July 24, 2000 Issue
"With crack, you could say, 'These people are doing it and those people aren't.' You can't do that with ecstasy -- everyone's doing it."
-- Gary Murray, U.S. Customs' Ecstasy Task Force, "Feelgood Follies"
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FEATURES | Feelgood Follies BY ETHAN BROWN No longer just the drug of choice for club kids, ecstasy has become as ubiquitous as coke in the eighties, but with little of coke's nasty rep. The yuppies and private-school kids and party animals who are turning on mean big business for dealers and smugglers -- even Sammy the Bull got into the act -- and big problems for U.S. Customs agents determined to stop the flood of pills pouring through Kennedy. Meigher Mortal When preppy, dapper former Time Inc. golden boy Chris Meigher told people he was going to create a new kind of magazine company based on passion, quality, and equity stakes for employees, they believed him. And when Meigher Communications' Saveur won a National Magazine Award for excellence its first year out of the gate, it seemed the dream was within reach. But soon, with plans collapsing and partners bickering, many wondered if Meigher's magazine utopia was built on hot air. Multiculti Mama Performer, composer, choreographer, and poet Meredith Monk has been mixing it up for more than three decades -- and she's still casting her spell. Following His Muse Andrew Rasiej is a man of many talents (and even more connections): nightlife impresario, education philanthropist, political adviser, and real-estate consultant. And now his Digital Club Network is Webcasting live concerts around the country for anyone to access -- a totally legal Napster. All he has to do is figure out how it can make money. | GOTHAM Busting up a real-life boiler room; Keanu Reeves sells out GOTHAM REAL ESTATE Titanium mania: Wake us when this trend is over GOTHAM STYLE Ready for the men's sarong? DEPARTMENTS The City Politic Campaign confidential: What you won't read in the papers Media Will Amazon's Jeff Bezos survive Harry Potter's sorcery? MARKETPLACE Toys that'll teach your kid to speak French; surfer totes Smart City Beautifully convenient: salons and spas with extended hours Sales & Bargains Beautifully convenient: salons and spas with extended hours | THE CRITICS Movies BY PETER RAINER The director's heroics make a success of X-Men Books The magic behind Harry Potter isn't so mysterious after all Theater A free Winter's Tale isn't worth the price of admission Classical Music La Bohème gets a new life in the beleaguered Paris of 1914 The Insatiable Critic Shelly Fireman's decadent side; Larry Forgione looks down on Times Square CUE Classifieds |