezávislou hudební scénu a svou programovou koncepcí people lost minds, violence came next, and we forgot, forgot to find the way, the way out. vytváfií pro posluchaãe oázu v dne‰ní hyperkomerãní dobû. Confused minds eat, eat hearts for who. Hello, can I hear you?" rague’s first and only independent radio station, which Poriginated from radio Stalin, broadcast on 91.9 FM, as it is Nejlep‰í umûlec/Best artists: to this day. It's the only radio station which, from the outset, mapped the independent music scene, and its program concept Eggnoise is an oasis for listeners in today's hyper-commercial age.

ggnoise pfiipomíná jeden z obchodÛ, o kterém pí‰eme o kousek dál a kde Esi mÛÏete vybrat, co se vám líbí. AÈ dychtíte po ãemkoli, po folku ze stfiedního v˘chodu, klasické hudbû, jazz funku, dance, blues, v‰echno tu najdete. V jejich volné nepfiedpojaté smûsi hudebních stylÛ lze rozpoznat ovlivnûní mnoha hudebními styly, ãasto se hudební styly stfiídají i v jedné skladbû. ggnoise is like one of the antiquarian shops written about elsewhere in this issue. EWhatever you're looking for, whether it's Middle Eastern folk, classical, jazz funk, dance, blues, you'll find here. Some discerning listening has gone into creating a joyously liberating, prejudice free blend of musical styles, often within the same composition. 12 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 ague ague

Nejlep‰í sekáã/Second-hand clothes shop: M˘rnyx T˘rnyx (Saská ulice, Praha 1) edaleko od Karlova mostu sídlí mal˘ roztomil˘ obchÛdek - second hand, kde naleznete spoustu ulítl˘ch NmodelÛ pfieváÏnû z Hollywoodu. V‰e je pfiehlednû uspofiádáno a doslova láká vztáhnout ruku, uchopit ramínko s modelem a vyzkou‰et. Mezi pestrostí a ‰kálou barev, kter˘m ãas neubral na jasu, naleznete i orig- inální modely mlad˘ch návrháfiÛ Barto‰e a Natálie Steklové. Nûkolikrát v roce mÛÏete spatfiit módní show, kde M˘rnyx T˘rnyx prezentuje své obleãení a vÏdy se jedná o povedenou akci. Neãekejte, budete-li bloudit rozpálen˘m mûstem, mÛÏete spojit pfiijemné s uÏiteãn˘m, pofiídit si nûjak˘ten letní mod˘lek a b˘t ,,in." n Saská street not far from Charles Bridge is situated a charming little shop - a second hand place Owhere you'll find plenty of wild gear, largely from Hollywood. Everything is well arranged and Místo, kde mÛÏete vidût úãinek drog/ literally begs you to reach out, seize a clothes hanger and try on an item. Between the diversity and range of Place to see the effects of drugs: colours which time has not detracted from, you'll find original items by the young designers Barto‰ and Natália Taz Pub Steklová. Several times a year you can see a fashion show where M˘rnyx T˘rnyx presents its favourite clothes. It's one of the highlights of the calendar. So don't hang about, if you're wandering though a scorching hot city, you can join the practical with the aesthetic, acquire several of this year's styles and be ... in. Noviny/Newspaper: Mladá Fronta Dnes (SenováÏná 4, Praha 1) ejãtenûj‰í deník v celém âesku. Spolehliv˘ zdroj Ninformací. Vychází i v nûkolika regionálních vydáních. Vût‰inou nezaujatí autofii nejsou nudní a té virtuality tam taky moc nenajdete. LahÛdkou je Mirka Spáãilová se sv˘m nekonvenãním ostr˘m jaz˘ãkem. A jsou tam slu‰ní lidé. KdyÏ se jim povede ve va‰em inzerátu splést písmenko, vytisknou vám s omluvou nov˘ zdarma. Mladou Frontu nemusíte strkat do ledniãky, vÏdy je ãerstvá. he most widely read daily in the Czech Republic. It's a Treliable source of information which comes out in several regional editions. The majority of the authors are impartial, interesting and don't write fiction. Mirka Spáãilová is a treat with her (Námûstí Republiky, Praha 1) unconventional and cutting language. And the people are cool too. If they make a balls up of the wording of your advert, they'll apologise and print another one free. aradoxem je fakt, Ïe Taz Pub sídlí You don't have to stash Mladá Fronta in the fridge, it's always fresh. Pv budovû Ministerstva vnitra. Taz Pub, Místní módní návrháfi/Local clothing designer: po dlouhou dobu jiÏ znám˘m místem, kde lze koupit drogy, pfieÏil nûkolik policejních razií Jolana Izbická,FauxPas a hororov˘ch mediálních pfiíbûhÛ, které (Újezd 26, Praha 1) nechválily. Stále zÛstává domovem pro do by neznal ty bláznivé módní nápady ty, kter˘m se líbí chemická dobrodruÏství. Ka odváÏné pfiehlídky plné taneãních a sexy Setkávají se tu podivné charaktery, které kreací. Jolana se uÏ nûjak˘ ten pátek paní módou nepouÏívají pudr do podpaÏdí. Domnívám se, Ïe zab˘vá, takÏe ví, jak vás ohromit. Její obchÛdek naj - pfiítomnost parlamentu vysvûtluje mnohé. dete na Újezdû a urãitû si tam vyberete nûco do t might be strange, but it's true, that the svého ‰atníku. Jolana má ráda pfiekvapení ITaz Pub is situated in the same building a také je chystá pro své zákazníky, takÏe tam obãas as the Ministry of the Interior. Long known as the mÛÏete objevit opravdovou lahÛdku. other place to buy drugs, the Taz Pub has survived ho doesn't know these crazy fashion ideas several police raids and unflattering media horror Wand courageous shows full of dancers and stories to still call itself home for the chemically sexy creations? Jolana has been involved in fashion for long enough to know how to amaze you. adventurous. It is the hang out of some shady You'll find her little shop on Újezd and definitely pick something out for your wardrobe. Jolana likes looking characters, who evidently don't use surprises and also prepares them for her customers, so you can occasionally discover a real little powder to freshen their armpits. RUNNER UP: gem at a really great price. Parliament, which I guess explains a lot. 13 BestBest OfOf PraguePrague Flowerstore/Kvûtináfiství Barman/Bartender: Mimosa (Vinohradská 148, Praha 3) Meìák, Chapeau Rouge M usím pfiiznat, Ïe nepatfiím ani (Jakubská 2, Praha 1) mezi náhodné natoÏ stálé zákazníky Pavilonu, ale zdej‰í kvût- opulární barman z podniku Chapeau Rouge v Jakubské ulici ináfiství je opravdovou oázou mezi P má roztomilou pfiezdívku Meìák. Poznáte ho podle kérky na tûmi v‰emi nabl˘skan˘mi regály a prodavaãkami. Zde se levé paÏi. Zobrazuje kolo z motorky v plamenech. Nejrad‰i má setkáte s pfiíjemnou a usmûvavou tváfií a mÛÏete si vybrat mezi portské a drogové dealery vyhání z podniku klackem. témûfi padesáti druhy fiezan˘ch kvûtin vãetnû nûkolika druhÛ he popular barman from the Chapeau Rouge on Jakubská has exotick˘ch. Necháte-li koneãnou podobu pugétu na T the cute nickname prodavaãce, vykouzlí vám pfied oãima skvostné dílko. MÛÏete Med'ák ("Honeyer"). tu koupit i rÛznobarevné kvûtináãe, svíãky i suché kvûty. You'll recognise him by must confess that I'm not a casual, let alone a regular, the tattoo on his left I customer at the Pavilon, but the local flower shop there is a arm, which is of a motor- genuine oasis in a desert of shiny shelves and shop assistants. bike wheel in flames. He Nothing but pleasant, smiling faces and a choice of almost fifty most enjoys a good port types of cut flowers including several exotic species. If you and ex pelling drug deal- leave the bouquet up to the shop assistant, she'll conjure up a ers from the premises magnificent work of art before your very eyes. You can also buy with a cudgel. flower pots of various hues, candles and dried flowers.

Pizzerie/Pizzeria: Modrá zahrada (PaﬁíÏská 14, Praha 1, Vinohradská 29, Praha 2) Nejlep‰í zdravá v˘Ïiva/ Best place to buy health food: ázev pizzerie Modrá zahrada vypovídá o místû pro Country Life Nmilovníky italské kuchynû skoro v‰e. Jen pro nezbytné doplnûní: na jídelním lístku objevíte ‰irok˘ v˘bûr jídel za (Jungmanova, Praha 1) normální ceny a to samé platí o nápojích. lace for lovers of Italian cuisine. The choice of food is wide, Pthe prices normal, and the same goes for the drinks. Kde se dá nejlépe spát venku/ Place to sleep in public:

fies svou malou rozlohu patfií k nejob Plíbenûj‰ím a nejnav‰tûvovanûj‰ím par kÛm v Praze. I kdyÏ je Na Kampû ãil˘ ruch jiÏ od dopoledních hodin a trvá do noci, vÏdy naleznete voln˘ koutek egetariánská prodejna a jídelna potravin a nápojÛ na odpoãinek nebo pfiímo spánek Vnabízí velk˘ v˘bûr peãiva, bezmas˘ch lahÛdek, Kampa pod ‰ir˘m nebem. zejména ãerstv˘ch salátÛ, které v tûchto letních dnech hough small, Kampa is one pfiijdou k chuti i zapfiísáhlému milovníkovi masa. (park, Praha 1, T of the most popular parks in vegetarian restaurant and also a shop with food mezi Újezdem Prague. It's usually busy from the Aand drinks, Country Life offers a large selection a Vltavou) early hours and the noise of bread and meat-free delicacies, especially fresh con tinues during the night, but you can always find a place to rest, or even to sleep under salads, which will be also enjoyed by really strict fans the open sky. of meat.

Nejlep‰í ãeské pivo/ Cestovní kanceláﬁ/Travel agency: Best Czech beer: GTS (Ve Smeãkách 27, nebo Lodecká 5, Praha 1)

Gambrinus GTS poskytuje velké slevy cestovného pro mladé turisty do 26 let, pro studenty i uãitele. MÛÏete za mal˘ poplatek latav˘ mok v oroseném pÛllitru získat karty ISIC, ITIC, GO 25, EURO 26 a cestovat pak po Zs bûlostnou pûnou je nejoblíbe celém svûtû se slevou. Rychl˘ servis na dvou místech v nûj‰ím nápojem âechÛ (nejen) a pivo centru Prahy nabízí letenky, autobusové a vlakové Gambrinus patﬁí mezi nejhodnotnûj‰í. jízdenky, levné ubytování a jazykové kurzy v zahraniãí. golden vintage in a misted half litre glass topped by white GTS offers huge sales on travel to young people up to the age of 26, students and teachers. For Afoam is the favourite drink of the Czechs (and not only the a small fee you can acquire one of the cards ISIC,ITIC, GO 25 or EURO 26 and travel cheaply Czechs) and Gambrinus is up there with the best of them. round the whole world. A speedy service in two sites in the centre of Prague offers tickets for travel by plane, bus and train, cheap accommodation and language courses in foreign countries. 14 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 U M a l é h o G l e n a P R E S E N T S Klub, kde

mají aÏ do

rána/After- LADIES hours club: NIGHT! EVERY THURSDAY GIRLS GET IN FREE! Wakata (Malífiská 14, Praha 7) akata je jedno z nejúÏasnûj‰ích míst v Praze, nepatfií mezi klasické Wkluby, vypadá spí‰e jako byt va‰eho kamaráda. Novinkou je tu probouraná pfiíãka mezi dvûma místnostmi. Tím se prostor opticky roz‰ífiil a vynikl. AÏ do rána se tu cítíte jako doma. akata is one of the most amazing places in Prague. It doesn't W look like a classic club, more like your friend's flat. The news is that the wall dividing the two rooms doesn't exist any more, which opens up the whole space. You'll feel at home here till it's time to go home.

Obchod s pohodov˘mi dárky/ Funky gift shop: Ethno rodejen Ethno je v poslední dobû jako hub po Pde‰ti. A není divu! Nabídka je ‰iroká, poãínaje naprosto jednoduch˘mi ‰perky pfies umûle vyrobené kameny zasazené ve stfiíbfie aÏ po originální, pfiírodní kameny dovezené z Indonésie. A to není zdaleka v‰e! Najdete zde spoustu drobností, které mohou inspirovat jako doplÀky nebo dárky. Ladies ecently Ethno has been like mushrooms after the rain. For good drink Rreason. There's a wide range, from utterly simple jewellery, through fake stones mounted in silver, to original, natural stones brought from Indonesia. And that's far from everything. There's loads of trinkets to be 5Kã JAZZ & found, useful as either accessories or as presents. Gin or Vodka Thai food (Karlova 48, Mostecká 14, Husova 18, pasáÏ Myslbek (Praha 1) & Centrum âern˘ Most (Praha 9). Tonics everynite From 11 to 12 8 ‘til 11 Kuleãník/Pool hall: Billiard Club (Trojická 10, Praha 2) House ejdete nûkolik schodÛ do suterénu a ocitnete se v b˘valém kinû Splném kuleãníkov˘ch stolÛ. Je jich opravdu dost, takÏe se vám tûÏko Grooves U.K. stane, Ïe byste museli ãekat. A kdyby, dejte si nûco u baru nebo hoìte every Weds. from pûtku do jukeboxu a nechte si zahrát tu "svou." Hodina kuleãníku vás tu T h e eleven til a.m. vyjdena80Kã. U l t i m a t e 3 P r i v a t e featuring P a r t y Quadrant DJs S p o t! Our kitchen s t a y s o p e n every night until 3 a.m. Please join us o downstairs to the basement and you'll find yourself in a place Gwhich used to be a cinema. Now it's full of pool and billiards tables. We are located at Vaclavské nám. 4, below BaÈa, entrance in the palace Astra There are so many of them that you shouldn't have to wait for a free one. Passage between Vaclavské Nám. and But if you do, order something from the bar or insert a ten crown coin in Jungmannovo nám. their jukebox and let it play "your song." One hour of pool costs 80 crowns. Open from 6p.m. to 4a.m. Dress Like You Care 15 No Backpackers Tell your mates BestBest OfOf PraguePrague Internetová kavárna/Internet Café: Nejlep‰í balící vûta: „Je‰tû jeden drink?“ Terminal Bar (Soukenická 6, Praha 1) ak laciná a známá fráze, vût‰inou pouÏívaná za úãelem nternetov˘ch kaváren kvapem pfiib˘vá. Ale notoricky Jsbalení pfiiopilé dívky. MoÏná i kluka. Na druhou stranu, Iznám˘ Terminal, toto pfiíjemné místo s pfiístupem máte-li s nûk˘m schÛzku, sedíte na baru a stále se k internetu a elektronické po‰tû, si stále udrÏuje v˘sadní nemÛÏete doãkat, je celkem pfiíjemné zabfiednout do postavení. MÛÏete surfovat, co hrdlo ráãí. MoÏné i cigárko rozhovoru s neznám˘m a sympatick˘m ãlovûkem, kter˘ a nûjak˘ drink. V pohodû se mÛÏete nechat uná‰et interne- vám krátí ãas. A mezitím se optá: ,,Je‰tû jeden drink?" tov˘mi vlnami a absorbovat informace. Skuteãní internetoví Best pick-up line: junkies mohou svÛj prÛzkum proloÏit i kulturním programem, neboÈ Terminal funguje i jako veãerní klub a kaÏd˘ veãer dává “Wanna nuther drink?" prostor DJÛm nebo Ïiv˘m kapelám. ow cheap and well-known a phrase, usually here's more and more internet cafes opening in Prague. Hused for the purposes of pulling drunk girls. Or TBut the well-known Terminal Bar maintains its pre- maybe boys. On the other hand if you have a meeting eminence. It's a pleasant, laid back place comprising bar, with someone, you're sitting at a bar and you just computer corridor, a bridge (interesting from a design point can't wait any longer it's on the whole nice to get of view), magazine and video room, and cafe. It offers stuck into conversation with an unknown and pleas- Internet and email access, so surfing has never been so physically undemanding. In the evening ant person who'll pass the time with you. And at the it operates as a night club, and gives a space every night to DJs or live bands. appropriate moment ask: "Wanna nuther drink?" Tatoo/Piercing studio: Nejlep‰í klubov˘ promotér/ Uzi Best club promoters: (Legerova ul., Praha 2) etovací studio Uzi má zfiejmû nejdel‰í tradici na Tzdej‰í scénû. V Praze je sice uÏ více podobn˘ch studií, ale Uzi si zaslouÏí uznání za svoji autentiãnost a patrnû i za to, jak je 'grunge.' Známé je také sv˘m rockov˘m klubem pro tvrdé chlapy a holky. he tatoo studio Uzi has undoubtedly got the Tlongest tradition on the local scene. And while

there are many fine studios in Prague, Uzi seems to foto stolen from Elle Magazine get the vote for authenticity and probably it's grunginess. After all it's also known as a rock club Lighthouse Nejlep‰í místo, kde b˘t okraden/ for tough guys and gals. Best place to be robbed: gentura Lighthouse funguje v povûdomí Tramvaj ãíslo 22/Tram no.22 Avût‰iny z nás jiÏ pát˘m rokem a zaslouÏenû s úspûchem. Své hudební aktivity na rÛzn˘ch en kdo v Praze strávil jiÏ nûkolik letních dní a projel centrum v tramvaji ãíslo 22, jistû sly‰el místech, nûkdy opravdu netradiãních, podtrhuje Tv˘straÏné oznámení, aby si peãlivû hlídal svá zavazadla, jinak o nû mÛÏe pfiijít. Nebo o to, co má zvlá‰tní dekorací, která se jiÏ za tu dobu stala neod- uvnitfi. BohuÏel to není Ïádn˘ vtip. Právû zde totiÏ mÛÏete b˘t okradeni, aniÏ byste si toho v‰imli. myslitelnou. Kapsáfii si tuto linku opravdu oblíbili. he Lighthouse Agency has been now success- nyone who's already spent some summer days in Prague and has travelled through the centre Tfully operating and known to most of us for five Aby the 22 tram will already have heard the announcement warning them to take care of their years. Their various music activities at different baggage if they don't want to have their luggage nicked. Unfortunately it's no joke. You can have places, some of them far from traditional ones, are stuff pinched without even being aware of it. Pickpockets have taken a real fancy to this route. accompanied by special decor which has become Nejlep‰í veãer v t˘dnu, kam jít ven sám a kdy/Best single night of the week to go out and where: Akropolis (Kubelíkova 27, Praha 3)

otoricky znám˘ jedineãn˘ klub s pestrou produkcí, místo zaslíbené, kde si kaÏd˘ najde kaÏd˘ den v t˘dnu Nto svoje. O projektu Euroconnections a neustálé atraktivní nabídce koncertÛ jsme jiÏ psali mnohé v minul˘ch ãíslech. Kromû pondûlí tu dennû hrají DJové, mÛÏete si skvûle zatanãit a za vstup se neplatí. Jenom trochu hrozí, Ïe budete tanãit mezi dveﬁmi nebo na chodbiãce, protoÏe je stále plno. Ale rozhodnû nezÛstanete dlouho sami. Pokud na vás doma ãeká milovaná bytost, mûjte se na pozoru! he notoriously well known, inimitable club, offering a variety of performances is an addictive place with Tsomething for everyone every day per week. We've already written a lot about the Euroconnections project and the never ending series of attractive offers of concerts in previous issues. Apart from Mondays, DJs play here daily, so you can boogie on down without even having to pay an entrance. It's true you might have to dance between the doors or in the corridor because it's always full. But you won't stay alone for a long time. If your loved one is waiting for you at home, beware, Akropolis is dangerous!

