Erase Errata * Ursula Rucker * Von Bondies * Holly Golightly * Pretty Girls Make Graves * Broadcast * Slumber Party * Joan Baez * Enon * Trailer Bride * Fanny Pack (heard their "Camel Toe" song yet?) * Scout Niblett * Leona Naess * Ellen Alien * Client * Rachel Goswell (of Mojave 3 and Slowdive) * The Dishes * "On the Road" with Nina Hagen * graffiti photographer Martha Cooper * Venus "Penus"es of the issue: Blur and Senor Coconut * loads of super-cool D.I.Y. stories, how-tos, fashion fabulousness * the application form for the first-annual "Venus Best of 2003 poll" (the results will be posted in the Winter 2003 issue)