Staff Picks: Best of GettingIt
August 18, 1999
Springfield On Drugs
Getting high with The Simpsons
by Don Vaughan

July 29, 1999
Where's The Beefheart?
New album erases the singer to rewrite history
by David Thomas

December 8, 1999
Organ Grinders
Bioengineers monkey around with your body parts
by Ryan McLaughlin

August 20, 1999
Atari Safari
The cult of the 2600 is still alive and well
by Nick Montfort

August 5, 1999
Millennial Hijinx
Crackpots, conspiracies, and how
they amuse us
by Mark Frauenfelder

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The Indonesian Hermaphrodite
Intersexuality in the S. Pacific and around the world
by Hank Hyena, published September 21, 1999
It's a girl!" Ulung Sakmala and his wife Sriwati were pleased with the genitalia of their first child, born 11 months ago in the West Javan village of Sukadamai, Indonesia. "Let's call her Triwulan!" The girl's parents bestowed a charming, feminine name upon the tot, and inserted tiny gold earrings into her earlobes.
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Dirt
Flesh Wounds
Drop Dead Gorgeous director finds an easy target in beauty pageants
by Emily Zuzik
July 27, 1999
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Jailing Raoul
A Colorado boy's sex-crime nightmare
by Ken Layne
November 15, 1999
Whoa!
Future Schlock
Don't put that in your mouth
by Patrick Di Justo
November 2, 1999
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Gland Theft Auto
Comic strip
by Molly Kiely
July 30, 1999
Dirt
It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Another bowl, Mister Rogers?
by Whorella
October 18, 1999
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Meat Is Theater!
Hermann Nitsch and the spectacle of the slaughterhouse
by Shade Rupe
November 24, 1999
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Big Hairy Pile Of Whoa!
More inanity than you can shake a leg at
by Jeff Morris
November 12, 1999
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Alley Cat
Prowling for debauchery in New Orleans
by Juliette Dauphine
August 24, 1999
Dirt
A Kiss But Don't Tell
In love with a rock star
by Nick Mamatas
November 29, 1999
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Speak Softly And Carry A Stun Gun
The latest in non-lethal ass-kicking
by Thomas S. Roche
September 3, 1999
Whoa!
Clinton Scraps Library, Plans Presidential IHOP
by Michael Genrich
August 19, 1999
Crave
Home For The Holidays
How to get your freak on when visiting your family
by Eve Rings
November 24, 1999
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