16 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 Nejlep‰í novináﬁ Best journalist: Jiﬁí X. DoleÏal

ifií byl skuteãností, Ïe vyhrál na‰i anketu velmi potû‰en. Reagoval slovy:"O tom Jurãitû rozhodovali lidi, ktefií kalí. A to rád sly‰ím, to rád sly‰ím." Dokonce nám poskytl i rozhovor, kter˘ si mÛÏete pfieãíst v srpnovém vydání Thinkovy ãeské sestfiiãky Hele. Jifií se v souãasné dobû vûnuje kromû psaní fotografování a usiluje o legalizaci zápasÛ pitbulteriérÛ. Fotografii neuvefiejÀujeme, neboÈ Jifií se rozhodl, Ïe chce b˘t v poslední dobû spí‰ sly‰et neÏ vidût. Jifiího názor na souãasnou situaci v ãesku zní: "V t˘hle zemi je nekvalitní populace a nekvalitní politická reprezentace adekvátní nekvalitní populaci, no tak na co bychom si mohli stûÏovat. O tom, Ïe to jde cel˘ doprdele, o tom není spor." ifií was absolutely delighted by the fact that he won our survey. He reacted with Jthe words: "The people who decided that must have definitely been on some- Knedlíková restaurace/Knedliky restaurant: thing. I'm glad to hear it, glad to hear it". He even offered us an interview, which you can read in the August edition of Think's Czech sister Hele. At the moment, as Radegast pivnice well as writing, Jifií is pursuing photography and struggling to make pit bull terrier (Templová 40, Prague 1) fights legal. He doesn't publicise his photos, since he has decided recently that he d té doby, co zavfieli zahrádku Slováã, je v centru Prahy nouze would rather be heard than seen. Jifii's opinion of the situation in the Czech Oo místo, kde je moÏná konzumace dobrého pivka na ãerstvém Republic: "In this country there is an inferior population and the inferior political vzduchu za pfiíjemného poãasí, popfiípadû kalení aÏ do vlah˘ch representation adequate to an inferior population, so come on, what have we got letních nocí. Jednu men‰í zahrádku má pivnice Radegast v Templové to complain about. That everything is fucked goes without saying." ulici. Pokud je zahrádka obsazena, máte moÏnost posedût v klasické, rozlehlé hospodû. Jistû budete potû‰eni rychlou a peãlivou obsluhou. ince the Slováã garden closed there's been a dearth of places in Nejlep‰í místo, kde koupit vûci, které nepotfiebujete/ Sthe centre of Prague where you can get a decent beer in the vûci, o kter˘ch jste nevûdûli, Ïe je potfiebujete/Place to buy open air. Radegast pivnice on Templová 40 has a smallish terrace. If the terrace is full, you can always find a place in the classic, things you don't need and didn't know you needed them: extensive pub, where you'll appreciate the speedy, attentive service. Body Basic (pasáÏ Myslbek, Na Pfiíkopû 19)

rodejny Body Basic vás prostû vÏdycky dostanou. Pokud vejdete, s prázdnou neodejdete. V‰echno je z pfiírod- Pních surovin. Kromû kosmetick˘ch pfiípravkÛ na obliãej, vlasy a celé tûlo (s pfiímûsí tfieba pupalky dvouleté, aloe, kiwi, merunûk) tu prodávají rÛzné kartáãe, kartáãky, masáÏní houbiãky, kvûtinové vÛnû do prádla, aromatické oleje do koupele a k masáÏím, make-upy, tfipytivé laky na nehty, rtûnky a oãní stíny v moderních odstínech. Oãi pfiecházejí ze v‰ech tûch barev a hlava se toãí z pfiíjemné vÛnû. DrÏátka na m˘dla ve tvaru usmívajícího se dinosaura, banánkÛ nebo hro‰íka jsou doopravdy vyz˘vavá. he Body Basic shops will catch VideopÛjãovna/ Tyou every time. Once in, you Video rental shop won't walk out empty handed. Everything is made from natural materials. Apart from cosmetic Video Express preparations for the face, hair and whole body (with ingredients like v Jámû evening primrose, aloe, kiwi, apri- (V Jámû 7, Prague 1) cots) they also sell various brushes, massage sponges, floral aroma for námá restaurace roz‰ífiila poãát lingerie, aromatic bath and massage oils, make up, glitter varnish for nails, Zkem leto‰ního roku své sluÏby lips and eye shadow in modern hues. Your eyes wander round the colours o video pÛjãovnu filmÛ v pÛvodním and your nose keeps turning to find the source of the aromas. A soap dish znûní (naleznete tu i jiné cizí jazyky in the shape of a smiling dinosaur, banana or hippopotamus are irresistible. neÏ angliãtinu). Na v˘bûr máte pfies Kde stojí poctiví taxíkáfii/Honest taxi stand: tisícovku filmÛ a horké novinky jim pfiicházejí pfiímo ze StátÛ. KaÏd˘ AAA Taxi (telephone: 1080) t˘den pfiib˘vá okolo 20 nov˘ch filmÛ. Jakmile jste ãlenem, mÛÏete si ozhodnû si nenajímejte taxíka po Praze jen tak mávnutím rukou na filmy objednat telefonem aÏ domÛ a je-li vám libo k posezení u televize nûjak˘ Rulici. Hrozí vám nebezpeãí, Ïe se svezete z Národní na Karlák za pût pamlsek, nechte si ke kazetû pfiibalit i slané tyãinky nebo praÏenou kukufiici. stovek. A uÏ vÛbec to nedûlejte v noci. Radûji zakupte telefonní kartu a his well-known restaurant extended its services at the beginning of this vytoãte 1080. Taxi AAA fungují ve dne v noci a pfiijedou pro vás rychle. T year, adding a video library of films in their original version (you'll find MÛÏete si b˘t jisti, Ïe vám nebudou neurvale úãtovat, co se jim zachce. languages other than English here). You've a choice of around a thousand films efinitely don't call a cab in Prague by waving your hand in the and hot news arrives directly from the states. Every week the collection Dstreet. You're in danger of being charged CZK 500 from the increases by around 20 new films. Once you're a member you can order a film National Theatre to Karlovo námûstí. Especially at night. Best to buy by phone to be delivered to your home, and if you feel like munching something yourself a telephone card and dial 1080. They operate day and night and while watching the box, ask for some pretzels or corn on the cob to be included you don't wait long. You can be sure they're not going to grab what they with your cassette. feel like from you. 17 BestBest OfOf PraguePrague

Nejlep‰í místo, kde se smát módû turistÛ: KarlÛv Most Best place where to laugh at tourist fashions: Charles Bridge (Praha 1)

áte chuÈ se trochu pobavit pfiímo na ulici? Zkuste se na chvíli zastavit na místû, kterému Mse kaÏd˘ PraÏan v turistické sezonû radûji vyhne, totiÏ na Karlovû mostû, a pokuste se na ten dav podívat trochu z jiné stránky. Tohle je totiÏ ta nejlep‰í módní show na svûtû. A co víc - nemusíte platit Ïádné vstupné (alespoÀ prozatím). Snad nejlep‰í jsou ty obrovské barevné ãepice. Opravdu si neumím pfiedstavit, Ïe bych si pfiivezla domÛ z Prahy takov˘ suven˘r. Navíc, mûfiila bych i s tím na hlavû skoro dva metry.. o you feel like having fun in the street? Try stopping off at the place which every native of Prague Dwould rather avoid during the tourist season, that's to say Charles Bridge, and take a look at the crowd from the other side. Because this is the best fashion show in the world. And what's more, you don't have to pay an entry charge (at least, not yet). Perhaps the best are the enormous coloured hats. I really can't understand how you could return home with this as your souvenir from Prague. Not only that, but with this on my head I'd measure more than two metres. Zmrzlina/

Kam na kávu/ Ice-cream shop: Place for a cup of coffee: pasáÏ Svûtozor Káva, Káva, Káva (Vodiãkova 39, Praha 1) (Národní tfiída 37, Praha 1) áva, Káva, Káva patfií mezi nej hystáte-li se na nûjakou filmovou lahÛdku v kinû K nav‰tûvovanûj‰í kavárny a není divu. CSvûtozor, mÛÏete si dopfiát jako pfiedkrm zmrzlinov˘ UÏ její poloha v prostorách PasáÏe Plat˘z pohár, ovocn˘ dortík ãi zákusek, které prodávají v protilehlém sk˘tá mnoho v˘hod v podobû schÛzek ovocném baru. Na poháry, koktejly a zákusky se sbíhají sliny. pfied veãerním programem nebo schÛzek Proã nezkusit tfieba Kentucky? Jahody, meruÀky, mandarinky, pfii odpolední kávû, jak kdo chcete. Dal‰ím oceniteln˘m faktem je speciální Coffee Shop griliá‰ová poleva, lísková jádra, zmrzlina a navrch ‰lehaãka. s unikátním v˘bûrem mnoha druhÛ kávy z nejrÛznûj‰ích koutÛ na‰í planety. MÛÏete sem zavítat MÀamky. A pozor, nemusíte se fiídit návodem, mÛÏete si na snídani nebo po probdûlé noci na ranní silnou kávu, neboÈ otevfieno je ve v‰ední dny od sedmé nechat vyrobit svou vlastní specialitu. hodiny aÏ do desáté veãerní, o víkendu se otevírá o dvû hodiny pozdûji. f you're gearing yourself up for a celluloid treat at ava, Kava, Kava is one of Prague's most visited cafes, and for good reason. Even its location in ISvûtozor cinema, for a starter you can indulge in one of Kthe passage Platyz gives it a lot of advantages. You can meet there before your evening fun, the many ice cream cups, fruit tarts or desserts which or just for an afternoon cup of coffee. Another of its specialities is a Coffee Shop with a unique they sell at the fruit bar opposite: your mouth will water choice of many different kinds of coffee from every corner of the planet. You can visit the place at the cups, cocktails and desserts. For instance, why not for breakfast or after a sleepless night for a cup of strong coffee. It's open from 7 am to 10 pm try a Kentucky? Strawberries, apricots, mandarins, brandy on working days, and during weekends, two hours later. glaze, hazelnut ice cream and cream on the top. Yummy. And be careful, you don't have to follow the instructions, ·Èastná hodinka/Happy Hours: you can create your own speciality. Terminal Bar (Soukenická 6, Praha 1)

omov praÏsk˘ch cyber-iliterátÛ, multivrstevn˘ Terminal Bar nabízí okrajovou D literaturu, promítání videa, taneãní hudbu a je domovem pro pfietrvávající undergroundové hnutí. Pokud se trefíte mezi 22.00 aÏ 23.00 hodin, kaÏd˘ veãer dostanete dvû piva za cenu jednoho. Dal‰í speciální nábídka se pak li‰í kaÏd˘ den. Od 21.00 do 24.00 hodin dostanete dva drinky za cenu jednoho. V pondûlí je to rum s kolou, v úter˘ Becherovka s tonikem (Beton), ve stfiedu Silver a Gold Tequilla, ve ãtvrtek Gin Tonic, v pátek vodka s dÏusem (Screwdriver), v sobotu Fernet s tonikem (Bavorák) a v nedûli víno nebo vinn˘ stfiik. Sledujte ãas! ome to Prague's cyber-illiteratti, the multi- H layered Terminal Bar offers up fringe literature, video room, dance music and is the home of the underground resistance movement. If you get to the Terminal Bar between 10 and 11pm you can have two beers for the price of one. They have other special offers which varies every day. You get two drinks for the price of one between 9 and 12pm - Monday: Rum and coke, Tuesday: Becherovka and Tonic (Beton), Wednesday: Silver and Gold Tequilla, Thursday: Gin and Tonic, Friday: Vodka and Juice (a Screwdriver), Saturday: Fernet and Tonic (Bavorák), and on Sunday wine. Take a note of the time!

18 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 Zastávka metra/Metro stop: (Metro C) Vy‰ehradská Pokud máte jízdu metrem v oblibû alespoÀ tak M jako já a pouÏíváte ho jen v krajním pfiípadû, tfieba kdyÏ spûcháte nebo je venku takové vedro, Ïe vám v nacpané tamvaji jde o Ïivot, jistû na vás zapÛsobí stanice Vy‰ehradská jako závan ãerstvého vzduchu. UÏ nûko- likrát mû pfii projíÏdûní touto stanicí napadlo, zda bych nemûla radûji vystoupit a nadechnout se trochu toho „pozemského" a tam dolÛ uÏ se nevracet. Ale dfiív neÏ se rozmyslím, ozve se: „Ukonãete v˘stup a nástup, dvefie se zavírají...". A jedu. f you're anything like me and only use the metro in extreme cases, for Iinstance if you're in a hurry or it's so hot outside that you risk your life on a crowded tram, Vy‰ehradská station will be a breath of fresh air. Several times while passing through this station I've wondered if I shouldn't get off and take a little above-ground breather, never to return to the depths. But before I've made up my mind, it's: "Ukonãete prosím v˘stup a nástup, dvefie se zavírají...!" And I'm off again. Best Deejay: Loutka

Kostel-hfibitov/Church-Cemetery Îidovsk˘ hfibitov (U Starého hfibitova 3a, Praha 1) kryt˘ za vysokou zdí dlí star˘ hfibitov uÏ od 15.století. Nikdo uÏ neví, LIGHT Uv kolika vrstvách nad sebou neboÏtíci pod kamenn˘mi náhrobky spoãí- vají. Je to vyjímeãn˘ kout, opro‰tûn˘ od mûstské vfiavy, chladn˘ i v parném létû. Klid ru‰í jenom kfiik ptákÛ a na du‰i padá celá ta zhmotnûlá tíha, mystiãno vyzafiující z opr˘skan˘ch Ïidovsk˘ch hvûzd vytesan˘ch na náhrobcích. Je to strhující pohled, úÏasn˘, smutn˘, varující. V pfiilehlé LOUSE Pinkasovû synagoze visí obrázky dûtí z koncentraãního tábora v Terezínû. Co v‰echno udûlal ãlovûk ãlovûku a jak dlouho v‰echna ta moc a nenávist na svûtû je‰tû potrvá? Co takhle uÏ pfiestat kfiiãet Sieg Heil? he old cemetery has been hidden behind a high wall since the 15th century. TNo-one any longer knows how many levels of the deceased lie on top of one another under the tombstones. It is an exceptional corner, far from the city turmoil, chilly on the sultriest summer's day. The quiet is broken only be the whistling of birds and the atmosphere falls heavily on the soul. Sadness and mystery emanate from the flaked stars of David inscribed on the tombstones. It is an impressive sight, awesome, sad, warning. In the Pinkasova synagogue adjacent hang pictures by children from the Terezín concentration camp. What has man done to his fellow man and how long will all this power and hate continue to last in the world? How much longer do we have to endure the shouts of Sieg Heil?

19 BestBest OfOf PraguePrague Antikvariát/Antique store: Bazar/Bazaar: PraÏská trÏnice Vete‰nictví (Bubenské nábfieÏí, Praha 7, Hole‰ovice) (Vítûzná 16, Praha 1) okud máte v úmyslu levnû nakoupit a pfiíli‰ neh Pledíte na kvalitu, zavítejte do PraÏské hole‰ovické ení mnoho krámkÛ, kde za pfiijatelné ceny pofiídíte trÏnice. Najdete tu snad úplnû v‰echno. MoÏná vám Ntémûfi v‰e. Máte-li v oblibû ble‰í trhy, kde mÛÏete bude tohle místo trochu pfiipomínat ZOO nebo spí‰ obdivovat tu slávu za‰l˘ch ãasÛ, asi si v Praze moc safari, protoÏe zvífiátka tu volnû pobíhají, ale neuÏijete. Trochu podobnou atmosféru zaÏijete v jednom nenechte se odradit a zkuste najít zdej‰í second hand, malém obchÛdku na Újezdû. Dá se tu strávit spousta stojí to za to. ãasu a moÏná, Ïe budete mít pocit, Ïe jste se ocitli v jiné f your aim is to buy something cheap without dobû. A urãitû objevíte nûco, co stra‰nû potfiebujete. Imuch thought for quality, welcome to the here aren't many stores where you can pick up Hole‰ovice market, where you'll find absolutely Talmost anything and at a reasonable price. If you're everything. Perhaps the place will remind you of a into flea markets where you can admire the splendour of zoo, or maybe a safari, because there are animals bygone days, maybe Prague's not the right place. But running around freely, but don't be discouraged, find you'll experience something of this atmosphere in a yourself a little shop in Újezd. It's possible to spend loads of time second-hand place, it's worth the effort. here and have the feeling that you've turned up in a different era. And you'll definitely find something which, Noãní tramvaj/Night tram: naturally, you always desperately needed. do by nezaÏil ãekání na noãní tramvaj. A ãert ví, Ïe v‰echny jedou do Lazarské! Tak já vám teì Kprozradím, jak si zpfiíjemnit ty nekoneãné minuty zírání do prázdna. Tak za prvé: musíte mít po boku osobu, se kterou je vám opravdu (ale opravdu) dobfie. Za druhé: vidíte ten Non-stop bar za vámi? Pokud je‰tû ano, vejdûte. Za tfietí: objednejte si drink. Za ãtvrté: nechte si recitovat básnû. Za dal‰í: po pár drincích zkontrolujte ãas. Nedûste se, pokud uÏ svítá, tramvaj vám pojede kaÏdou chvíli. Teì ráno uÏ totiÏ tramvaje jezdí kaÏd˘ch deset minut. here can't be anyone who's not experienced waiting for a night Ttram. And bugger me if they don't all go to Lazarská! So I'll now disclose how to brighten up those interminable minutes spent staring into the void. First of all, you have to have by your side someone you get on well with (but really well). Secondly: you see that non-stop Kadefinictví/Hairdressers: bar behind you? If you do, then enter it. Thirdly: order yourself a drink. Fourthly: get your partner to recite poetry to you. Next: after a few drinks check the time. Don't panic, if it's already light the tram Joshua will be along any moment. At this time in the morning the trams run every ten minutes. (Slovenská 2, Praha 10) ledáte salón splnûn˘ch pfiání? Zavítejte do Joshuy. Vyberte si jakoukoliv barvu vlasÛ a pamatu- Hjte, Ïe fantazii se meze nekladou . NejenÏe vám vlasy perfektnû ostfiíhají, ale dokonce vám mohou i "vyrÛst" v podobû copánkÛ nebo dredÛ. Îe máte radûji vícebarevné kombinace? No problem. MoÏná by nebyl na ‰kodu nûjak˘ zajímav˘ ornament ãi snad radûji zvífiátko? Pokud máte v oblibû ‰okovat okolí, tak tady vám vyjdou vstfiíc. re you looking for a salon to fulfil your every desire? Welcome to Joshua. Choose Aany colour of hair whatsoever and remember that fantasy has no limits. They don't only cut your hair perfectly, but can even grow it by means of plaits or dreadlocks. So you'd prefer a multi-coloured confection? No problem. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to have some interesting ornament or perhaps a little animal. If shocking your surroundings turns you on, then you'll be assured of a welcome here. Galerie, kam lze proniknout na drinky zdarma/ Art gallery to crash for free drinks:

