Family Van Hijacked by Those Damn Kids; Curve to Release Two Records; Ministry Displays Artificial Intelligence for the Cameras; False Reports of Timberlake, Spears deaths; Close Call for Mike Watt and Co. in Sweden; U2 Sucks Up to Senator Jesse Helms and the Beautiful People; How to Sing the Blues: A Primer; John Lee Hooker, R.I.P.; Quote of the Month; Photo of the Month. Continuing to blaze a path from their home base of Cleveland through the Midwest and beyond, Disengage is a touring band in the truest sense of the term--eking out a living on little more than the euphoria of playing, unwilling to let a barren mainstream landscape foil its quest. ¶Pulling aside Flecktone members Futureman and Jeff Coffin to share their thoughts on the newest generation of jazz musicians, Eric J. Iannelli continues to examine the issues facing the jazz scene as it exists today in the second of a two-part series. Ultra Milkmaids, "disco 2k_ep"; Myself Am Hell, Myself Am Hell/The World I Died For; Fontanelle, "F"; The Trifid Project, The Trifid Project; Astroqueen, "Serve the Sun"; Fireball Ministry, FMEP; Railgun, Fractal Razor; Built to Spill, Sabonis; Greatest American Hero, Breathe; Miles Tilmann, Underland; Scenic, Spheres; Earthbound Smoke Ghost, Karma's Grave; Andrea Parker, The Dark Ages; Eraldo Bernocchi, "Re-Charged #2."