Slobberknocking while wondering whatever happened to Stephen Bray: As we get close to New Year's Eve, the Millennium Hype will be at full pitch. And I'm already sick and tired of hearing about it. I've already written a great deal about the myths associated with the Coming of the Century, as was so eloquently put by the late band Course of Empire. But that was written in February 1998, with the Big Date just under two years away. Even then, the Millennium Hype was ramping up. Now, you can't go anywhere without Madison Avenue beating you over the head with it. You think Christmas is bad, where we can't make it past Thanksgiving before St. Nick comes calling? We've got a full year and change before the Roman Numeral in the copyright notices goes to MM. These days, it's "technology that will take you to the next millennium." It's "some of the best entertainment this side of the millennium." And a commercial for the Dish Network claims that their rates won't change "until the next millennium." Shut up. Just shut up. I'm not going to run off to a cabin in Montana and start eschewing technology, or television, for that matter -- what, are you daft? All I'm saying is, enough with Y2K this and millennium that. I know that a change is coming, and it's been coming for a while. I just have a hard time buying into the notion that the flipping of a calendar page will make the difference. Each New Year's, people ask me what my resolutions are. They usually involve making myself a better person in one fashion or another. But it's stuff I should be trying to do all year long. The same thing, I believe, applies to the year 2000. As long as your technology works on January 1, 2000, and you've bought new checks (check it out), nothing should be any different. The world will not be finished. Just one day older. Oh, before I forget... lemme remind you ONE MORE TIME about Hardliners.Com Night Out. It's shaping up to be a blast, with live music, the Spare Roundtable, tasty drink specials, and a couple of surprises. So, mark your calendars as H.Com goes on its first roadshow this Thursday at Friday's Front Row, on the South side of the Temple (known by the unwashed as the Ballpark in Arlington). Festivities begin at 6:00. Hope to see all of you there. -- Devin Pike