Radost Gallery FX (Bûlehradská 120, Praha 2)

ení nad pohodlné gauãe a kfiesílka. Tohle v‰echno v Radosti dobfie vûdí a také Nmaximálnû vyuÏívají. Perfektnû zvládnut˘ interiér, pfiíjemné osvûtlení, dobrá hudba, to pfiímo ponouká k posezení u kávy ãi vína. Pfiidá-li se k tomu v‰emu zají- mavá v˘stava, je to pohoda a vy si mÛÏete v klidu meditovat nad vystaven˘mi kousky nad drinkem, kter˘ je k mání zdarma. othing's better than a comfortable sofa or arm-chair. They know all about Nthis at Radost and make use of it to the full. A perfectly done interior, pleasant lighting, good music, everything prompting you to sit down with a coffee or glass of wine. Add an interesting exhibition to all of that, you get a tranquillity in which you can peacefully meditate on the works exhibited, enjoying a free drink. 20 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 Jídlo pozdû v noci/Late nite eats: Obchod s muzikou/Music Gyrosina shop: Bontonland (Spálená ulice, zastávka Národní tfiída, Praha 1) (Václavské námûstí, Praha 1)

ostaví-li se v centru mûsta hluboce po pÛlnoci neodvratitelná DÏravost, lékem je Gyrosina. Jídlo tu dávají sice jenom s sebou, ale voní po celé ulici. Skvûl˘ gyros nebo pikantní kufiecí kfiid˘lka. Ale ani vego‰i neostrouhají, mají tu nûkolik druhÛ pizzy - s˘rová, zeleninová - a samozfiejmû sendviãe. Va‰e penûÏenka moc neutrpí, bfií‰ko se naplní a je‰tû zÛstane dobr˘ pocit. f you fetch up in the centre of town well after midnight with a Iterminal case of the munchies, the cure is Gyrosina. Although the food here is take away only, the smell follows you down the street. Great gyros or piquant chicken wings. And vegetarians need not fret, they've got several types of pizza: cheese, tomato etc., and of course sandwiches. Your wallet won't suffer too much, you'll fill your belly and be left with a feeling inside. When asked why they're the best, the sales assistants laughed out loud. "We've got bright T-shirts and that acts as bait!" Stánky s klobásou/Klobasa stand: Václavské námûstí Hudebníci-Nejlep‰í kapela/Musicians-Best Band: (po levé i pravé stranû na chodníku/ on the pavement, left or right - Praha 1) Liquid Harmony

okud jíte mleté mrtvoly, vydejte se na Václavák k Pjednomu ze zdrojÛ. Klobásy ucítíte skuteãnû na sto honÛ. A opékají je velmi pûknû. Dûlají je na grilech s kÛrãiãkou, nafiezávají po obou stranách a prodávají za nûco okolo dvaceti korun. Pokud je ãeská kuchynû podle va‰eho gusta, jdûte do toho. Je to dobr˘ a ‰Èavnat˘ pfiíklad. Dobrou chuÈ! If you're into minced corpse, Nejlep‰í vû‰tkynû/Best fortune teller: head towards the Wenceslas Square to find one of the Bethea sources. You'll smell klobasa from afar. They slice it on either side, Zoli grill it, and sell it for around twenty crowns. If you enjoy aní Bethea Zoli je Ameri Czech cuisine, go for it. It's a Pãanka a je majitelkou klubu good, juicy example. Bon apetit! Radost FX. Bethea má schop nosti vytu‰it budoucí události ze Nejlep‰í ãesk˘ likér/Best Czech Liquor: sv˘ch vnitfiních pocitÛ a nálad. Je pfiesvûdãena, Ïe takové schop- Becherovka nosti má kaÏd˘ Ïiv˘ tvor. Poukazuje na zvífiata, která vy lasick˘ bylinn˘ likér, kter˘ povzbuzuje chuÈ k jídlu a trávení a ulevuje pfii tu‰í boufii nebo trefí domÛ KzaÏívacích potíÏích, má nûkolik léãiv˘ch pramenÛ. Ten nejznámnûj‰í i z velké vzdálenosti. U lidí je tato a nejúãinnûj‰í - tfiináct˘ pramen, pochází z roku 1805. Zkuste nûkolik v˘born˘ch citlivost jenom více zablokována. koktejlÛ a nebojte se experimentovat! Big Fighter: led, Becherovka, citrónová Betheu zajímá numerologie, a pomeranãová ‰táva, nejlépe ãerstvû vymaãkaná a malinov˘ nebo jahodov˘ podle ní vychází souãet písmen slov Radost FX na 8, coÏ znamená pevn˘ sirup. Nûco trochu silnûj‰ího? Zkuste Tini: led, základ, finanãní zabezpeãení, moÏnost realizace. Skládá se z ãísel 5 Becherovka, suché Martini, stfiik Rapid Bitteru a (komunikace a vzru‰ení) a 3 (tvorba, radost, láska k dûtem). MoÏná, Ïe právû plátek citrónu nebo celou olivu. proto se klub tû‰í tak velké oblibû. he classic herbal liquor, appetite encourag- s. Bethea Zoli is American and the owner of Radost FX. Bethea has the Ting, digestion soothing, has many medici- Mability to predict future events from her inner feelings and moods. nal springs. The best known and most effective She is convinced that every living creature has this ability and points to is the thirteenth source, originating in 1805. animals which predict storms or find their way home across vast distances. Sample several excellent cocktails and don't be In the case of people this sensitivity is simply more blocked. Bethea is afraid to experiment! Big Fighter: Becherovka, interested in numerology, and according to her the sum total of the letters lemon and orange juice, freshly squeezed making up Radost FX comes to 8, which means a firm base, financial ideally, with raspberry or strawberry syrup. security, the possibility of realisation. It's made up of the letter 5 Something a little stronger? Traz Tini: ice, (communication and excitement) and 3 (creativity, pleasure, something Becherovka, dry Martini, a dash of Rapid Bitter childlike). Perhaps that's why this club enjoys such enormous popularity. and a slice of lemon or an olive.

21 BestBest OfOf PraguePrague Nejlep‰í obchod s nov˘m obleãením/ Best store for new clothes: Nejlep‰í politik/Best politician: Benetton Václav Havel (Na Pfiíkopû, Praha 1) dobû souãasné politické stagnace je VoceÀovánojenom málo politikÛ, ale ten, kter˘ do by neznal antirasistickou reklamní okamÏitû vytane na mysli je Václav Havel. Asi málokdo z KkampaÀ s logem United Colors of Benetton?! vás ví, Ïe Václav Havel v dobû, Veselost, barevnost a pohodlí jsou nejv˘raznûj‰ími kdy o prezidentování nemûl ani aspekty módních kolekcí této italské spoleãnosti. potuchy, s radostí nav‰tûvoval ho doesn't know the anti-racist advertis- hospÛdku Na Klamovce. Jel sem Wing campaign with the logo United i zaãerstva po svém zvolení do Colours of Benetton? Happiness, colour and ãela státu. comfort are the most expressive aspects of the n today's environment of fashion collection of this Italian company. Ipolitical stagnation, very few politicians score very high in Kde se dá projet na kole/Area for a bicycle ride: Stromovka popularity, but one that consis- tantly comes to mind is Václav Havel. Probably not tromovka dozajista patfií k nejnav‰tûvovanûj‰ím many of you know that Václav Havel, at a time when he Sodpoãinkov˘m místÛm v Praze. Není divu! Tento park had no idea he was going to be president, used to visit dfiíve slouÏil jako Královská zahrada, je opfieden pavuãinou a little pub called Na Klamovce. He visited the place very historie letního sídla králÛ a ·lechtova domu. MÛÏete tu fiádit soon after being elected as president. na koleãkov˘ch bruslích, sk8tech a kolech. Poslednû jmeno- (Tram stop Klamovka, trams no. 4, 7, 9, Praha 5) vaná disciplína má dvû kategorie: kola horská a kola silniãní a Tûlocviãna/Gym: AXA je jim ve Stromovce vûnován dostateãn˘ prostor. Upravené asfaltové stezky, které vedou kfiíÏem kráÏem po celém parku a stejnû tak neupravené stezky. MÛÏete si vybrat. (Na Pofiíãí, Praha 1) tromovka is undoubtedly one of the most visited havens of peace in Prague. It's no wonder. This ejenom tûlocviãna, ale v‰echno, co va‰e tûlo potfiebuje, Spark used to be the Royal gardens, many a story is spun of the king's summer residence and Nabyste byli fit. Pfiíjemnû ãist˘ bazén se saunou a vodou ·lechta's house. You can race around on roller blades, skate boards and bikes. Mountain bikes or teplou pfiesnû tak, aby vám vyhovovala. I sprchy jsou ãisté (velmi road bike, maintained asphalt paths criss-crossing the entire park, or rough tracks. It's up to you. dÛleÏité!) a vysou‰eã vlasÛ je vám vÏdy zdarma k dispozici. Ve fit centru najdete v‰echny ty podivné stroje, které pÛsobí va‰emu tûlu prospûch, pokud s nimi umíte správnû a s mírou zacházet. Je libo hodina aerobicu nebo P-class? Îádn˘ problém, v‰e je k dispozici. Pár náv‰tûv a je z vás nov˘ ãlovûk! ot only a gym, but everything your body needs to be fit can be found here. A pleasingly clean swimming pool (with a sauna) Nwith water at just the temperature you like. The bathrooms are also very clean (very important!) and a hair dryer is always available for free. In the fitness centre you can find all those strange machines which supposedly benefit your body if you know how to use them. An aerobics or P class? No problem. A couple of visits and you are a new person! Restaurace pro první rande/ podniku je velmi pfiíjemná a moÏná se v duchu pfienesete Best restaurant for a first date: do onûch krajÛ s mofiem a olivovníky. ¤ecká Taverna f you want to invite your chosen partner for that first Icandle-lit dinner and spend a really romantic evening, (corner of Revoluãní and Soukenická, Prague 1) let yourself be charmed by this Greek restaurant. A local hcete-li pozvat dívku na první spoleãnou veãefii a strávit menu offers several Greek specialities and your wallet Copravdu romantick˘ veãer, nechte se okouzlit fieckou won¥t suffer too much. What's more, the atmosphere of tavernou. Místní menu nabízí nûkolik tamnûj‰ích specialit this restaurant is so persuasive that you might find a va‰e penûÏenka tolik neutrpí. Navíc atmosféra tohoto yourself on a spiritual journey to the land of blue sea, vineyards and olive groves. Tradiãní hospoda/ Traditional pub:

U MedvídkÛ (Na Per‰t˘nû 7, Prague 1) âasopis/Magazine: Think lasická restaurace v selském stylu s patfiiãn˘m interiérem. V˘borné euvûfiitelné! Ná‰ ãasopis je opravdu nejlep‰í, coÏ nás samozfiejmû tû‰í, Kmísto na polední pauzu. âeská kuchynû tu nabízí ‰irok˘ v˘bûr N protoÏe za koneãnou podobou ãasopisu se skr˘vá velmi mnoho práce, domácích tuãn˘ch jídel za celkem pfiijatelné ceny. ale na druhé stranû nás také zavazuje k tomu, abychom nepolevili a na‰im MedvídkÛ is a cool, ãtenáfiÛm nabízeli stále nové vûci na ãtení a snaÏili se b˘t lep‰í a lep‰í. Uclassic restaurant in Konkurence totiÏ vystrkuje rohy a obãas i kou‰e, ale my se vlka nebojíme! a rustic style with an TakÏe dûkujeme v‰em na‰im ãtenáfiÛm a máme pro vás jeden vzkaz: DRÎTE SE! appropriate interior. A nbelievable! Our magazine came top in its own survey. We're of course most excellent place for U very pleased, because there's a lot of work goes on behind the scenes of every a midday break. The food issue. But on the other hand we also feel very responsible. We can't afford to slacken is varied, rich and Czech, our efforts, we have to constantly offer new information to our readers, in short, we and the prices amaz- have to keep on trying to get better and better. The competition shows its teeth, and ingly, very affordable. sometimes even bites. But we are not afraid of the wolf! Many thanks to all our readers and please: HANG ON IN THERE WITH US! 22 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 Nejlep‰í noãní klub/Best night-club:

Roxy(Roxy, Dlouhá 33, Praha 1)

v˘m atypick˘m a lehce archaick˘m inter- Siérem patfií Roxy k nejoblíbenûj‰ím klubÛm vÛbec. Myslím, Ïe jej právem mÛÏeme povaÏovat za svûtovou raritu. MoÏná si ale nûktefií z vás postesknou, kde Ïe jsou ty staré dobré ãasy, kdy tam b˘val opravdov˘ underground. Ale ten teì obãas mÛÏeme zase zaÏít (a doufejme, Ïe ne „the last one") v novû otevfiené galerii NO.D v prvním patfie nad prostorem klubu. ith its atypical and gently archaic inte- Wrior the Roxy is one of the most favourite clubs of all time. I think that we can with justification call it a world rarity. Perhaps Mr and Ms Disgruntled will want to know where the good old days went when it was truly home to the underground. But we've again got the opportunity to experience that (and we hope it's not "the last one") in the newly opened gallery NO.D on the first floor, above the club space.

Knihkupectví/Book store: The Globe (Janovského 14, Praha 7) nihy, knihy, knihy, ãasopisy, bájeãné koktejly z ãerstvého ovoce Ka vegetariánská jídla. Z vajíãek a ‰penátu tu vyrábûjí zázraky. Je úÏasné se po protaãené noci pûknû nacpat zdravou stravou a rozvalit se v jenom z kﬁesílek s nûjakou kníÏkou nebo ãasákem. KniÏní ráj pro expatrioty, neboÈ získat v Praze kvalitní ãtení, které není v ãeské ﬁeãi, znamená pro‰lapat nûkolikery podráÏky a je‰tû k tomu mít kapsu plnou penûz. V Globu si mÛÏete poãíst i na místû nebo koupit knihy z druhé ruky. Ale cena tûch nov˘ch se taky dá skousnout. ooks, books, books, Bmaga-zines, wonderful cocktails made from fresh MArlboro fruit, and vegetarian food. They can rustle up a miracle from eggs and spinach. It's great after a night of high energy dancing to stuff your face with healthy fare and then to sprawl in one of the armchairs they have with some book or mag. A book paradise for expatriates, since getting hold of a quality read in Prague which isn't in Czech means wearing out several pairs of shoes and having your pockets suitably stuffed. At the Globe you can read on the premises or buy a book second hand. And the prices of the new books are tolerable. Nejlep‰í restaurace/ Best General Restaurant:

Akropolis (Kubelíkova 27, Praha 3) Ï se vám nûkdy stalo, Ïe vás pfiepadl veãer hlad a va‰e Ulednice zela prázdnotou? Pokud jste se nacházeli na ÎiÏkovû, mûli jste ‰tûstí. Právû tady najdete nejlep‰í restauraci v Paláci Akropolis, kde vám za pfiijateln˘ peníz uvafií nûjakou dobrotu z bohatého jídelníãku. A pokud to v‰echno unesete, mÛÏete si jít je‰tû zaskotaãit dolu do divadelního baru. ave you ever found yourself dying of starvation in the middle of the Hnight with nothing in the fridge? If you were somwhere near ÎiÏkov, you were lucky. It's here you'll find the best restaurant, located in Palace Akropolis. Specialities at reasonable prices from a varied menu. And if that's not enough, you can breeze on down to the theatre bar. 23 Best Of Prague Best Of Prague Místo na piknik/ Zastávka tramvaje/Tram stop: Place for a picnic: Malostranské námûstí Petfiín (Prague 1) (tramvaje 22, 12) minulém vydání ãasopisu HELE Vám na‰e redakce ení divu, Ïe tohle je ta nekrásnûj‰í tramvajová Vpfiipravila návod na trochu netradiãní piknik, kde Nzastávka. VÏdyÈ se také nachází v té nejmalebnûj‰í jinde neÏ na Petfiínû. NeboÈ Petfiín je neodmyslitelnû ãásti staré Prahy. Svat˘ Mikulá‰, Nerudovka, PraÏsk˘ spojen s láskou a láska, jak známo, prochází Ïaludkem. Hrad, KarlÛv most - to v‰echno na dosah ruky. Pokud Tedy neváhejte, sbalte spoustu jídla a pití, deku (nepatfií se zrovna nesetkáte ve dvefiích tramvaje s nevrl˘m mezi povinné vybavení, ale hodí se!) a nejménû dÛchodcem, kter˘ vás ohroÏuje holí a nenechá vás ani jednoho bliÏního svého ... a nechte si chutnat! vystoupit, je to opravdu okouzlující místo. n a recent issue of HELE we came up with ideas for t's no wonder that this is the most beautiful tram Ia slightly untraditional picnic in places other than Istop. After all, it's in the most picturesque part of Petfiín. For Petfiín is inextricably bound up with love, old Prague. Saint Nicholas, Nerudova, Prague Castle, Charles Bridge - it's all within reach. and the fastest way to a person's heart is through As long as you don't meet up with a peevish pensioner threatening you with their walking their stomach. So hesitate no longer, pack a mountain stick and not even allowing you to get off, it's without doubt a charming place. of food and drink, a mat (it's not essential but it Banka (sluÏby pro zákazníky)/ comes in handy) and at least one of your nearest and dearest ... and bon apetit. Bank (customer service): Komerãní banka

otfiebujete rychle vymûnit peníze? Potfiebujete okamÏitû zaplatit své dluhy Ppfievodem? Potfiebujete si okamÏitû otevfiít bankovní úãet? Pro jakoukoli z mnoha poboãek Komerãní banky v Praze to není Ïádn˘ problém. Dokonce mÛÏete b˘t i cizinec bez trvalého pobytu v âechách. Staãí vá‰ pas, fiidiãák a podpis. Radûji peníze v bance, neÏ v kapse. Lépe se to hlídá a automaty nejsou umístûny pfiímo v noãních klubech. NeÏ najdete uprostfied noãního mejdanu ma‰inku, která vám nûco vysune, musíte se trochu projít a máte ‰anci, Ïe vystfiízlivíte a promyslíte znovu, kolik Ïe to sakra vlastnû je‰tû hodláte utratit! o you need to change your money quickly? Do you urgently have to pay your debts via a bank transfer? Do you Dwant to open a bank account? That's no problem for any of Komerãní banka's offices in Prague. You don't even need a residency permit. Your passport, driving licence and signature is enough. Better to have it in the bank than falling out of the hole in your pocket. Mind you, there's a dearth of cash machines. By the time you find one you'll have made up your mind what to spend your money on.

Nejlep‰í kino/ hlavními. Ta byla bohuÏel vymazána a Vegetariánská restaurace/Vegetarian restaurant: Best cinema: Aero nahrazena vût‰inou bezduch˘mi reklamami. Podívejte se tfieba na film Aurela Klimta Góvinda (Biskupcova 31, Praha 3) Ostr˘ Hugo a porovnejte ho s kovboji z (Soukenická 27, Praha 1 a ino, ve kterém se budete vzná‰et," reklamy na Marlboro. Uvidíte, kdo z koho! metro Palmovka, Praha 7) „Knení jenom kino. Vzná‰et se mÛÏete he cinema to uplift you", is not only i pfii divadelních pfiedstaveních, pantomimû, "Ta cinema. You can also be uplifted kdyÏ se situace v Praze pfiece videoprojekcích a koncertech. Promítá se to by theatre performances pantomimes, video Ijenom uÏ trochu zlep‰uje, nejlep‰í z nejlep‰ích, filmy v‰ech národností, projections and concerts. The best of the vegetariáni stále je‰tû nemají profily slavn˘ch reÏisérÛ. Stfiedy jsou best get screened here, films of all national- úplnou pohodu. Jídelna Góvinda vyhrazeny projektu "Den animovaného ities, profiles of famous directors. Central to je jednou ze svûtl˘ch vyjímek. Na filmu," prostfiednictvím kterého se Aero their activities is the project "Animation dvou místech - poblíÏ Petrského snaÏí vrátit na scénu krátké animované film day" by which Aero is trying to re- námûstí a poblíÏ stanice metra filmy. Existovala hezká tradice, kdy se krátké establish short animated films. There used Palmovka se vám dostane vege- filmy promítaly v bûÏn˘ch kinech pfied tûmi to be a sound tradition whereby short films tariánsk˘ch lahÛdek, co hrdlo were screened in cinemas ráãí. Za 70 korun celé menu a k before the main features. That tomu si je‰tû mÛÏete pfiidat was unfortunately done away rÛzné zeleninové karbanátky, pitu nebo sladkost z pfiilehlé cukrárny. with and the short films Levné, zdravé, pfiíjemné. replaced mostly by soulless ven if the situation in Prague is getting slightly better, vegetar- advertising. Take a look, for Eians still don't have it completely easy. The Góvinda restaurant instance, at the film Ostr˘ is one of the shining exceptions. On two sites - near Petrské námûstí Hugo by Aurel Klimt and and close to Palmovka metro - you can get mouth watering delica- compare it with the cowboys in cies. CZK 70 for the entire menu and you can add to that various the Marlboro advert. You'll see vegetable fritters, pitta bread or sweets from the neighbouring who comes off best. patisserie. Cheap, healthy, pleasant. It's a shame there aren't more of such places. 24 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 ESET AA lessonlesson inin post-modernpost-modern

Now, this is pretty good for one transmitter. I think the last experimental What is HAARP? HAARP stands for radio that attracted this kind of attention was built by Marconi.

