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

July 26, 1999
A Mat On The Moon
How Andy Kaufman saved pro wrestling
by Mat Honan

December 2, 1999
The Straight Dope
David Sedaris calls it like he sees it
by Shermakaye Bass

November 23, 1999
Howard Stern v. The Web
Shock jock fights divorce news site
by David Cassel

August 3, 1999
Hamsterdance Fever
The most promiscuous meme on the Net
by David Cassel

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Dead Souls On Tape
Strange recordings hold the secret of the afterlife
by Erik Davis, published August 30, 1999
From the first moments that human beings began communicating with electrical and electromagnetic signals, the ether has been a spooky place. Four years after Samuel Morse strung up his initial telegraph wire in 1844, two young girls in upstate New York kick-started Spiritualism, a massively popular occult religion that attempted to fuse science and séance.
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Dirt
Decision 2008
The 'Hollywood' election
by Jenn Shreve
November 3, 1999
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Nikita's Gonna Make It After All
Mary Tyler Moore for the '90s?
by Peter Braunstein
August 10, 1999
Whoa!
The Science Of Shit
Will the new millennium be powered by your ass?
by Mat Honan
September 27, 1999
Crave
The Secrets Of Lesbian Sex
Interview with Felice Newman
by Athena Douris
November 30, 1999
Dirt
Life of a Hollywood Scribe
He married Lolita, brought us Blade Runner, and now...
by John McCormick
September 9, 1999
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Hugs Of Anarchy
In praise of awkwardness
by Andrei Codrescu
October 12, 1999
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Fruit Of The Vein
The marketing magic of Vampire Wine
by Etelka Lehoczky
October 28, 1999
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Orgasm On Demand
Celebrating the body erotic
by Hank Hyena
September 21, 1999
Dirt
Bizbuzz
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Black Sabbath, Ellen DeGeneres, and more
by Melissa T.
October 15, 1999
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Air Heads
Those who can't do, fake it at the Air Guitar Championships
by Andrew Baio
August 27, 1999
Whoa!
I Was A Sex Slave For The Cia!
Not your mother's Satanic conspiracies
by Robert Sterling
November 22, 1999
Crave
The Secrets Of Lesbian Sex
Interview with Felice Newman
by Athena Douris
November 30, 1999
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