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May 8, 2000 Issue
"It's not like we're the Kennedys or anything."
-- Mark Ronson, "Ronson Family Values"
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| FEATURES | Ronson Family Values BY NANCY JO SALES Whether sitting down to a family dinner at Moomba or attending the Costume Institute Ball at the Met (D.J.'ed by eldest son Mark), the city's most socially agile family always seems to be at the newly formed crossroads of hip-hop and high society, where Nan Kempner sways to the sounds of Big Pun. If only Edith Wharton were alive today. Counterpunch Stanley Crouch made his name as an intellectual prizefighter, but he lets his guard down with his first novel, Don't the Moon Look Lonesome. Closet Case Anyone can turn a grand loft into a smartly edited space worthy of a shelter mag; it takes real artistry to do it with a tiny studio. Outsider.com For the media-obsessed, the first click in the morning is medianews.org, a Website operated by one man -- Jim Romenesko -- who devotes ten hours and ten cups of coffee a day to what those in the know should know. So what if he operates out of a one-room apartment in Evanston, Illinois. GOTHAM
| DEPARTMENTS Intelligencer BY BETH LANDMAN KEIL WITH IAN SPIEGELMAN The National Interest McCain says he doesn't want to be VP. He should read this. Media Can mainstream publishers learn anything from the sex-fetish press? The Cultural Business David Merrick and Alex Cohen in their heyday -- now there was a wild party MARKETPLACE The lightest tennis racket ever; Nanette Lepore's funky fabrics Smart City Riding on fumes? Consult our map of car-friendly New York. Sales & Bargains If you're a fool for sandals, this is your season Net News C. O. Bigelow opens a cybershop; the best map sites | THE CRITICS Movies BY PETER RAINER Natalie Portman's airy angel; Time Code's pointless gimmickry Theater Flawless performances drive Jitney to success Art Swiss import Pipilotti Rist takes stock of our cluttered lives Television Why would Disney want to remake Pinocchio? The Insatiable Critic Mario Battali and Joe Bastianich hit another home run with Esca CUE Classifieds |