High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. History

High frequency means short wave, the radio band from A few years ago, global environmental activists got word that the U.S. military was beginning construction of a world-class Ionospheric heater 3 to 30 megahertz, the one used by ships, planes, relatively near Fairbanks, Alaska. The Gakona site is a bit farther south than scientists would have liked, but it became available when another Cold and international broadcasters. Aurora is the huge War monster, the over-the-horizon radar project, was cancelled. HAARP caused panic almost immediately. It did not help that even perfunctory planetary electric current that, among other things, library research led quickly to a separate, private plan that ARCO petroleum had very briefly lobbied for as part of the Reagan-era SDI. This causes the northern and southern lights and helps keep much more ambitious plan, while superficially bearing great resemblance to HAARP, was a far larger scheme, proposed in several far-reaching the gases in. Presumably the HAARP is a catchy patents filed by Dr. Bernard Eastlund. Little is known about its true goal, save to burn vast quantities of acronym for some kind of celestial musical instrument, otherwise wasted North Slope natural gas. All this provoked near-hysteria among a few radio hams and environmentalists in Alaska. Several though it has been suggested that its players are unsettling articles and books were written. When these were completely dismissed by mainstream media in the contiguous 48 states, HAARP made anything but angels. the Most Censored News Stories list for 1994. While this list tends to tilt decidedly leftward, it is still a serious attempt at research, and far from a crackpot fringe. When I saw the words, “Burn holes in the ionosphere,” his electric HAARP has been assembled on a military base near I darn near tossed lunch. While I quickly learned that any such “holes,” T Gakona, Alaska, by the United States Air Force and Navy. It has even if they existed, would be inconsequentially small and brief, my several parts, most interesting being the IRI, for Iono sphe ric fevered brain still closed a whole bunch of gestalts, with a clunk most Research Instrument. IRI is one of the largest radio transmitters ever built. likely audible back up in Gakona. Suddenly a lot more things about the And that’s it. With HAARP, what you see (and hear) is what you get. It’s a radio. It’s not that different from the flame-throwers in daily use for “HAARP’s ability to generate strong magnetic fields short-wave broadcasting, and only about ten decibels louder, but it’s advanced antenna system concentrates the beam on such a small target could interfere with the migration of birds, marine that effective radiated power shoots up into the gigawatts. Since this beam goes pretty much straight up, it’s tough news for some electrons, and Arctic animals that are known to go on the Earth’s and maybe some birds, but not so tough for people on the ground. And so what we get is very much like the space shuttle. It does world magnetic fields to navigate over long distances.” class research, it kills a few birds, maybe some good comes from it, but we never quite know who’s using the data, or why? The government assures -Gar Smith of the San Francisco-based Earth Island Institute everyone that it’s just science, but then that government says a lot of things. I have been assured, by everyone from Ph.D.s to poets, that HAARP worldwide heating initiative started to make sense. is: An Ionospheric heater, A research tool, A military test bed, A tax- Unless you read an awful lot of very dry monographs, all of which are subsidized boondoggle, A directed-energy weapon, A communication well-studded with the alphabet-soup acronyms so beloved by scientists, system for submarines, A way to improve satellite links, A planetary x-ray you will be surprised at how huge Ionospheric studies have gotten, world- machine, A plot to depopulate the Third World, A means of creating power wide since the early 90s. We can be certain that the field has only gotten blackouts at will, Electronic warfare, Tesla’s wireless power transmission, larger since. Suddenly, the Internet abruptly made HAARP’s internal tech- Tesla’s secret death ray, Searching for space aliens, Killing space aliens, no speak public. Who can come in on such phrases as, “active auroral elec- Killing off militias, Enforcing the New World Order, Weather modification, trojet modification,” and not be a little scared? It does not help that most CIA mind control, Brain wave modification, The end of HF radio, The end of the money for all this comes from a very familiar source - Reagan’s SDI, of wildlife in Alaska, The end of the human race, The end of Earth itself. the ultimate militarization of space, and the most disproportionately

26 THINK MAGAZÍN 04/1999 THE MAN BEHIND THE DEATHRAY Nikola Tesla: warfarewarfare A Brief History The world of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is not as easily found in our history unlike that of Edison or Einstein. Tesla was probably the greatest scientist and visionary of the past victorian and modern industrial age. Our world today which is run by electricity, illuminated with discharge lamps and connected through the air with radio “waves”, includes and is derived from many of his inventions. Yet still only a trace of Tesla’s life and works reside in our popular books. Always at odds with Edison, a young Tesla became the creative drive behind the Westinghouse Company at the turn of the century. The 1893 “Columbian Exposition” with the Westinghouse and Tesla expensive research program in the history of the human race. exhibits, was a marvel for all to view. Edison’s DC standards proved no Thanks to Internet then, HAARP may very well be the first household match for the power plants at Niagara Falls and the globe was soon word created completely outside of the traditional news channels. This is electrified by Tesla’s AC Polyphase System. Nikola Tesla was granted a lesson for social scientists. It’s also the New Millennium’s version of more than 700 United States patents during his career and it was not word-of-mouth; an electronic whispering campaign. We’ve even seen it all uncommon for many of his discoveries to lead to developments of settle down enough to pick out several firm positions on HAARP. The most which other scientists were honor ed, like the photo flash, x-ray or radio. visible critiques divide into the New Age and New World Order theories. Tesla discovered many of the principles for radio, of which Marconi New Agers seem to come from the Old Left, while NWO is definitely a was renowned for creation of the New Right. Since the left and right agree on a lot more years later. than they think, both come up with the same conclusion - NO HAARP. Many believed Meanwhile, the most visible HAARP proponents are university Tesla continued to employees, those doing Big Science, who cannot understand why anyone work on his energy wouldn’t like it. After all, their jobs depend on a continued, steady flow of beam weapon and our taxes into these huge research boondoggles. There’s also a national massive ELF experi- security argument for HAARP, though this one has lost a bit of ments up until his credibility since the question, “What if THEY get it?” has been answered, death. These experi- “THEY let US use it to take data.” ments have been What’s gotten lost in all this contention over science is the ionosphere, described so vividly the environmental question, the one that got me interested in the first in the press and may place. What will be the fate of the last accessible part of our planet that continue to this day. we haven’t been able to screw up somehow? Nikola Tesla died I still cannot get a definitive answer on the ultimate purpose of data alone on January 7th, gained from these heaters. Depending on who you believe, it’s either 1943 in his room at aimed at improving the performance of space based systems that are the Hotel New being built anyway, or it’s a rediscovery of The Secret Tesla Death Ray. Yorker, although far "THE PRESENT It’s either a great new source of low-frequency radio waves for from destitute. All of military communications or reconnaissance, or a new generation of his remaining notes IS THEIRS. directed-energy weapon that will terrorize the planet, turning the Pax and apparatus, filling Americana into global fact. many truckloads, THE FUTURE... There are people, usually with physics degrees, who have were confiscated by IS MINE." “done the math,” and are convinced that the American military is the U.S. Government only a few years from global domination. There are people, also and put in storage. -NIKOLAS TESLA with physics degrees, who tell me that the whole thing is radio The Tesla museum in astronomy. Therefore, HAARP’s mighty radio waves illuminate far Belgrade houses the the most complete and permanent collection more than thin air. They show us what America is really about in of his life’s studies. A vivid book, “Man out of Time” by Margaret the nineties, where the big bucks come from, where they go, who Cheney should be your first venture to discover Tesla. gets them, and who doesn’t. We don’t have a fancy story here. -John A. Popadiuk We just have a good story, better than most of what’s on the Corporate Nooz. con’t>>

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27 The First Guy: Bernard Eastlund it ever threw enough juice our way to do anything beyond its stated mission HAARP’s unanswered question is buried deeper in the literature, where —early cruise-missile detection. However, all this got people thinking. they don’t like laymen looking. This is the matter of resonant auroral elec- By the time HAARP was funded, ARCO had sold out to Raytheon, and trojet modification, the real goal of the project. Basically, it means that Eastlund had long since left the project. However, his Strangelovian the ultra-enormous electric currents naturally flowing around our shadow haunts HAARP to this day. But wait, it gets better, way planet might be slightly jolted by kicks at just the right places and better. times. It’s been tested, at several other heaters worldwide, and it works. It works very well, though not The Other Guy: Nikola Tesla well enough to be militarily useful - yet. The result may ultimately be the Two years ago, there came a researched, largest ELF transmitter ever imag- 230-page book titled Angels Don’t Play This ined. This ELF/VLF range, where HAARP, which is available from EarthPulse Press and radio turns to electric sound, is a other sources. The book, with its hundreds of cites and wild and wooly place. It’s popu- footnotes, is a great read, but it’s best not to do it at larly (if usually erro neously) bedtime. While reiterating the environmental associated with Nikola Tesla, objections, scary enough in themselves, secret energy weapons, the authors go on to argue that Eastlund has nuclear subs, and UFOs. vindicated the mysterious, usually misunderstood, Wild stories of mind later work of Nikola Tesla. control and weather Nobody’s objective about Tesla. While he was a war on the Third contemporary with the other great inventors of World just won’t stop. Some 150 different our era, his vision was about a century ahead of ELF is presently being used to international treaties, in place since theirs. Visionaries never have it easy, but Tesla communicate with missile submarines. 1975, prohibit the use of “weather had it worse than most. Though he lived well for Its huge wavelengths penetrate water warfare,” implying a legal challenge a time, he died broke, while his inventions were better than normal ones do, but they to HAARP, since its patents include in daily use worldwide, (check your panalák’s require antennas many miles long. These antennas weather modification experiments. lightswitches and appliances). Some of Tesla’s have to be towed behind aircraft, or buried for And beyond atmospheric dangers, ideas were so advanced that they’ve been taken miles under cow pastures, with debatable effects the FEIS filed by the Air Force and for black magic, or at least weird science, on the milk production. The Navy says that HAARP transmissions ever since. military would like it just fine if the “antenna” “can raise the internal body temper- This mythic tale of the exploited wizard, the could be vibrating electrons in the sky instead. ature of nearby people; ignite road visionary pariah, the lightning man, has hard- Active Ionospheric modification dates from the flares in the trunks of cars; detonate wired Tesla into the post-modern consciousness. well-studied “Luxembourg effect,” the investiga- aerial munitions used in electronic The legend grows yearly, as everyone projects tion of which led to the discovery of the ionos- fuses, and scramble aircraft commu- their own personal myths and fantasies into it. phere’s structure in the first place. At this time, nications, navigation and flight- There’s a core of truth to the Tesla mythos. radio waves were tiny Luxembourg’s biggest control systems.” U.S. studies show His later work is not well understood. For export. The little country made big money that even small increases in EM radi- example, the notorious Tesla Death Ray might licensing super-power broadcast stations that ation from devices like HAARP can have really been a particle beam idea that Tesla could compete with government monopolies all cause human health problems such tried to sell the U.S. military as an anti-aircraft over Europe. One of these stations started appear- as leukemia, cataracts, birth defects weapon. Such an idea was re-investigated for ing in everyone else’s programs. Ultimately, the and cancer, alter brain chemistry and SDI. And conspiracy writers will never let us interference was shown to be the effect of the elevate cholesterol, blood sugar, forget how some Tesla papers were taken by the station’s mighty waves on the ionosphere itself. blood pressure and heart rates. Government right after Tesla’s death in 1943. Ionospheric modification went big-time when The real HAARP-Tesla connection, however, some very wild patents were filed on behalf of “The Environmental Magazine” comes from another great notion. This was the ARCO, the oil company, by Bernard Eastlund. He January 1997 global, wireless transmission of electrical power. apparently sold the SDI crowd on the military uses Tesla, after all, pioneered high-power RF work. He of ultra-power radio beams, from many miles of antennas, making HAARP couldn’t just call up Continental Transmitters and order up a few look like a weenie roast, and, incidentally, using electric generators that megawatts. He had to invent the radio first. Marconi stole 14 of his promised a nice market for ARCO’s otherwise wasted Alaska natural gas. patents, as later proven in the U.S. Supreme Court. Eastlund’s patents, which are available for reading on the Internet, have Tesla’s RF oscillators, mostly evolved from the “Tesla coil” so loved a kind of doomsday feel to them, not unlike The Bomb. Arco’s super- by science teachers, are still not understood. But any school kid knows HAARP was never built. The military ultimately soured on poor the problem with wireless anything. It’s the inverse square law. Dr. Eastlund, calling him “nuts,” but they may or may not have soured on A simple, Godzilla-size coil just blasting away will cause a nice light show, all of his ideas for weather modification, global tomography, and other possibly fry its operators, certainly make as much RF as Marconi’s early creepy scenarios, all from resonant auroral stimulation. stuff, but Mom out in Denver still won’t get enough juice to make toast. This time period was also the last, weird gasp of the Cold War, in which It’s simple physics. stories of Russian psychic beams and time-travel experiments circulated Supposedly, Tesla planned to get around this by using the Earth as a widely. One popular view was that the pulse rate of the USSR “wood- huge, resonant system, probably at an ELF rate. His writings contain refer- pecker,” a special HF radar for early warning of low-altitude attacks, had ences to “The Terrestrial Stationary Waves,” a resonant excitation of the been chosen to interfere with brain waves, or to move the jet stream out ground, the magnetosphere, or even the ‘waveguide’ between the two. of position. While the woodpecker was an extremely powerful radio, defi- Tesla boasted that he’d done this on a trial scale, using super-power nitely capable of biological effects at a distance, it still remains doubtful that “Magnifying Transformers” like the ones in Colorado.

28 THINK MAGAZÍN 04/1999 Would the “Terrestrial Stationary Waves” have worked? We won’t know any time soon. But some writers think that other people know now. This is that perennial conspiracy theory, the one that says how wireless power distribution actually worked too well, with near-apocalyptic consequences. It’s one of those great, unprovable, Frankenstein tales, part anti-government paranoia, part fear of science, part sheer faith. And, since Eastlund was known to talk as big as Tesla, the connection was inevitable. But compared to Eastlund’s unbuilt flame-thrower, HAARP is a weenie roast, although the conspiracy authors seem to find evidence that it’s close enough for a very nice test. And then, of course, they might build the real thing.

The Debate Widens

True or false, the notion that a bunch of SDI spooks were building an Alaskan doom machine made HAARP the biggest thing to hit the paranormal/UFO scene since that Air Force guy let something slip about that flying saucer in Roswell. Most of the original HAARP publicity came from the Angels authors’ appearances on FOX TV. Better than nothing, I suppose, but not much better as far as mainstream credibility is concerned. Alaskans, who have to live next to this thing, were the first to get scared for other reasons. Out of this came a real, no-hidden-agenda, grass roots group, NO HAARP. The name explains the purpose. Their website has an order form for the Angels book, and some interesting documents. As part of the Government’s P.R. counterattack, HAARP got a lively, New Hours: attractive web page. Check it out, http://w3.nrl.navy.mil/haarp.html. 7-2 AM Mon-Fri It’s fun, and it has some nice photos as you can see in this article. 8-2 AM Sat No radio freak can resist all this neat hardware, definitely The Boy 8-12 AM Sun Inventor at work. The IRI, at least, is completely unclassified, and its builders are cool people. They’ll answer your questions, and discuss Újezd 16, Praha 1, Tel./Fax: 530 921 ham-radio with you on the side.

Get Informed. Decide Yourself.

We live in the post-modern era. The struggle for truth is not in the streets but in the media. ‘Business-as-usual’ = abandonment. The Corporate Nooz vendors will placate us with their celebrity sludge, until whatever happens, happens. For me, the real problem comes back to the first problem. Are we sure we aren’t screwing up this poor planet even more than we have already? Will El Niño be the primary beneficiary of active auroral modification? Will some guys in a room under Omaha decide who’s going to have an ionosphere today? Personally, I’m not anti-HAARP. I actually rather like HAARP. However, I’m pro-knowledge. I get a little nervous when year after year goes by without any serious news-reporting on what the SDI research establish- ment intends to do with all this data. Were they testing it on Yugoslavia during the bombing? On one CNN broadcast, a relief worker complains that the phones and Walkie-talkies weren’t working so well during the bombing. Until this leaves the closet, there’s no doubt that prudent people will once again assume the worst. As word spreads, through alternative channels such as the Internet, millions will once again decide that the Government intends to hurt them, in secret, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS TRUE.

* Dr. Nick Begich. Begich is a bit of a New Age thinker, up in Alaska where HAARP is being built. His academic theories range from the interesting to the bizarre, and he can’t be discounted entirely, despite the rather fringoid crowd he hangs out with. He teamed up with Jeane Manning, and they did most of the original writing about HAARP in 1995. I would say that this represents the philosophical/Teslian argument against HAARP. Edited by Jeffree Benét

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-Alex Waddell Bugsy's, PafiíÏská 10, 232 99 43 Casablanca, Nám. Bratfii SynkÛ 15, 43 61 97 ocktails must be Prague’s unsung secret. Why a secret? Is it because Deluxe, Václavské námûsti 4, Bus tel - 962 494 40 CAbsinthe, Becherovka, Fernet and Czech beer get all the lime-light, along Hapu, Orlická 8, 227 201 58 with the notorious Czech-per-capita annual beer consumption being so high - alleged to be among the world’s top three. Or maybe its because the guidebooks Ostroff American Bar, Stfieleck˘ ostrov are written for hard-up heller-pinching travellers, set to gain maximum enjoy- Red Room, Kfiemencova 17, 24 91 60 47 ment from the cheapness of a beer. Treat yourself to a ‘velky pivo’ in a cocktail TGI Friday's American Bar, Malé námûsti 2, 24 22 12 30 bar and you’ll generally be set back a whopping 50 crowns. There’s a lesson here Zanzibar, LázeÀská 6, Malá strana 0602 384328 (I appeal to the more adventurous spirits amongst you). Cocktail bars don’t tend Îelezné dvefie, Michalská 19, Jilská 18 (in the passage) 0603 717842 to boast over 300 different cocktails just to fill out the menu pages. And the bar people didn’t ‘study’ at Prague bar school for their own private amusement. the glass- summarily no less. Got that down-to-nature feeling about you? Take a Intriguingly, however, cocktail studies fell short of actually defining the cocktail. Bloody Mary - uniquely (for Prague) complete with Horseradish and celery stock. An answer to this philosophical poser eluded all but the very best of our cocktail Fear not - the Meat Lovers’ Bloody Mary is coming soon. Live-bands entertain graduates. ‘Colourful like the tail of a peacock’ was the declared winner of my several times a week. If Stan the Man’s Blues fail to rivet, love him as we do, investigations, while ‘compulsory straws, umbrellas, fruit slices and leggy women venture down below into the ‘serious’ bar. The informative barmen are nothing in the wings’ came a well-deserved runner up. Following is a critical analysis of less than cocktail enthusiasts, confidently equipped with 25 different Martinis to Prague’s best cocktail hotspots. Praise and abuse is representative of the respec- hand (from dirty to perfect to James Bond-style „shaken not stirred“) and an tive numbers of samples donated in the research. intriguing anti-Absinthe philosophy. The crowd spans Czech drink connoisseurs to If you’re after that exotic Caribbean holidays feel, then you need a drink or expatriate rabble. Easy-listening lounge music beautifully maintains the harmony. three at ‘Zanzibar’, an eclectic mixture of musicians, tourists and business types. What are you waiting for? Peruse the modern art (for sale) adorning the walls as you absorb the never- For that all-American sense of cool and faultless service, then (no surprises) it’s ending menu and chill out to the funky jazz sound. The bar staff is full of drink gotta be TGI Friday’s American Bar. Along with a full range of bar food (burgers recommendations. They will also happily show off their bar skills (bottle twirling etc), a nightly show-time (usually after 10) and a wholly professional service, you etc) when they feel the urge. Meanwhile, the waitresses will scuttle to and fro get a respectable clientele (18-65) of tourists and well-to-do natives, and a bang- from bar to dining room doing their cocktail thing. Zanzibar boasts forty different central location. On the other hand, if you’re looking for something of Prague, you whiskeys plus Mexico’s most exclusive Tequila (Porfidio Barrique) at 1000Kã a won’t find it in TGI’s. (Try Terminal Bar or Chapeau Rouge). But then who needs debauchery all year round in any case? Respect for service with a smile; it doesn’t come easily in today’s Prague.

