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Announces that Adam Yauch (MCA) of the Beastie Boys convinced his two Beastie brethren, Adam Horowitz (Adrock) and Mike Diamond (Mike D) to venture to Snowbird in Utah for a five-month hiatus. Yauch's experience; The author's time with the Beastie Boys; Yauch's hair; How Snowbird is the locus of one of the country's most fervent snowboarding scenes.

Lists the resort survey top ten ski areas for apres ski and for food and discusses several popular spots. High-altitude Foosball at the New Sheridan Bar in Telluride, Colorado; The Stagecoach roadhouse in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Brewskis, including Sunday River Brewing Co., Bethel, Maine. INSET: Apres-ski at the Alley Cafe, by Lois Freidland.

Focuses on the rock music band, the Dave Matthews Band. The origins of the band; `Under the Table and Dreaming,' the group's major label debut; How the single `What Would You Say' has become a cross-format hit; Biographical information about Dave Matthews; Other band members; How the band built up a loyal following playing colleges in the Southeast United States.

Profiles phone-in request-based 24-hour music-video channel The Box. Challenge against MTV and mulled music video channel set for fall launch; Evolution of `The Jukebox Network'; Seizure of urban-music market from MTV; Effect of Box upon artist or group success; Corrupt practices by record labels. INSET: On the same track (Box urban music picks for `94)..

Presents several letters to the editor related to the world politics. Information related to the public demonstration in Washington D.C. on October 21, 1967; Comments on the political condition in Vietnam;" Evaluation of the political crisis in Israel.

Features news items about the entertainment industry for the week of May 26, 1995. How actress Sandra Bullock enjoys dancing at a Los Angeles Cuban night club; Comments from Nona Gaye, daughter of the late Marvin Gaye, on recording a song for the Motown tribute album to her father; How actor Denzel Washington swore he would never ride on a subway again if he became a movie star; More.

Comments on the nominees for the 1994 Grammy Awards for music. Criticism of the bland picks made by National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences; Highlights of some of the magazine's favorite enigmas among this year's nominees; Best Alternative Music nominees Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan and the Crash Test Dummies; Best Male Rock Vocal nominees Peter Gabriel and Van Morrison; More.

Describes how actress Meryl Streep, in a taped episode of the `Today' show, told Katie Couric that Shirley MacLaine had predicted a major earthquake would occur in the beginning of 1994. How Los Angeles did suffer a major earthquake on January 17, 1994; How Couric reported that MacLaine predicted another big earthquake for California would occur in November 1994.

Comments on the musical performances of various bands which appeared at the eighth annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California on the weekend of October 1, 1994. How the Bridge School, for severely disabled children, was cofounded by Neil Young's wife, Pegi; Concert headliners Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Pearl Jam; Other performers; Neil Young's tribute to Kurt Cobain.

Features the CBGB (Country, Bluegrass, and Blues) Club in New York. Club's celebration of its 20th anniversary in December 1993; Return appearances by club's veterans; Description.