et beware the cheap ‘American-style’ imitations. Ostroff American Bar Y(high up on Stﬁeleck˘ Island) may have an ‘excitingly’ long ‘American- Koktejl bar v americkém stylu style’ bar, but they forgot to export the fun. There might as well be a sign 201 druhe koktejle on the door saying ‘Bring you own atmosphere. We ain’t got none spare’. 68 TOP nealkoholickych koktejle Nejlepsí Caipirinha ve mûstû Granted, of course, you get a quality view over the Vltava, and of all the 40 druhÛ single-malt whisky people having fun across the river. Thank goodness the bar staff are big on Každý tvrtek Super Party! experimentation and pain relief. Headache sufferers are advised to order a ‘’Chili’’(Vodka, pepper, ketchup, chili and sauce’). They also have an ardent Oteveno po–ne anti-freestyle philosophy regarding cocktail preparation. Killjoys. 05:00–3:00 Fair’s fair if you’re after a real-live Bohemian vibe. Quit Prague-centre

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A very sexy Cocktail friday party, full of and venture down to Hapu in ÎiÏkov (nearest Metro Flora). This is (until now) a entertainment well-guarded secret among expats in the know (as opposed to a dodgey one best 24/9 and fun, with left alone). You see, get lucky with the company and you’ll be finding it hard to a special drink say ‘Ne’ to one more cocktail. Bar staff are friendly folk and spare no effort in 10p.m. Happy Hour your cocktail preparation / creating works of cocktail art / attending to your each and every need etc. Pina Coladas go down a treat, but the huge ‘home- made’ selection is definitely worth a try. Freshly squeezed juices and succulent fruit slices will refresh mind and soul, while the infamous ChocoMint will just leave you drooling. Management takes no responsibility for your finishing a whole one. Wacky names include Flying Kangaroo, Between the Sheets and Alien Secretion. I’m hoping to see Alien-menage-a-trois before the year’s up. HavEn’t You

ow, if you’re gonna do the Prague cocktail scene properly, there’s no Nexcuse for not calling in on ‘Casablanca’, Prague’s first free-style cocktail heArd yET? joint and hang-out for the Czech rich and famous. Like Hapu, it may be out in the sticks, but credits due for providing the life and soul of Vy‰ehrad. (There’s nothing else to do in Vy‰ehrad.) Even if its Czech pop sensation Lucie’s night off, there’s no (serious) harm in popping in for a ‘Crush and Burn’. See the lights go down and the crash helmet come out (purely for your protection). Swiftly down the secret formula and enjoy three swift whacks over the head from your barman with his baseball bat. So the bar guys have a sense of humour, but their service is also invariably sharp. You can’t order a Rum and Coke without getting an obligatory 360 of the Rum bottle. Which just leaves me to mention the near-claustrophobic, seedy, exhilarating sexually charged atmosphere, and the regular parties. The decor’s pretty cool too. Truly old-fashioned romantic ambience comes courtesy of the newly opened ‘Deluxe’ restaurant-cum-club. Rousing jazz bands will do the business even if your choice of date doesn’t - note that cozy couples abound. Elegantly arranged tables seem to invite informal gatherings to draw around and sip cocktails. Unfortunately the cocktail selection is restrained and the service lacks the flair of a Casablanca or a TGI’s, if excused by its refinement. So, basically, if you want a drink you won’t get a song and a dance about it. (Take your shameful tourist mentality elsewhere.) Yet if the bar isn’t centre-stage as at Ostroff, its so that the uniquely vintage style can. And that’s the immaculate decor, the secluded corners Jo’s Bar iS OpeN agAin. and the gentle hubbub of voices for starters. Singles can get in on the act when the DJ gets started and the dance floor fills up to R&B, Soul and Acid Jazz sounds. ( aNd iT’S better than ever!) My adventures bring me to the delicate task of describing Bugsy’s. From the malostranské nám. 7, praha 1 outside it is easy to miss (PaﬁíÏská 10, though submerged on a corner), and remi- open 11 ‘til 5am - 7 nites a week • otevﬁeno niscent of an American Prohibition den. On the inside... find a ‘brute-in-a-suit’ dennû 11-05 Vstup zdarma! • Free Entry!

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ladá móda je zpupná, drzá a provokativní. vané a transparentnÍ textilie, umûlá kÛÏe a vatování Platí heslo: rad‰i dlouhé neÏ nudné. Bundy se nosí M„Clockhouse“ je to pravé pro ty, ktefií mají - hra s látkami je vzru‰ující a dostává kaÏdého, kdo buì do pasu nebo ke kolenÛm. Kalhoty jsou rádi odvaz. Kdo obléká „Clockhouse,“ ten má jen trochu odvahu. Barvami se ale ‰etfií: dominují zpravidla stfiíhány rovnû, bez ohledu na pohlaví. se orientuje nejen v aktuálních módních trendech ‰edá, ãerná, petrolejová modfi, tmavû ãervená New Yorku, Lond˘na i Tokia, ale neváhá pouÏít a hnûdá, jako doplÀkové barvy jsou uÏívány oranÏová i netradiãní doplÀky, které pfiekvapí. nebo svûtle modrá. Na prvním místû v barevné ‰kále Mladá móda se dnes nerodí na papífie designéra, je snûhovû bílá. Její chladn˘ stroh˘ tón byl do této mladá móda vzniká na chodnících, v klubech, doby pouÏíván pouze v létû, letos v‰ak tvofií základ na hudební scénû. Sportovní streetwear se stává zimních kolekcí vût‰iny svûtov˘ch návrháfiÛ. stylem budoucnosti - karty se obrací a nejznámûj‰í svûtoví návrháfii chodí lovit nápady na ulici. Mnohé renomované znaãky dnes sází na reduko- van˘ futuristick˘ vzhled, kter˘ pÛvodnû pochází z newyorkské techno scény. Právû tam se dohro- mady kombinují rÛzné styly, tam se vytváfií móda, ve které se dá protancovat celá noc a se kterou lze zvládnout velkomûstskou dÏungli - krátce: tam se objevuje ta móda, která je praktická, pohodlná a pfiitom nápaditá.

Pofiiìte si originální doplnûk své vizáÏe jenom na chvilku. V˘bornou pfiíleÏitost vyzkou‰et si to zdarma máte pfii speciální akci v prodejnách C & A v Praze a Brnû. Praha - 23.9. 99 od 10:00 do 18:00

Dlouhé není nudné na Václavském nám. 33, obchodní dÛm Tak jako se dﬁíve sázelo na superkrátké bundiãky, C & A, oddûlení „Clockhouse.“ triumfují dnes délky ke kolenÛm. Dokonce i kabáty Brno - 24.9. 99 od 10:00 do 18:00, letos sahají hodnû pod kolena, nosí se prodlouÏené Starobrnûnská 8, obchodní dÛm C & A, délky bund. I v této sezónû budou aktuální ko‰ile vytaÏené pﬁes kalhoty a pod bundou. oddûlení „Clockhouse“ Originální tatoo zdarma!

Osobitost je nejdÛleÏitûj‰ím znakem souãasné street módy. Îijeme v dobû, kdy se kombinuje nekombi- novatelné a nápadité doplÀky se stávají nezbytn˘mi pro individualitu kaÏdého z nás. Není divu, Ïe intimita lidské kÛÏe provokuje k neãekan˘m experimentÛm. Tetování doprovází ãlovûka po celá staletí, pfiesto donedávna bylo pro tzv. seriózní spoleãnost nûãím naprosto nepfiijateln˘m. Právû potfieba odli‰it se od ‰edé masy zmûnila pohled mnoh˘ch z nás na tuto svéráznou oblast estetického vyjadfiování. Clockhouse: mnoho vrstev místo jedné V souãasné dobû mÛÏete zvolit z nûkolika rÛzn˘ch metod, které se odli‰ují nejen technikou zpracování, ·aty a bundy pfies kalhoty, zástûry pfies blÛzy, ale i dobou, po kterou bude zvolen˘ motiv krá‰lit va‰e tûlo. Ne kaÏd˘ z nás se totiÏ rozhodne pro klasické kapsy na poutkách - je‰tû nikdy se v módû nekom- tetování na cel˘ Ïivot. binovalo tak bez problémÛ jako dnes. Tento Henna je pfiírodní barvivo, které se tradiãnû v nûkter˘ch kulturách pouÏívá po tisíciletí. I dne‰ní arabská vícevrstevn˘ vzhled mÛÏe na první pohled vypadat svatba se obvykle neobejde bez rituálního pomalování hennou. Malba hennou není navÏdy - originální neupravenû - jako kdyby tu ãlovûk byl jen na skok, kresba zÛstane na kÛÏi zpravidla tfii t˘dny. na cestû odnikud nikam. Do velk˘ch na‰it˘ch kapes Nechejte se zdarma pomalovat od zruãn˘ch odborníkÛ firmy „alessandro“ se vejde více neÏ jen nejdÛleÏitûj‰í vûci. ·ÀÛrky a provázky nahradily tradiãní knoflíky a zipy. Cargo-kalhoty s kapsami ve v˘‰ce kolen budou Pro dal‰í informace: i tento podzim ãíslem jedna. Studio alessandro Nejoblíbenûj‰í materiály tohoto podzimu jsou C&A Praha - Václavské nám. 33 P‰trossova 31, Praha 1, tel: 02 2491 9067 bavlna a polyamid. Lehce „zmaãkan˘“ materiál se tel: 02/ 22 81 13 11 Studio alessandro nabízí: snadno udrÏuje a je témûfi nezniãiteln˘. Na konci C&A Brno - Starobrnûnská 8 péãi o ruce a nehty, kosmetiku, tisíciletí propuká ‰ílenství textilií: vlna, plastifiko- tel: 05/ 42 42 22 11 vlasové studio, tetování hennou

32 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 A DRINK A DAY KEEPS THE LANDLORD AWAY! NEW MUSIC & SPORTS CAFÉ behind the T¯N Church!

Jirka mixes buck-wild at the Îelezné dveﬁe. T˘n 1, Praha 1 on hand to help with the door and oversee the proceedings from his six-stair- 2489 5404 height. If that does it for you, then feel free to join the merry throng - there is a definite buzz. Caviar (1790 - 2790Kã) and canapés are available to buy should you get hungry. Enjoy pretension all round and a flexible intellectual vacuum Programme for September should you feel the need to socialize - not traditional Globe-type expats in sight I’m afraid. And don’t forget to buy the perfectly bound menu booklet (350Kã) as sun: LEGENDARY SOUNDS w/ DJ Rossi a souvenir. Bugsy’s may be respected as the height of sophistication to some, but E mon: DJ Rossi I might just leave them to it. V tue: LIVE MUSIC! 9-11:30 +DJ Rossi E wed: DJ Lucifer thu: Tequila NITE with DJ ICEMAN DIY Cocktails R fri: DANCE PARTY! DJ Rossi in the Comfort Y sat: CLUB MIX with DJ Rossi 7 tue: LIVE MUSIC! Lemon Nashville of your own (Chuck Berry revival) 14 tue: LIVE MUSIC! Fast Bird Band Home. (Jimi hendrix revival) Why swig cool cocktails in a 21 tue: LIVE MUSIC! Rolling Stones (revival band) posh bar when you can do the 28 tue: LIVE MUSIC! Proffesor Band same thing back home, throw an (Beatle’s revival) invitation-only cocktail bash, and save money? Of course, keep right on drowning your sorrows at cocktail bars. (THINK and Prague’s public- spirited bar owners want nothing less.) We, at THINK, want the coming (THINK inspired) cocktail renaissance to bring pleasure to all. Get on to BARCON (no. 1 bar supplier in the Czech Republic) and get in the latest mixing kit. Acquire a healthy assortment of mixables while you’re at it (strong booze normally works a treat) and you’re away. Contact: Vlastimil Rut, BARCON, Smiﬁick˘ch 2, 250 83 ·kvorec tel: - 02 / 997 25 25, mobile: 0602 311 639

o maybe you want something cozier and more suited to the philosophic Stemperament (those with time on their hands). In which case the ‘Red Room’ is the perfect find. There are two things you need to know about the ‘Red Room’. Its Red and... its got two rooms, an enticing bar and an outdoor patio. The cocktail selection is small but perfectly formed. (Although by virtue of managerial good will, or hard-nosed commercialism, an expanded selection is forth coming.) Who could argue with a ‘Passion Potion’ or a ‘Happy Hour Mix’, I ask you? Quiet and reserved in the morning, when you can chat to the lovely bar girls and enjoy an appetising filler - buzzing in the evening, the Red Room is the perfect anti- Live Music every dote to one too many nights on the piss. Tuesday night! Cocktails are cool. They also eat up your money and smack of high-society. DJs on the turntables Tourists love them, goddammit. Lets break that monopoly and get merry while we’re at it. Just go easy on the Pina Colada’s and the Long Island’s. They slip Shake your booty on the down rather too easily. And don’t get too drunk. Not to sound priestly, it’s just dance floor! not the name of the game. (Absinthe and cheap beer are not without their uses.) plus cocktails, sports TV Personally, I’m converted. Can you have too much of a good thing? Myself, not if its a Pina with a straw. Happy Drinking! and more everyday! 33 WHY WOULD WE LIST EVERYWHERE WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD RESTAURANTS TO CHOOSE FROM? AMERICKÁ U KNIHOMOLA Mánesova 79, Praha 2 INSTITUT FRANCAIS ·tûpánská 35, Praha 1 U ROZVA¤ILÒ, Na Pofiíãí, Praha 1 T M M T M AMBIENTE: THE LIVING RESTAURANT 627 7767 Jifiího z Podûbrad Muzeum 2481 1736 Florenc T Mánesova 59, Praha 2 T6227 5922 U MALTÉZSK¯CH RYTÍ¤Ò, Prokopská 10, Praha 1 KAMPA PARK Na Kampû 8b, Praha 1 5731 IRISH/CELTIC M T536357 Tram 12, 22 Helichova 3493 MMalostranská Tram 12, 22 Helichova Jifiího z Podûbrad BOJJ KELTIC BAR, Betlémské nám. 8, Praha 1 AMBIENTE II Americká 18, Praha 2 U MATOU·E, Presslova 17, Praha 5 LA PROVENCE ·tupartská 9, Praha 1 T M T M T2421 5337 MNárodní tfiída T691 1882 Mnám. Míru 546 284 Andûl 232 4801 nám. Republiky CAFFREY’S IRISH BAR Staromûstské nám. 10, AMBIENTE III Celetná 11, Praha 1 U MEDVÍDKÒ, Na Per‰t˘nû 7, Praha 1 MECCA UprÛhoni 3, Praha 7, Hole‰ovice T M T M T2423 0244 Mnám. Republiky 2422 0930 Národní tfiída T8387 0502 Trams 1,3,12,24 Praha 1 2482 8031 Staromûstská M AMERICAN KITCHEN, Kfiemencova 19, Praha 1 U MODRÉ KACHNIâKY, Nebovídská 6, Praha 1 MEDUZA Belgická 19, Praha 2 nám. Miru JAMES JOYCE Liliová 10, Praha 1 T T2491 6047 MNárodní tfiída 5732 0308 Tram 12, 22 Helichova METAMORPHIS Malá ·tupartská 5/636, Praha 1 T2424 8793 MNárodní tfiída T M AVALON BAR & GRILL Malostranské nám. 12, U POâTÒ, M. Horákové 47, Praha 7 2482 7058 nám. Republiky MOLLY MALONE’S U obecního dvora 4, Praha 1 T M Praha 1 T530 276, 530 263 MMalostranská 3337 1419 Hradãanská PALFFY PALÁC Vald‰tejnská 14, Praha 1 T534 793 Tram 5, 14, 26 T M BOHEMIA BAGEL Újezd 16, Praha 1 U SVATÉHO HUBERTA, Husova 7, Praha 1 513 2418 Malostranská SCARLETT O’HARA’S Mostecká 21, Praha 1 T2421 7510 MStaromûstská T T531 002 Tram 9, 12, 22 RASPUTIN KodaÀská 47, Praha 10 733 585 T534 793 MMalostranská, Tram 12, 22 BUFFALO BILL’S Vodiãkova 9, Praha 1 U VYST¤ELEN¯HO OKA U boÏích bojovníkÛ 3, ¤ECKÁ TAVERNA Revoluãní 16, Praha 1 Praha 3, Bus 133 nebo 207, 2 zastávky od T M T2421 5479 Tram 3, 9, 14, 24 231 7762 Námûstí republiky ITALIAN/GREEK MFlorence na Konûvovû RED ROOM Kfiemencova 17 20, Praha 1 CORNUCOPIA Jungmannova 1, Praha 1 KOGO Havelská 27, Praha 1 T2422 0950 Tram 3, 9, 14, 24 VALD·TEJNSKÁ HOSPODA, Tomá‰ská 16, Praha 1 T2491 6047 MNárodní tfiída T M T302 1048 MMÛstek JÁMA V Jámû 7, Praha 1 536 195 Národní tfiída REYKJAV¯K Karlova 20, Praha 1 T9000 0412 MMÛstek, Tram 3, 9, 14 VINÁRNA NA VY·EHRADù, ·tulcova 102/2, Praha 2 T2422 9251 MStaromûstská MODRÁ ZAHRADA, PafiíÏská 14, Praha 1 T M T M LEGENDS T˘nsk˘ dvÛr, T˘n 1, Praha 1 2423 9297 Vy‰ehrad U BÍLÉ KRÁVY, Rube‰ova 10, Praha 2 232 71 71 Staromûstská T T2489 5404 Mnám. Republiky ÎOFÍN, Îofín 226, Praha 1 9000 0662 Tram 22, T2423 9571 MNámûstí Míru MIKULÁS PIZZERIA Benediktská 16, Praha 1 PORTO BELLO, Americká 18, Praha 2 9, 18, 6, Národní divadlo T231 5727 MStaromûstská T6911 8822 MNámûstí Míru OSTROFF, Stfieleck˘ ostrov 336, Praha 1 RED HOT & BLUES Jakubská 12, Praha 1 T24919235. Tram 9, 22, MNárodní divadlo T231 4639 Mnám. Republiky PASTA E BASTA SenováÏné nám. 21 THIRSTY DOG Eli‰ky Krásnohorské 5, Praha 1 T2210 5518 Tram 3, 9, 14, 24, 26 M Staromûstská PIZZA COLOSEUM Vodiãkova 32, Praha 1 U MALÉHO GLENA Karmelitská 23, Praha 1 T2421 4914 Tram 3, 9, 14, 24 T535 8115 MMalostranská PIZZERIA GREEN TOMATO Jindfii‰ská 18, Praha 1 ASIAN/INDIAN/MIDDLE EASTERN T262 977 MMÛstek BAROCK BAR & CAFÉ PafiíÏská 24, Praha 1 PIZZERIA GROSSETO, Francouzská 2, Praha 2 T232 9221 MMÛstek T2425 2778 MNámûstí Míru CASABLANCA Na Pfiíkopû 10, Praha 1 PIZZERIA KMOTRA, V Jircháfiích 12, Praha 1 T2421 0519 MMÛstek T2491 5809 MNárodní tfiída DAI BUFET, Havelská 6, Praha 1 PIZZERIA MAMMA MIA, Na Pofiíãí 14, Praha 1 T2423 2056 MMÛstek T232 87 30 MNámûstí Republiky M DELUX, Vaclavské nám. 4, Praha 1 MÛstek PIZZERIA ROMA Jagellonská 16, Praha 3 FAKHERELDINE Klimentská 48, Praha 1 T627 2559 MJifiího z Podûbrad T232 7970 Tram 5, 14, 26 PIZZERIA RUGANTINO Du‰ní 4, Praha 1 JEWEL OF INDIA, PafiíÏská 20, Praha 1 T231 8172 Mnám. Republiky T2481 1010 MStaromûstská MAILSI Lipanská 1, Praha 3 PIZZA WEST nám. bratfií SynkÛ 5/1, Praha 4 T0603 466626 Tram 5, 9, 26, 55, 58 T692 4341 Tram 11 nebo 18 MAYUR, ·tûpánská 61, Praha 1 TRATTORIA CICALA, Îitná 43, Praha 2 T2422 6737 Tram 4, 10, 22 ·tûpánská T2221 0375 MI.P. Pavlova MIYABI Navrátilova 10, Praha 1 Old Czech KOSHER T295 376 Tram 3, 6, 14, 18, 21, 22, 24 BOHEMIA BAGEL Újezd 16, Praha 1 PASHA Letenská 1, Praha 1 Specialties and T T549 773 MMalostranská Specialties and 531 002 Tram 9, 12, 22 PEKING RESTAURANT T 293 531, SOUTH AMERICAN M International pfiímo na I.P. Pavlova BARRACUDA Krymská 2, Praha 10 SAKURA ·tefánikova 7-9, Praha 5 T746 881 Tram 4, 22, 34 T544 619 MAndûl Dishes Dishes CANTINA Újezd 28, Praha 1 SHALIMAR TANDOORI Balbínova 26, Praha 2 T T2225 0654 MMuzeum 5731 7173 Tram 9, 12, 22 TAJ MAHAL ·krétova 10, Praha 2 LA CAMBUSA Klicperova 2, Praha 5 T220 438 MMuzeum T541 433, 541 678 THAI-BAR-ITAL V Hole‰oviãkách 22, Praha 8 LA GOLOSINA Na V˘toni 12, Praha 2 T688 8740 Bus 102, 156, 175 (Rokoska) T29 26 53 Tram 3, 7, 16, 17, 18 AUSTRALIAN RINCON Melantrichova 12, Praha 1 T264 498 MMÛstek BUMERANG Lond˘nská 52, Praha 2 T2251 8572 Mnám. Míru RUSSIAN One block from ČESKÁ Charles Bridge RASPUTIN Kondanská 47, Praha 10 T733 585 AKROPOLIS Kubelíkova 27, Praha 3 RUSSIAN SAMOVAR Ditrichova 25, Praha 2 MJifiího z Podûbrad Josefská 1, Praha 1, Malá Strana, Reservations tel/fax: 530 795 T299 011 MKarlova nám. Bel Ami, Na Kampû 14, Praha 1 VEGETARIAN/HEALTH T539 985 Tram 22, 12 Helichova EUROPEAN/CONTINENTAL BLATOUCH VûzeÀská 4, Praha 1 U KNIHOMOLA Mánesova 79, Praha 2 BONA VITA Dlouhá 4, Praha 1 BAR BAR V‰ehrdova 17, Praha 1 T M T M T232 8643 MStaromûstská 627 7767 Jifiího z Podûbrad 231 1376 Staromûstská T532 041 Tram 9, 12, 22 CRAZY DAISY Vinohradská 142, Praha 3 U MALÍ¤Ò, Maltézské nám. 11, Praha 1 COUNTRY LIFE Jungmannova 1, Praha 1 BAROCK, PafiíÏská 24, Praha 1 T671 0371 MFlora T5732 0317 Tram 12, 22 Helichova T2454 4419 Tram 3, 9, 14, 24 T232 92 21 MStaromûstská HÁJOVNA, Oldfiíãkova 29, Praha 3 U PETRSKÉ VùÎE, Petrská 12, Praha 1 RADOST FX CAFÉ Bûlehradská 120, Praha 2 BRASSIERE LE MOLIERE, Americká 20, Praha 2 T M T621 0193 MJifiího z Podûbrad 232 98 56 Masarykovo nádraÏí T M T9000 3344 MNámûstí Míru 251 210 I.P. Pavlova KLUB ARCHITEKTÒ Betlémské nám. 5a, Praha 1 U SVATÉHO JAKUBA, Jakubská 4, Praha 1 CHEZ MARCEL Ha‰talská 12, Praha 1 T M GOVINDA VEGETARIAN CLUB Soukenická 27, T24401214 MNárodní tfiída 232 26 85 Staromûstská T231 5676 Tram 5, 14, 26 Praha 1, Tram 5, 14, 26 KOJAK’S Anny Letenské 16/916, Praha 2 U ZLATÉHO ORLA Josefská 1, Praha 1, DIOGENES Gorazdova 22, Praha 2 T29 63 95 JO’S BAR Malostranské nám. 7, Praha 1 T2225 0594 Tram 11 Malá Strana, T530 795 Tram 9, 12, 22 ÉRRA CAFÉ Konviktská 11, Praha 1 T530 942 MMalostranská KOZIâKA Kozí 1, Praha 1 VINÁRNA V ZÁTI·Í, Liliová 1, Praha 1 T2423 3427 MNárodní tfiída T M THE GLOBE Janovského 14, Praha 7 T2481 8308 MStaromûstská 2422 8977 Národní tfiída FAROS, ·porkova 5, Praha 1 T5731 6945 T LETENSK¯ ZÁMEâEK, Letenské sady ZLAT¯ KOHOUT, Karlovo nám. 24, Praha 2 6671 2610 Tram 1, 5, 8, 17, 25, 26 Tram 12, 22 MMalostranské námûstí T M M T341 371 678 Tram 17, 12, 5, 14 2491 4286 Karlovo námûstí U GOVINDY Na hrázi 5, Praha 8 Palmovka FRANCOUZSKÁ, Nám. Republiky 5, Praha 1 NA ZVONA¤CE, ·afafiíkova 1, Praha 2 FAST FOOD! VELRYBA Opatovická 24, Praha 1 T2200 2777 MNámûstí Republiky T2425 1990 MI.P. Pavlova T2491 2484 MNárodní tfiída FROMIN Václavské nám. 21, Praha 1 GRILL BONO, Spálená 43, Praha 1 OBECNÍ DÒM, Nám. Republiky, Praha 1 T M T290 232 MNárodní tfiída YUGOSLAVIAN T2200 2780 MNámûstí Republiky 2423 2319 MÛstek ISTANBUL DONER KEBAB, Opletalova 13, Praha 1 PRAVùK, Budeãská 6, Praha 2 HANAVSK¯ PAVILON, Letenské sady 173, Praha 7 DOLLY BELL Neklanova 20, Praha 2 T T M T2425 2287 MNámûstí Míru 3332 3641 Tram 17, 12, 5, 14 Letná 2423 7017 Hlavní nádraÏí T298 815 Tram 3, 7, 16, 17 T RADEGAST PIVNICE Templová 40, Praha 1 HOGO FOGO Salvátorská 4, Praha 1 PIZZA HUT, Celetná 3, Praha 1 2423 9421 ZLATÁ ULIâKA Masná 9, Praha 1 T M Mnám. Republiky 231 7023 MÛstek MNámûstí Republiky T232 0884 Tram 5, 14, 26, 34 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 RESTAURANT REVIEWS TO RANT ABOUT! GARGOYLE’S (THE RED ROOM) Kfiemencova 17, Praha 1, tel: 02/2491 6047 Somewhere between the King prawn in a saffron cream sauce, and the salmon wrapped in pota- toe in a lemon cream fraiche the question that was on the faces of all my fellow diners was... am I worthy? Well even if you're not, there are few of us, Chefs Tommy Ponder and Matthew Cummings invite you to taste their 15 years of experience in some of San Francisco's most innovative kitchens in the unique, relaxed, and personal atmosphere of Gargoyle's restaurants, the sophisticated sibling to their Red Room cocktail lounge just round the corner. While the food in the lounge is solid and freshly prepared by these same chefs, the tricks of their trade are shown off in the 5 course taster which sets you back a paltry 580 crowns for 2 plus hours in nirvana. A nice selection of Bulgarian, French, and local wines highlight what will be an expanding menu, many chosen to accompany a certain season or country the dishes will be prepared for. Crabcakes, a mozzarella, avocado and eggplant concoction and beef tenderloin in red wine demi gláce, followed by a reckless dessert of macadamia, chocolate, strawberry mint madness, and chocolate ice cream topped with banana infused absolute vodka. The decor was simple and elegant a clean palette for each surprise often delivered by the chefs themselves, and the service was prompt and respectful. Once a month, the restaurant will sell tickets for a taster menu of food in another style highlighting each course with a different wine from let's say Spain or Brazil, for example. It will be a whole evening affair and you make reservations for 1500 crowns in advance at the restaurant. Something special is happening here and it won't be long before you'll have to make reservation well in advance to dine at Gargoyle's. Make yourself a regular now, and impress an acquaintance you'd like to know better. You've been warned, and you may still be worthy. Yes. KK DELUX Valclavské nám. 4, Praha 1, www.delux.cz

Think Local, Eat global, this seems to be the theory behind the Delux which recently opened to to much fan-fare under the BaÈa flag-store, garnering an unprecedented two (2) reviews in one issue of the Post’s Day & Nite section! The concept of dinner and a jazz show has been updated and given a Prague twist by U Malého Glena’s Glenn Spicker and pals, who have created a sophisticated environment in which to mingle, eat well and catch a first rate jazz show. Diners enter through the passage—descending into a basement that many remember as a politiburo’s playground—into the swank, airy room. But here in Prague’s newest Thai restaurant, ice-cream parlour walls vie for attention with gold-gilded walls , soft lighting and sexy, prim and proper waitresses. To begin the meal I recommend the Grilled King Prawns in lemon, garlic and white wine (210Kã), crispy on the outside and tender within, accompanied by a most excellent sauce. The spicy tropical soup tomu kha kai is (60Kã) —chicken soup with coconut milk—is spiced perfectly for my taste. A nightly special, the lemon grass and kafir lime SPICY Thai beef (270Kã) is sure not to disappoint those who like their Thai food, well, Thai. Happily, the cocktail menu was also a raging success, an A to B of first rate beverages made by Enjoy delightful taste the staff with care, hell, even then sensations from faraway tonic was imported, or so it seemed lands in our stylish until I was politely informed that 0restaurant, Open ‘til they ran out and had the person 23:00 everyday! responsible shot. The bar begs to be Eli‰ky Krásnohorské 11, Praha 1, cozied up to, but for those seeking reservations: 232 9522 a little more privacy, the darkened corners provide ample opportunities for l’amour, and if you’re there at the right time live jazz will tickle the fancy. Friday nights is Boogie nights with J.R. Promotions bringing up the level, and keeping it rolling on the after side of Thursday’s Ladies Night, with 5Kã Vodka and Gin Tonics for the ladies and good times for all. The evenings prize however, went to the handmade Spring Rolls (115Kã), flaky, crispy, not mushy or bland, but lightly cooked and filled with goodness. One note though, the 100Kã cover is waived with the purchase of a meal. All righta-roonie! JB’

35 WORLD OF NOISE

and you! Fundamentally, One Fierce Beer a (very) slight return to hip-hop staples: Coaster is a record about beer, girls, porn, dues exist to be paid, sucker MCs had broads, porn and beer. More specifically, better watch their backs, and as for their lyrical concerns rumble along the bitches... well, you can probably guess lines of, "I'm more tongue and cheek than Dr Dooom's stance on them. Conspiracy a lesbo orgy!" and the kind of small- theorists might pore over the likes of Bitch dicked prejudicial ball scratchings that Gets No Love to decide whether it could made early Beastie Boys such an absolute, conceivably refer to one of Notorious BIG's uh, thing to behold. Little wonder then former female associates - "Ghetto super- that without the Beasties' scorching rap star trying to be intelligent... Lickin' nigger skills, so much of ...Beer Coaster should ass in valet parking just to get a Puff revolve around not having any mates. Daddy ticket" - or else just a certain Why's Everybody Always Picking On Me? (stereo)type, but ultimately these feel like is the sick-but-cool single, joined here by pretty banal concerns for everyone else. the ravenous delights of Kiss Me Where It The irony is that in terms of sheer word- Smells Funny, and I Wish I Was Queer So play, the wack-asses still quiver in Keith's I Could Get Chicks, most of which wibble wake. His syncopated bursts, particularly around the holy Carnage Against The on the album's standout Leave Me Alone, Machine-stylee axis of loud RAWK guitars represent the apex of rap's verbal power. MUSIC FOR THE MILLENIUM and loud SHOUTED vocals. The end result But as the Doctor ought to know, abuse of is a slab of stinky post-Beavis & Butt- power comes as no surprise. Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica crossed head cheese that will probably make all with Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz and those wishy-washy right-on liberal drips then add The Stooges' Funhouse, the title drop their conscious in disgust and give it track of which appears here. At the center something really daft like one out of ten. of the maelstrom, of course, is singer/ Which is about right. songwriter Nick Cave, a smacked-out, exploding Cimmerian scarecrow who invented the spaghetti-Goth look single- handedly and whose aura of danger — which often manifested itself in violent THE BIRTHDAY PARTY confrontations with audience members — Live 1981-82 (4AD/Mute) sent essentially harmless Johnny Rotten LIMP BIZKIT Significant This is music of frightening intensity types running for cover. Other (Flip-Interscope) made by desperate, heroin- and alcohol- Limp Bizkit is perched like a plump sodden young men intent on exploring cherry atop the rap/metal sundae follow- the limits of experience, even if it kills ing the widespread success of its platinum- them. It's a sonic harbinger of doom at DR DOOOM First Come, First selling debut, Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$. The the dawn of the Reagan/Thatcher era, Served (Copasetik) Florida fivesome brings back the head- which forever changed the face of the Kool Keith really is one crazy mixed-up cracking noise and booty-shaking beats on Western World. Here is the blackest of kid. Why else would he have killed this outstanding follow-up, Significant black romanticism, with no shortage of off scary intergalactic gynecologist Other. The product of a steady diet of black humor sprinkled in. At their best Dr Octagon, his renowned alias from Suicidal Tendencies and Run-D.M.C, the when unleashing a musical firestorm in 1996's Mo'Wax release Ecologyst, in favor album has an intensity that never lets up, front of an unruly audience, the Birthday of Dr. Dooom, a man so transparently surpassing the musical scope of its prede- Party followed up on the original premise BLOODHOUND GANG unscary he needs to spell his name wrong cessor with rapcore gems such as Nookie of punk. They escalated their confronta- One Fierce Beer Coaster and appear on the sleeve wearing crap and the blunted hip-hop of the DJ tional fury while deconstructing the trad- Sniggers with attitude. Excellent! wigs? Mad or not, the erstwhile Premier-produced N 2 Gether Now rock structures that supposed "anti-rock" Before we've even started, we've already Ultramagnetic MC would surely have (featuring Method Man). Razor-tongued bands such as the Sex Pistols, with their invented the ultimate headline/kiss-off been wise to retain the production serv- vocalist Fred Durst raps, "As the audience slavish recycling of Chuck Berry and line/catch-all phrase for the Bloodhound ices of Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura, to grows/Security knows/ Stopping me now/Is Johnny Thunders' riffs, never quite got Gang's debut album. Yes. Because tha whom significant credit was due for serious" with the conviction of a chest- around to — for starters, think Captain boyz are here to entertain you and you creating Dr Octagon's brilliant, ground- beating MC. Durst still deals with life with breaking cybersoundspace. Produced by his unsinkable attitude, never hesitating Kutmasta Kurt and Keith himself (as The to scream "Fuck off!" to whomever he Diesel Truckers), First Come, First Served pleases, while guitarist Wes Borland feels lax and merely mundane by compar- wields his axe with a vengeance, pound- ison, relying on clunky samples and over- ing out riffs so down and low, you'll trip familiar siren squelches to elevate the over them. The unholy matrimony of resolutely earthbound beats. Attention metal and rap celebrates another victory therefore riveted to the not-so-good on this superb sophomore effort, which of Doctor's spiel, which after the fervid course I wanted to hate, just like everyone Ecologyst's XXX-rated cosmology lesson is over the age of 28.

36 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 GANG STARR Full Clip: LLAMA FARMERS A Decade of Gang Starr Dead Letter Chorus (Noo Trybe/Virgin) (Beggars Banquet/Mute) As it has done throughout its 10-year It's tough being young. Take Llama career, Gang Starr establishes a new bar of Farmers: first they have to deal with the excellence in hip-hop with its new retro- heartbreaking pain of all those puppy spective, Full Clip. Rap music's track record loves going wrong - and write songs on best-of compilations has been anything about it - and then everyone goes and but laudable, but Gang Starr proves the lumps them into the teen ghetto. Llama exception with this double LP, stocked Farmers don't bounce in the time- with many of its essential hits from the honored fashion of young punksters last decade, plus rare B-sides and remixes. everywhere, they yearn. Mostly to be If nothing else, Full Clip documents the American. From Seattle. And called Kurt. stunning career of DJ Premier during his Hopefully it's an infatuation they'll grow evolution into one of hip-hop's most out of, because while they do the trusted sound shapers. With a simple snare quiet/loud bit on When We Were Friends, hit, the jazz/hip-hop fusion pioneer can they can't do it with any conviction or affect the passing flow of time itself, slow- originality. In their world guitars are big, ing down the chaotic pace of urban strife fuzzboxes more loyal than lovers and — imagine Neo from The Matrix armed everything is filtered through a perpetual with a sampler instead of guns and you'll sense of summer slipping into autumn. find Premier staring back. Witness his irre- Accordingly, Forgot To Breathe is a fragile sistibly bouncy baseline on Dwyck, his REM jangle, Jessica is both dumb-ass and assault of strings on Soliloquy of Chaos, or poignant, and Always Echoes towers the massive bottom blowing through the above everything else as a growling B-side "So Wassup?" and in them you'll paean to their Nirvana heroes. You wish find the essence of hip-hop music. The they'd explore such simple pleasures verbal complement to Premier's sonic more often. Because sometimes you'd be sensibilities is Guru whose commitment to excused for forgetting that Llama maintaining hip-hop's moral center has Farmers are young at all. helped him maintain a career that's outperformed (and outlasted) many a peer's. Guru may not flex the most extreme rhyme schemes in terms of style or content, but whether he's penning morality tales (Just to Get a Rep, All 4 Tha Cash) or freely bragging and boasting (B.Y.S., I'm the Man), Guru strikes with insight and vigor, never led astray by delu- sions of grandeur. Aside from chronicling this remarkable career through its five- album catalog, Full Clip also includes fine MASE Double Up, Mase new songs like Discipline, once-exclusive (Bad Boy/Arista) B-side tracks like the bombastic Credit Is Apparently unaware that stars who Due, as well as soundtrack songs (check retire before being drummed out by the the incredibly funky Gotta Get Over and listening public usually come crawling the classic ode to jazz's legacy, Jazz Thing) back, Ma$e has declared that Double Up, plus remixes. Full Clip isn't simply an his second album, will also be his last. essential album for the Gang Starr fan, or He's said that he wants to leave the back- even hip-hop heads — it's one of the finest stabbing world of the music industry in chronicles of pop music in the '90s, order to follow God, go back to college capturing the designs of a decade in the and lead a simpler life. In the meantime, rhythmic pulse of Gang Starr. he leaves us with an 18-track album Eli‰ky Krásnohorské 5 Praha 1, tel: 02/2481 6823

37 WORLD OF NOISE CHRIS CORNELL — Euphoria Morning (A&M Records)

Perhaps the last of the Robert Plant style rock vocalists to resist becoming an anachronism, the long awaited solo offering from Soundgarden's (yes, they are back together!) head introvert shows a lot more vulnerability and deftness than he has shown with the double barrel attack of his cohorts. Tributes to the late Jeff Buckley and a homage to Tom Waits highlight a collection of mid tempo numbers that are complimented by the stadium rock tricks while resisting the temptation to get all leathery. It's big, boy/girl at the end of the world themed which if you're feeling a bit sentimental for some real songwriting again after all the vocoder tinged soundbites on the dance floor, hits all the right spots. The French version of the single Can't Change Me' is absolutely hysterical with its accordion barrage and strange alliteration, happily resolving all the melancholy and drama of the previous 12 tracks. Oh yeah, great bedroom fodder. packed with signature Bad Boy hip-hop: a whose back, Ma$e has been living on and (featuring a nice Shalamar hook) and not only highlight the man's prescient few samplecentric, radio-friendly songs rapping about a steady diet of nothing. No Matter What (based on a tight elec- production skills but also remind us of padded by more hardcore songs for those Who could argue with his quest for more tro-funk loop from Gary Numan's Cars) how rapidly dance music has evolved in who prefer mean muggin' to dancin'. substance? All the pop-rap numbers are are memorable beyond their running four years. Or not, as the case may be. The Between songs about popping bottles of fun enough and have grooves guaranteed length. The lyrics in the songs about deep pulsing techno of French could hold champagne and worrying about who has to move, but none except Get Ready double-crossing and looking out for each its own with any of, say, Underworld's other, meanwhile, are worded and deliv- recent offerings, while the piano-sprin- ered with surgical precision. Just one kled soul of Deep In It undoubtedly MINISTRY example of the change: Harlem World's inspired a nascent Air. Like all the best Dark Side Of The Spoon (WEA) hardcore anthem 24 Hours To Live gave records, though, Boulevard and these off- four rappers a chance to ponder their last cuts were of their time, not ahead of it. Ministry's much- me" with no trace day on earth. Double Up's similarly hard- Still as B-sides collections go, this is anticipated 6th of sincerity. Jour- core From Scratch provides four rappers' almost essential. record, impishly genson begs you perspectives on how they'd live their lives titled Dark Side to remember: He over again if they had the chance. Not of the Spoon, is an is a drug user, not half bad. appropriate suc- a used drugger. cessor to Psalm 69 Moods turn sober (more than the toward the album's panned Filth Pig), close with Kaif, a as a musical jour- non-harmonic cut- ney so relentlessly hard, it could and-paste dirge of impending doom squeeze carbon into diamonds. that holds hands with Vex and Supermanic Soul (indicative of Siolence, the token gloomy Goth Ministry's fondness for wordplay) song. Resolution comes in an comes on like stereo machine guns instrumental gem — a syncopated PESHAY Jourgenson's "super-manic" vocals groove called 10/10 that loops Miles From Home (Blue) coming as close to hard-core punk hypnotically but knows when to Following a two-year battle against as Ministry gets. Lurking nearby, the explode. There is more of the classic serious illness, junglist Peshay has risen brain hammer of Bad Blood — with Ministry sound to sink your teeth LUDOVIC NAVARRE from his bed and, not unjustifiably, descending guitar chords and a into on Dark Side of the Spoon, AKA ST GERMAIN Detroit To decided it's time to drop the moody driving kick-drum beat — nudges providing the perfect soundtrack St Germain (F Comm/Mute) posturing and smile. Here he celebrates you further into the mortal combat. for making out in fetish clubs at 4 Before Daft Punk, before Air and being alive by way of glowing tunes and The swing beat of Step (as in a.m. or destroying your enemies in Cassius and whichever French dance act is jazzy rhythms. Largely, it's the sound of 12-Step Program) launches Al one of those ultra-violent, death- in vogue at the moment, there was a drum'n'bass docking expertly with Roy Jourgenson’s platform to mock "I'm obsessed video games. But it also surly, opinionated Parisian called Ludovic Ayers, Masters At Work and, on End Of Okay/You're Okay" platitudes, as he has a beat, and you can dance to it. Navarre who lived with his mother in the Story, where US rapper J-Live guests, the repeatedly bleats "I need help/ help Post-anachronistic fun. St Germain district. In 1995 he released funkier end of hip-hop. Nowhere is this an album, Boulevard which, some claim, brew rosier than on Truly, where long- managed to change the face of dance standing garage diva Kym Mazelle roars music. His masterful fusion of jazz, house through a sanguine anthem which and techno sensibilities into one seamless, Basement Jaxx fans are sure to love. organic whole might not sound especially Naturally, to rest those facial muscles, thrilling by today's standards, yet some- you have to stop grinning sometimes. This how Navarre's slick, waxed-pine house being the point where Peshay devises a workouts were perfectly acceptable back strong-arm onslaught with old mucker then. In the absence of any new material, Photek on P Vs P; then revisits the age we're offered 12 hard-to-find tracks when electro spawned Detroit techno on recorded between 1992 and 1996 which Robotics. A bit of rough but mainly radi-

38 THINK MAGAZÍN 09/1999 antly smooth, Miles From Home sounds in support of The Mollusk; the set list is tailor-made for those nights in the city admirably eclectic, forgoing fan favorites when it gets so hot you can hardly like & Push th' Little Daisies and & breathe. Buenos Tardes Amigo in lieu of non- album obscurities including Mountain Dew, Cover It with Gas and Set It on Fire and & Vallejo. The highlights are a string of tunes from the now-legendary 1996 tour featuring Bobby Ogdin and the Shit Creek Boys, a group of ace Nashville session men originally tapped to record Ween's classic 12 Golden Country Greats The home of infused album. Absolut Vodka... SMASHMOUTH Astro Lounge (Interscope) LUNCH, DINNER, PRIVATE PARTIES You most likely succumbed to the infec- 00 00 tious grooves of Smash Mouth's 1997 OPEN DAILY: 11 AM - O1 AM ubiquitous, retro-sounding single Walkin' OBDY, VEEE, SOUKROMÉ VÍRKY On The Sun, from the band's sophomore album Fush Yu Mang. That record's follow-up, Astro Lounge, is a clear indica- tor that the single was no fluke, and that RED ROOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE this band of California pop rockers is ADD N TO (X) Kemencova 17, Praha 1 hardly a one-hit wonder. A handful of Avant Hard (Mute) Astro Lounge's 15 tunes have the words Revenge of the Black Regent EP (Mute) Tel.: 02/24 91 60 47 "instant hit" written all over them. The This LP captures the band's aggression in album expands on the retro, loungey style such caustic cuts as Robot New York, of the band's big hit, but its mellow Revenge of the Black Regent (An EP of grooves won't impede the stampede of equal merit with X rated video) and Metal beanbags from picking it up stateside, Fingers in My Body all of which feature don't make the same mistake, unless you conventional, even blues-based chord are filthy rich (and own your own beach). structures delightfully disrupted by furious synthesizer melodies. Machine Is Bored With Love is a lengthy, cinematic tear- jerker of a finale, replete with electronic choirs. Only after a full decade of rigidly Or maybe just thirsty? Then why repetitive digital dance music, have analog synths and Moogs undergone a renais- don’t you come on over to Malá sance. Add N to (X) occasionally experi- Strana, to J.J. Murphy’s & Co. ments with spacey melodies, but one where the drinks are cool, should not confuse them with Air. Onstage the food’s delicious the trio, backed by two drummers, take and the bar their considerable arsenal of analogue gear WEEN Paintin' the Town and treat it much as a punk band might — staff won’t Brown Live1990-1998 that is, as an enemy to be beaten into bite ya! (Elektra/Asylum) submission — while repeating basic grooves Culled from some nine years worth of and rhythms with the sheer pathology of tapes, Paintin' the Town Brown comes the Velvet Underground. close to approximating the full gonzo bril- Add N to (X)'s latest is far from a perfect liance of a Ween live date — granted, album. That's partly because their sound there's nothing quite like the experience is still best experienced live, but also of being there in the flesh, watching because their music addresses humanity's Deaner and Gener guzzling Jack Daniels imperfect and antagonistic relationship while the Scotchgard-addled masses look with the machines we invent to do our on adoringly, but it's a fine substitute. The work. Great music — whether classical, two-disc set (also available on three rock 'n' roll or electronic — should never chocolate-colored vinyl LPs) covers all of be flawless. And Add N to (X), who work the duo's stage incarnations, from their in all three genres and then some, are earliest appearances (backed only by a all the more exciting for recognizing drum machine) to the full band assembled this truth.

39 WORLD OF FILMS

story, set in Las Vegas at sobû rovnou, paní Tateová má neustále pocit, Ïe v Christmas and featuring roli matky selhala a teì musí v‰e napravit a svou Ronna’s fellow employee, „jinou“ dceru chránit pfied cel˘m svûtem. V podstatû Simon (Desmond Askew), se sice chová jako kaÏdá jiná milující matka, problém though eventually this je ale v tom, Ïe Carla uÏ není malé dítû a má svÛj turns out to be crucially rozum, sice o trochu men‰í, ale má. A je tfieba, aby si linked to Ronna’s story. to koneãnû uvûdomila i její starostlivá máma a Another segment focuses on nechala ji jít svou vlastní cestou. ReÏisér Garry Go! two television soap stars, Marshall (Pretty Wooman, Frankie Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay a Johnny) natoãil netradiãní milostn˘ pfiíbûh retar- Sex, drogy a rokenrol v ta- Mohr), who are also tied to dovaného páru. A nutno pfiiznat, Ïe v tomto pfiípadû rantinovsky rafinovaném troj- Ronna. Never are we given the bylo jeho nejvût‰í v˘hrou herecké obsazení. Aã pfiíbûhu hlásá slogan opportunity to connect the dots zápletka filmu je vcelku originální, pfiíbûh samotn˘ nejnovûj‰í ãerné komedie pro and make sense of these relation- pak místy originalitu ztrácí a smûfiuje k tradiãnímu teenagery. Ta v sobû rafino- ships until Liman and his writer, John lehce pfiedvídatelnému hollywoodskému happy endu vanû spojuje tfii dûjové linie a August („A Wrinkle in Time“), are ready se v‰ím v‰udy, tedy i s onou povûstnou kostkou cukru tedy osudy tfií skupin hrdinÛ, to reveal what ties the characters together. navíc. A právû v tûchto slab‰ích chvílích jsou to ktefií se sice sejdou na plátnû jen v pár The actors have been encouraged at each J. Lewisová a G. Ribisi, ktefií situaci stoprocentnû okamÏicích, ty v‰ak mají v jejich Ïivotech zvlá‰tní step to play the game, so Polley, Askew, Olyphant zachraÀují. Nevím sice, jak dlouhou dobu (a jestli v˘znam. Dynamick˘ and the others don’t give too much away. vÛbec) strávili mezi retardovan˘mi, ale své role a temn˘ snímek provázen˘ v˘bornou muzikou The strain shows only in William Fichtner’s zvládli naprosto bravurnû a je opravdu radost je natoãil reÏisér Doug Liman a do hlavních rolí obsadil performance as a kinky, essentially unplayable sledovat. Vûzte, Ïe b˘t odûni o nûco hÛfie, jistû by neokoukané mladé herce, jejichÏ hereck˘ projev lawman who seems less like a character than a plnû zapadli do Renãova Requiem pro panenku. podtrhuje lehkováÏnost jejich hrdinÛ. Bez energie collection of ideas. Still, schematic as it is, the role a absolutní ztráty soudnosti, s níÏ se vrhají do eventually turns into a hilarious commentary on the The Other Sister nepfiehledn˘ch a stfiízliv˘m okem vidûno pfiedem draconian nature of current drug laws. ztracen˘ch situací, by totiÏ absurdita a drsnû The amoral tone of „Go“ will offend some. At times, komick˘ pÛvab jejich dobrodruÏství jen tûÏko vyznûly especially when guns are being pointed, conse- In this uplifting and often bittersweet romantic naplno. quences are being ignored and supposedly intelli- comedy, 24-year-old Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis) is a gent characters are acting stupidly, it threatens to slightly mentally challenged young woman who, Go! become as mean-spirited and illogical as „Very Bad Things.“ It doesn’t hold together as well as “Go!” begins with the Columbia Pictures lady Tarantino’s films, and it doesn’t subvert the trying to hold up her torch, though she looks celebrity-icon nature of the actors as wittily. Only increasingly woozy as the picture and sound start to Wolf is famous enough to accomplish this - and he break up around her. And no wonder. One early does have a great time toying with his „Party of Five“ scene is replayed three times, though on each occa- image. But „Go“ is more confident and a great deal sion there’s a slightly different emphasis, acknowl- more fun than Liman’s previous work. He’s definitely edging a „Rashomon“-like twist of perspective. Jean- growing and improving. You get the sense that, once Luc Godard once said that every movie must have a he stops with the imitations, he’ll become a formida- beginning, a middle and an end - but not necessarily ble filmmaker on his own. in that order. Tarantino’s scripts seem inspired by that notion, and the same goes for „Go,“ which Jiná láska (The Other Sister) begins at one key point in its story, backtracks to fill in details, then throws in the perspective of other Povídá se, Ïe láska hory pfiená‰í. Mentálnû after years of special education at a private boarding characters. At first the story seems to focus on postiÏená Carla Tateová si fiekla, Ïe na tom nûco bude school, has successfully transcended many of her Ronna (Sarah Polley), a Los Angeles supermarket a rozhodla se prosadit proti v‰em, ale hlavnû proti limitations - except her overprotective mother, clerk looking to score enough rent money to avoid vÛli své matky, svou lásku k podobnû postiÏenému Elizabeth (Diane Keaton). When Carla graduates and eviction. After a series of botched drug deals and Dannymu. returns home with dreams and ambitions, her need other mishaps, she is threatened by a dealer (the Láska ale nebyla to jediné, co si touÏila vybojovat. for personal fulfillment begins to express itself in edgily funny Timothy Olyphant) and ends up in a Chtûla maturitu, chtûla vlastní byt a b˘t samostatná, ways her mother is unable to accept. When she falls ditch, possibly dead. „Go“ then shifts to another chtûla vûci pro ostatní lidi naprosto samozfiejmé. in love for the first time, Carla defies her mother in KdyÏ byla Carla malá, dûti order to prove that despite all appearances she has se jí ãasto smály a dûlaly si z the capacity to be a responsible adult, worthy of ní legraci. Byla tûÏko zvla- loving and being loved. Embarking on a journey of datelná a tak její matka self-discovery, Carla and her boyfriend Danny rozhodla, Ïe pÛjde do (Giovanni Ribisi) set out together to find answers to ústavu pro mentálnû some of life’s toughest challenges, and to prove that postiÏené. Teì je jí ãtyfiiad- sometimes, an ordinary life can be an extraordinary vacet a vrací se domÛ. Otec achievement. i obû sestry se snaÏí dát Carle volnost a brát ji jako ·est pohfibÛ a jedna svatba (Very

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The Prague Stringology Club - http://cs.felk.cvut.cz/psc There are many areas that utilize the results of this field (information retrieval, computer vision, chemistry, biology, ... etc.). Centered at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Czech Technical University of Prague, the Club’s purpose is to group people researching the field of stringology (a science on strings and sequences) and includes pattern matching, text algorithms, information retrieval, finite automata etc. Michalská 19 Praha 1 (v pasáÏi • downstairs in the passage) 43 MUSIC NEWS’N’SHIT

oasting a collective stream-of-conciousness Bflow, a shared love of freaky humor and fearless penchant for exposing emotions, The Pharcyde has proved itself to be one of hip hop's few originators. With its 1992 Delicious Vinyl debut album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, now close to the gold mark for US sales, the group has filled these hectic years with touring, writing songs and sweating in the studio. Although The THE PHARCYDE COMES TO PRAGUE Pharcyde put two years into Labcabincali-fornia, THE PHARCYDE COMES TO PRAGUE their second Delicious Vinyl album, it was time well spent. The album was a sophmore hump, not SEPTEMBER 5TH AT THE ROXY a sophmore slump. It provides an aural snapshot of a band leaving large foot prints in new lyrical, sonic, and psychic territory. Candyman (both of which they lent their talents to). While attending South Central "You can hear it when people rush their shit out there," Tre states. "They end up feed- Unit, an after school program for the performing arts held at the home of high school ing the masses anything. It might take me a year to finish lyrics to one piece, but teacher Reggie Andrews, the trio met Fat Lip and producer J-Swift. The group recorded I know that song's going to be booming." a demo which sparked a bidding war and they were inked to Delicious Vinyl as The "This business aint for weak hearts and weak souls," Tre explains. "Basically you'll get Pharcyde. "They paved the way for an LA hip hop renaissance that helped hoist the city crunched , and now we know that." Tre, Romye, and Imani started their trip through out of its bullets and bitches pigeon hole," lauded One Nut Magazine. For the next two the hip-hop nation as groovers. Their group, Two For Two appeared in several music years, the group honed it's stage skills, touring the US, Europe, and hitting Japan for videos and on the television program In Living Color. It was then they met their friend dates with De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. After a fallout with the record and long time manager, Suave, who was the road manager for Tone Loc and company, they put out a new EP that is only available at the concerts. NĚCO MÁLO O .... DJ BASS

EF: Dá se styl Tvého hraní zakrabiãkovat? EF: Kolik ti je let? BASS: To se dost tûÏko fiíká. Zatím se vyvíjím, takÏe nyní hraju nûco mezi BASS: No, to se budu bavit, typuj! housem a technem. Nejsou to ty funkov˘ vûci, ale sem tam hraju EF: Tak sedmnáct! nûco ostfiej‰ího. Jdu si za sv˘m cílem, kter˘ mnû vyhovuje, ale snaÏim se to BASS: Bavím se, dál! zkombinovat s lidma. Asi to tak je vÏdycky. Na druhou stranu, nûkdo EF: Mluvil si o ‰kole, asi mezi si kupuje desky, jen kvÛli lidem, pfiiãemÏ jemu osobnû se nelíbí. devatenácti a dvaceti. To já nedûlám. Chci mít doma desky, kter˘ se mi líbí. BASS: Dvacetjedna. EF: Kdy jsi zaãal hrát? BASS: Minulej rok v únoru, v bfieznu. Nûkdy na zaãátku loÀsk˘ho roku a vûdûl jsem, Ïe u toho zÛstanu, ha ha... baví mû to! EF: V poslední dobû jsi k vidûní a sly‰ení v Nase. V jak˘ch ãasov˘ch frekvencích? BASS: Sem tam, zatím nemám stálé hraní. Jsem koãovník. V Nase hraju jednou, dvakrát do mûsíce, jak to vyjde. Nestaãí to, ale stra‰nû mû brzdí ‰kola, tak momentálnû moc nehraju. EF: Letní hudební festivaly jsou v plném proudu, ale jako DJ se jich nezúãastní‰? BASS: To tûÏko! Ale urãitû se zajedu podívat do Hutû, na to se moc tû‰ím. A ohlednû dal‰ích festivalÛ nevím, jestli to zvládnu finanãnû i ãasovû. EF: Jak˘ je podle tebe stav domácí taneãní scény a jak˘ je v˘voj? Stagnuje? BASS: Je dobfie, Ïe se to rozvinulo do nynûj‰í podoby, ale pfiipa-dáme mi, Ïe je zde spousta lidí, ktefií si chtûjí jenom namastit kapsu. EF: MÛÏe‰ b˘t konkrétnûj‰í? Snad ne DJs nebo agentury!? BASS: Nemyslím DJe. Agentury ani tak ne, ty to dûlaj, protoÏe je to fakt baví. Samozfiejmû, Ïe si na tom nûco vydûlávaj, ale jinak by to nedûlaly. Myslím majitele klubÛ. Koupí gramce, aparaturu a uÏ do toho nedají ani korunu. Zfiídí si tûÏebnu na peníze a uÏ se dál nestaraj. Netvrdím, Ïe je to v‰ude, ale jsou místa, kam pfiijde‰ a polovina mixáku je ve stavu, kdy se na tom nedá hrát, na gramcích ulítává rychlost a tak. Zatím jsem se scénou více ménû spokojenej, ale mohlo by to b˘t urãitû lep‰í, ale taky hor‰í. EF: MÛÏe‰ v tomto pfiípadû definovat ,,lep‰í“? BASS: Pfiipadá mi, Ïe posluchaãi, ktefií chodí na párty a do mal˘ch klubíkÛ, jsou zmlsan˘ a je tady hodnû komerãních lidí, i mezi posluchaãi. Chtûjí poslouchat pecky. Asi to chce víc lidí! EF: S k˘m bys chtûl hrát? BASS: Je mi to jedno. Chtûl bych hrát a kalit s lidma, co jsou v pohodû. Betlémské Námûstí 8 • Praha 1 Rád hraju s Pavlem Krejdlem. -Efka Koláfiová

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45 with hip/hop influenced freestyle house with guest DJ’s like Dope on Plastic. Think: How did it happen, that Kingsclub takes place here in Prague at Radost FX? Phonique: On my first trip to Prague in 1993, one of my nights ended at Radost FX and I really loved the club. Then in ‘98, I met Martin, who organizes the King’s Club here, at a party in Paris and the idea was born. Think: How is the nightlife in Berlin? Phonique: Berlin is really great. There are some really good clubs like the WMF, Cookies, or the K-star for hip hop and freestyle. You can go out every night and choose between so many styles like house, drum and bass, electro, jazzbeats, hip hop, big beats, dub sounds or reggae. By the way, the whole nightlife takes place in the East Side of Berlin. Think: What are your future plans? Interview with King’s Club Phonique: I only want to do those things I DJ Phonique like. I’m writing for some magazines and I’m Think: Hi Phonique, you are resident DJ at trying to get some good artists to Berlin and King’s Club in Prague, in Hamburg, and in maybe to Prague. I started producing my Berlin. What & where else are you playing? own tracks. And I stopped playing for big Phonique: When I’m here in Prague, I used commercial, stupid parties. I prefer to play to play electro/breakbeat influenced house only 6 times a month, but at really good music, but I’m also DJing this French disco parties, like in Prague. Because here in house at parties or in clubs in Paris and Prague the people are going out to dance Brussels. I also have my regular Friday night, and not for showing off. And Prague is such the Music Boutique at the K/star in Berlin a romantic city.

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Saturday/Sobota Limonadove Joe Radio klub, Praha—Tanãírna, DJ — Rudka a Francesko Mecca, Praha—SKIN OFF, DJ Chris Sadler + DJ Formi Palác Akropolis, Praha—DJs Stanzim + Blue (divadelní bar), Divadelní bar—22,00 DJs STANZIM+BLUE Radost FX, Praha—SPACEMODE:I:FICTION. DJ Artist E + hosté Rock Café, Praha—MASSIVE ATTACK After Party w/Gang-Ala-Basta Sportovní hala V˘stavi‰tû, Praha—MASSIVE ATTACK Továrna Budvar, âeské Budûjovice—BUDVAR FACTORY PARTY III. DJ's: Citizen-X, Ardent, Gabbax, JayB, Live: Cryonics Za radnicí, Ostrava—DRUMNBASSTARDZ. DJ's: Dvoika.troika. Live: Item a la playa, Sub.d.vision 5.9. Sunday/Nedûle Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Roxy, Praha—THE PHARCYDE 6.9. Monday/Pondûlí Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Radost FX, Praha—VIBES & STUFF HIP HOP RODEO vstup 50,- pivo 25,- mics, wheels of steel, real HIP-HOP and R n B. DJ Orion DJ Richard DJ A TO THE K Îelezna Jazz Klub, Praha—Jeremy Saxon Band: Live Music 7.9. Tuesday/Úter˘ Limonadove Joe Radio klub, Praha—Jeremy Saxon Band: Live Music Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar23,00 DJ LUKAS „OPEN NIGHT" Palác Akropolis, Praha—Maurice, Maeterlinc: MODR¯ PTÁK, premiéra, hraje Divadlo Ma‰karon Radost FX, Praha—RICARDO present SOUL TRAIN- MC Ricardo a Henry Enjoy FUNK, Rń´B, SOUL, G-FUNK, REGGAE The Globe, Praha—KaÏdé úter˘ od 18.00 do 22.00 speciální nabídka nápojÛ a knih za babku 8.9. Wednesday/Stfieda Limonadove Joe Radio klub, Praha—Pilgrim and Derek and Vis (Belgium) Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar23,00 DJs QJR+TALL Palác Akropolis, Praha—Tony Ducháãek & GARAGE Rock Café, Praha—IN EXTREMO Roxy, Praha—TRANCEFUSION. DJ JOEL (Chicago) + special guest DJ ELECTROMAJK 9.9. Thursday/âtvrtek Galerie Ambit, Praha—WORLD PRESS PHOTO (Exhibition, 9.9.-30.9.99) Kino Blaník, Praha—Kanárek (Space) Legends, Praha—Tequila Night Dance Party w/DJ ICEMAN Limonadove Joe Radio klub, Praha—Cosmopolitan (big beat) Mecca, Praha—18:00 VernisáÏ DRZARD – v˘stava od 21 hod Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar23.00 DJs J. SEDLO≈+host Palác Akropolis, Praha—PSÍ VOJÁCI Radost FX, Praha—BABYLON. VernisáÏ v˘stavy fotografií Angela BoÏace v 19.00 Radost FX, Praha—LOS TRAVESTITOS SPECIALITOS + very special guest DJ Bidlo + hothouse star DJ Vilem+ pfiekvapení Roxy, Praha—BOOMSHANKA. DJ Jason Pussypower + DJs Transworker, Z-Aires, VJ Virus 23 10.9. Friday/Plátek âKD-TRAKCE, Kolbenova 38 Praha 9—DAVE ANGEL (UK) +DJs Cubik, Milky, Trava, Chris Sadler, Simon, Stephunk I, Ottoman, Bolond 7 Babe LN Delux, Praha—BOOGIE NIGHTS w/DJs Big J, ICEMAN & KARIM Limonadove Joe Radio klub, Praha—XXX (rhythm and blues) Mecca, Praha—STUDIO 54. DJ Moskito Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs LIQUID A+BOLOND Palác Akropolis, Praha—SYNERGY Radost FX, Praha—ELLE PARTY. The best fashion party in town. Roxy, Praha—KICK THE SHIT III (HIP HOP featuring Freez Force Crew (DK), Phader Headz (DJ Hype & DJ Mike Hektik on FOUR turntables!) +Human BeatBox Battle Terminal Bar, Praha—Aftermath db raise the temperature! 11.9. Saturday/Sobota Mecca, Praha—Absolut MIXER, DJ Kuba Soul Check a M FISH Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BABE LN+JOHN NEIBR+MC STRICTLY ORANGE Palác Akropolis, Praha—IVA BITTOVÁ Radost FX, Praha—SPACEJUNKIES live act, support DJ Luger (hasta luego) DJ Airto (Roxydust) Roxy, Praha—CLIMAX. DJ Chris Sadler (Dynamix) + very special guest DJ Loutka + DJ Joel (Chicago) 12.9. Sunday/Nedûle Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 22,00 DJ LIQUID A „reggae" Palác Akropolis, Praha—DJ Liquid A ,,reggae" (divadelní bar) Radost FX, Praha—ITALIAN NIGHT 13.9. Monday/Pondûlí Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—BEIJING BUDDHISTS-PEKING·TÍ BUDDHISTÉ. Peking‰tí mni‰i hrají severoãínskou buddhistickou hudbu Radost FX, Praha—MONDAY PARTY. DJs: Formánek a KrouÏil. Roxy, Praha—Koncert na podporu tibetského uteãeneckého centra v Darjeelingu 14.9. Tuesday/Úter˘ Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 22,00 RADIO 2 CABLE SOUND SYSTÉM Radost FX, Praha—RICARDO present SOUL TRAIN- MC Ricardo a Henry D.Enjoy FUNK, Rń´B, SOUL, G-FUNK, REGGAE 15.9. Wednesday/Stfieda Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs GROOF+TALL Palác Akropolis, Praha—ECHT! Radost FX, Praha—DISCO 2001. DJs: Ladya, Braun Roxy, Praha—SHINING STARS OF ROXY MUSIC II. Skyline, DJs Lumiere, Groof, Code X 16.9. Thursday/âtvrtek Kino Blaník, Praha—Star Wars: Epizoda 1 - Skrytá hrozba - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menance (Bontonfilm Beta) Kino Lucerna, Praha—Go! A kick ass film! (Falcon) Legends, Praha—Tequila Night Dance Party w/DJ ICEMAN Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs TRÁVA+host Palác Akropolis, Praha—T¤I SESTRY Radost FX, Praha—RITEMIX. DJ Josef SedloÀ+ host Roxy Gallery, Praha—RESPUBLICA ELEGANTA. VernisáÏ obrazÛ a soch Honzy Píchy + prodejní módní pfiehlídka FAUX PAS 17.9. Friday/Pátek Delux, Praha—BOOGIE NIGHTS w/DJs Big J, ICEMAN & KARIM Radost FX, Praha—ON THE BEAT. DJs Liquid A + Tvyks Mecca, Praha—MUZIKA NA MAXXIMUM, tentokrát z Havany, Marek ¤efiicha Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BABE LN+LIQUID A Palác Akropolis, Praha—MARLBORO NIGHT OF ACTION w/DJ Les Rider from Ibiza +Bidlo, James & Joel, Koogi, Babe LN, IM Cyber & massive strobes, lasers and speed videos! 18.9. Saturday/Sobota Mecca, Praha—Saladas, DJ Loutka, Roxydust Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BOLOND+STANZIM Palác Akropolis, Praha—HAN TANG YÙE FU. Tchaiwan‰tí mni‰i hrají starou jihoãínskou dvorní hudbu-Nan kuan Psychiatrická léãebna Bohnice, Praha—BOHNICE '99 - FESTIVAL Radost FX, Praha—RADOST FX a WMF Berlin uvádí KINGSCLUB. It's all about showgirls, champagne, stilletos, sex, dancing babies, money, attidue, hustler boys and strange halucination. DJs: Phonigue (kingsclub.resident, Berlín), Vilem ( Radost FX.Praha ) Roxy, Praha—SUSHI. DJ Bidlo + special guest Richard Sen + Chris Sadler 19.9. Sunday/Nedûle Mecca, Praha—Happy house café restaurant Palác Akropolis, Praha—Zaãínáme konãit-první derniéra. Baletní jednotka Kfieã. Psychiatrická léãebna Bohnice, Praha—BOHNICE '99 - FESTIVAL Roxy, Praha—DIE LIEBE (Nûmecko, Japonsko) âlenové skupin Rammstein a Inchtabokatables 20.9. Monday/Pondûlí Palác Akropolis, Praha—Zuzana Lapãíková. Jedin˘ koncert u pfiíleÏitosti nového CD na‰í nejlep‰í cimbalistky a zpûvaãky. Psychiatrická léãebna Bohnice, Praha (20. - 25.9.)—DIVADLA V T¯DNU Radost FX, Praha—VIBES & STUFF. Hip hop rodeo. DJs: Orion, Richard, A to the K. Roxy, Praha—TEATRO.XY uvádí pfiedstavení jap. loutkoherce, mima a v˘tvarníka Noriyuki Sawa: Kenji 21.9. Tuesday/Úter˘ Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJ LUKAS „OPEN NIGHT" Palác Akropolis, Praha—VLTAVA Radost FX, Praha—RICARDO present SOUL TRAIN- MC Ricardo a Henry D.Enjoy FUNK, Rń´B, SOUL, G-FUNK, REGGAE 22.9. Wednesday/Stfieda Palác Akropolis, Praha, Divadelní bar—22,00 DJs JOHN NEIBR+host Roxy, Praha—THE NORTHERN LIGHT. Den finské nezávislé kultury 23.9.Thursday/âtvrtek Legends, Praha—Tequila Night Dance Party w/DJ ICEMAN Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJ J. SEDLO≈+host Palác Akropolis, Praha—RICHARD MÜLLER + JARO FILIP Radost FX, Praha—HOT HOUSE. DJ Vilem + host Roxy, Praha—CLUBTEMPO. DJ Manio + Darren Rodman (Next Era - house party II) + DJ Reeha 24.9.Friday/Pátek Atomic, Pardubice—SUNFLOWER NIGHT @ ATOMIK. DJs: Mijk Van Dijk, Electromajk Delux, Praha—BOOGIE NIGHTS w/DJs Big J, ICEMAN & KARIM Mecca, Praha—Styl party IMAGES OF FASHION, DJ John Bell, London, UK a very sexy affair! Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BOLOND+BLUE+KID LOCO (F) Palác Akropolis, Praha—EUROCONNECTIONS. Kid Loco (Francie), Cibo Matto (Japonsko, USA), Stereolab (Anglie) Radost FX, Praha—QUADRANT SOUND SYSTEM vs. D.I.Y. Quadrant DJ's presents very special guest DJs from D.I.Y. Roxy, Praha—MIX. DJ Tráva + special guests DJ La-di-da + Nika 77 25.9. Saturday/Sobota Mecca, Praha—ZODIAC PARTY. DJ Kuba Soul Check /Liquid Harmony/, DJ Rockwell Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BABE LN+STANZIM+ MC STRICTLY ORANGE Palác Akropolis, Praha—DJs Babe LN+Stanzim+MC Strictly Orange Radost FX, Praha—DJs Ladya, Lucas, Cubik Roxy, Praha—TESTAMENT 26.9. Sunday/Nedûle Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 22,00 DJ LIQUID A „reggae" Palác Akropolis, Praha—Zaãínáme konãit-druhá derniéra. Baletní jednotka Kfieã. Radost FX, Praha—ITALIAN NIGHT 27.9. Monday/Pondûlí Palác Akropolis, Praha—BESÍDKA. Divadlo Sklep. Radost FX, Praha—SKUNKROCK. DJ Koogi + skunkguest 28.9. Tuesday/Úter˘ Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs LPD+PHILPH TBC Palác Akropolis, Praha—THE TANGO BAND+KUKULÍN Radost FX, Praha—RICARDO present SOUL TRAIN- MC Ricardo a Henry D.Enjoy FUNK, Rń´B, SOUL, G-FUNK, REGGAE Roxy, Praha—WORLD BEAT AND MORE. DJ Liquid A + MC Dr. Kary 29.9. Wednesday/Stfieda Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 RADIO 2 CABLE SOUND SYSTÉM Palác Akropolis, Praha—CHINASKI Radost FX, Praha—DISCO 2001. DJs Ladya, Braun Rock Café, Praha—In Flames, Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Sinergy Roxy, Praha—SOUNDZ '99. "funky jazzy." SHOWER-ELEPHANT. DJs Ali, Mehdi 30.9. Thursday/âtvrtek Kino Hvûzda, Praha—Kufie melancholik (Bontonfilm Alfa) Legends, Praha—Tequila Night Dance Party w/DJ ICEMAN Multikino Galaxie, Praha—·est pohfibÛ a jedna svatba - Very Bad Things (Intersonic) The sickest movie ever made! Palác Akropolis, Praha—Divadelní bar 23,00 DJs BABE LN+GROOF Palác Akropolis, Praha—DJs Babe LN+Groof (divadelní bar) Radost FX, Praha—ARMY OF LOVERS II - FAUX PAS fashion + DJs 1.10. Friday/Pátek Delux, Praha—BOOGIE NIGHTS w/DJs Big J, ICEMAN & KARIM Roxy, Praha—100% HOUSE PARTY na poãest promítání zfilmované knihy Irvine Welshe Acid House. DJ's: Chris Liberator (UK), Will-B (UK), Transworker, N.kyp, Koogi, IM Cyber, Stanzim. Live: D.D.R (UK), live funky set 9.10. Saturday/Sobota Rock Café, Praha—DEUS + SPECIAL GUEST, kick ass Belgian music 12.10. Tuesday/Úter˘ V˘stavi‰tû, Praha—TOTO, yes Toto, back from the grave! 15.10. Friday/Pátek Delux, Praha—BOOGIE NIGHTS w/DJs Big J, ICEMAN & KARIM International hotel, Brno—SUPERSONIC GARAGE 009. DJ's: Oliver Maas (A), Louis Osborne (UK), Evil Eddie, Richards (UK), Pavel Krejdl, Vik, Marquel fotos; Jeffree Benét, Tim Otis and other camera types! UPCOMING CONCERTS STEREOLAB Sept. 24th

From south London, Stereolab wear their John Cage and John Cale influences on their sleeves, but within a short time-span have amassed an impressive body of work. The principal mover is Tim Gane, who was at first joined by his girlfriend Laetitia Sadier. Tim gave the band its name, after an obscure offshoot of 60s folk label Vanguard (it has also been stated that the title was taken from a hi-fi testing label). The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music was released in March 1993, with Duncan Brown joining on bass and ex- Microdisney guitarist Sean O'Hagan also guesting. This set was the closest to ambient soundscapes, à la Martin Denny or Arthur Lyman, that they had yet come. 1996's excellent Emperor Tomato Ketchup (the title was taken from a Japanese cult movie) was another mix of melodies that crept under the skin. It is almost irrelevant that many could not understand the French lyrics, such was the strength of the songs. Stereolab, with all their influences, from the sparse sounds of Moondog to the gentle side of Nico 's Velvet Underground, remain hauntingly original and one of the most rewarding acts of the 90s. Ever prolific, they released the dance-orientated Dots And Loops in 1997, indicating a willingness to experiment with their established sound. You know Kid Loco from his Roxy gig a couple months back, this should be a strange and cool party. Thanks to Euroconnections.

FUGAZI @LUCERNA VELKY SAL SEPTEMBER 23 tently abstains from dealing with the Mafiosi music business: ince its birth, rock 'n' roll has been a music worm- subversive (not) intent to "fuck with the mainstream" on Fugazi is a music group with no discernible antecedents. S eaten with the myth of the lone, outlaw rebel. From the MTV music awards, and Ice-T describes the hoary To understand Fugazi's sonics requires that one forego Larry Williams' Bad Boy to the Crystals' He's a Rebel, details of his cop-killing fantasies (yawn), there is no the reference-laden mindset which is so popular with from The Shangri-La's Leader of the Pack all the way to concern in the business community, as there is no chance rock 'n' roll bands today. Old genres are resuscitated Sammy Hagar's I Can't Drive 55, both the songs and the that these abstractions will affect the mega-conglomer- rampantly as the new guard wraps itself in the tried and singers have paid humble homage to the idea of the ates who rule our neo-colonies. true, knowing there's safety in history's cloak. Instead, music as dangerous and streetwise. New performers are Fugazi strikes into the nether worlds of forms unfilled, challenged to wear the mantles of excess reached by a chords unstruck, and questions unbroached. Music which cast of legendary folk heroes from the golden age who, is always sonically tough, freaked-out, and, importantly, we are chronically reminded, sodomized and opiated consciously independent from the industry marketing- themselves into oblivion. The rebellion celebrated in publicity machine, despite that machine's constant these songs and myths is the American sort, as typified demands for submission. Indeed, Fugazi has a commu- by Dean's Rebel and Brando's Wild One, a lone expression nard's ethic of autonomy, with singer/guitarist Ian of non-conformity against the school and the family Mackaye still booking the gigs (typically in theaters and structure, with the case study aloof and misunderstood, halls from the vaudeville/James Brown Entertainment though always adored by his singing biographer. era) and retaining ownership of Fugazi's label, Dischord Sometimes, the heroes of these popular legends flaunt In contrast to these rough characters, however, there is Records. Such a feat is typical enough in the under- the breaking of society's rules, but always in an inarticu- one high-selling group conspicuously ignored in the ground, but the extent of Fugazi's popularity, both live late and reactionary way. Nostalgic types, semioticians, industry-written ad-rags (which masquerade as unbiased and recorded (over a million records sold), is what makes and critics celebrate this as meaningful, unprecedented music journals). Although capitalism can gleefully assim- it both notable as an example, and threatening to the rebellion when, in fact, rock's bemoaned rebel advances ilate any and all fashion, sound, lyrics, et al, the one true investors, CEOs, and various other trolls who comprise American capitalism's preferred mode for all its drones: threat, which it must destroy at all costs, is that which "the industry." Fugazi's example is present in all their individualist (read: elitist), wild (consumerist) and enig- threatens its own insidious machinations. Particularly, endeavors, as their gigs are unrivaled for showmanship matic (macho). Indeed, as Bono of U2 announces his the one group of its scope and popularity which consis- and crazed, soulful catharsis.

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