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Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Vive la différence By Sarah Vowell
A melting pot of several stories, "Summer of Sam" is a sprawling urban epic from Brooklyn's native son. (06/30/99)
"Wild Wild West" By Stephanie Zacharek
Playful acting and summer-movie spectacle can't save this Will Smith vehicle from runninng off the rails. (06/30/99)
Sharps & flats By Andrew Strickman
On Luscious Jackson's new record, "Electric Honey," the all-female hip-hop trio turns 30. And evolves. (06/30/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 30, 1999. (06/30/99)
Log Genius: By Douglas Wolk
The MacArthur Foundation rewards Chicago jazz improv insider Ken Vandermark. (06/30/99)
Books:
Kafka of the Great White North By Anne Beatts
Franz's niece takes the Yukon. (06/30/99)
Do what you want and the identity crisis will follow By Christine Kenneally
A graduate student finds that there are tougher dreams to pursue than scaling the walls of the ivory tower. (06/30/99)
Review "The Wonders of the Invisible World": By Austin Bunn
These brooding, crushingly accurate stories are as forgiving as they come. (06/30/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
(06/30/99)
Health & Body:
Going right through you By Sharon Lerner
The diet pill Xenical reduces fat absorption, but may cause unpleasant side effects. (06/30/99)
Letters:
Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin? (06/30/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Postnuptial blues By Ellie Forgotson
After the wedding bells stopped ringing, she wanted nothing but sleep. (06/30/99)
News:
George W.'s California swing By Anthony York
The Texas governor meets the GOP gilded on his first campaign trip to the Golden State. (06/30/99)
A land divided? By Laura Rozen
"Partition" is a dirty word in postwar Kosovo, but for now NATO troops are enforcing separation between Albanians and Serbs in at least one city. (06/30/99)
Attack of the devil dolls By Richard Goldstein
What do Austin Powers, Tarzan, Jar Jar and Tinky Winky have in common? They scare a nation that's already panicked about kids' sexuality. (06/30/99)
People:
Cruising Cruise By Christopher Kelly
What exactly is it about Tom Cruise that has captured the imaginations, and libidos, of gay males? (06/30/99)
The emperor's new guitars By Cintra Wilson
Photographer David La Chapelle offers a prophecy of scurvy spiritual illness that's as shiny as a fishbowl full of novelty dildos, while the bidding on Clapton relics resembles an auction for remnants of the True Cross. (06/30/99)
Nothing Personal What the devil has gotten into Ms. Jones? By Amy Reiter
Paula's going back to court; Dan Quayle and Alice Cooper on reality's inequities; King of Pop flops into Munich orchestra pit; and FBI says
Tim Leary sang. (06/30/99)
Technology:
Finding God among the aliens By Mark Dery
Cyberpunk author Rudy Rucker explores the mysticism of the cosmos, while dreaming of "mindfaxing" and pet dinosaurs. (06/30/99)
"Seek!": Rudy Rucker yearns for gnarliness By Etelka Lehoczky
All that exists in that edge between order and disorder is gnarly and delightful, in the latest essays from the sci-fi writer. (06/30/99)
Technology Log Slashdot sells out: By Janelle Brown
Andover.net buys "news for nerds" -- and is apparently planning to finance the site's
growth. (06/30/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 31: What's an NDA between friends? (06/30/99)
Travel:
My private Riviera By Don George
"Tender Is the Night" transports me to my own version of the French Cte d'Azur. (06/30/99)
Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"The Lovers on the Bridge" By Charles Taylor
French filmmaker Léos Carax romanticizes the sleaze and squalor of Paris street life. (06/29/99)
Log Does a good conductor have anything to say after 10 years? By Paul Festa
While Boston Symphony patriots bemoaned the loss of 25-year conductor Seiji Ozawa, members of his orchestra said that it's been a long time coming. (06/29/99)
Log To bossa and back: By Banning Eyre
Caetano Veloso is one of Brazil's most beloved musical superstars. He's also, as his live show proves, a tireless innovator and a consummate showman. (06/29/99)
Log Speed habit: By Jeff Stark
Art Arfons broke land speed records for two decades before a monstrous car crash sent him back to his workshop. "The Green Monster," Tuesday night on PBS, tells his amazing story. (06/29/99)
Sharps & flats By Seth Mnookin
Gordon Lightfoot's "Songbook" delivers timeless tunes and a little bit more. (06/29/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 29, 1999. (06/29/99)
Books:
For love or money? By Garrison Keillor
I have sleepless nights wondering how my poor musician boyfriend can provide me with a summer house on the shore filled with big books. Am I confused? (06/29/99)
Log By Craig Offman
Publisher's shagadelic response to New York Times pan. (06/29/99)
The free market or your soul By Gavin McNett
Two conservative pundits play a game of moral Twister trying to reconcile consumerism and traditional values. (06/29/99)
Review "Saint Augustine": By Allen Barra
The newest title in the Penguin Lives series is swift, invigorating and disappointing. (06/29/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
(06/29/99)
Health & Body:
The invisible woman By Virginia Vitzthum
As age creeps into my body, my hands keep creeping into younger men's pants. (06/29/99)
Letters:
Blaming Clinton for three decades of Chinese spying; Cintra doesn't really understand why blacks are angry. (06/29/99)
Media:
Courtroom cage match! By Eric Boehlert
Ever since wrestler Owen Hart fell to his death on pay-per-view, WWF impresario Vince McMahon has been down. Is he out? (06/29/99)
Log Spiked!: By Bill Wyman
Drudge Report says Vanity Fair won't run story critical of Steven Brill. (06/29/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The write time By Tracy Mayor
One classmate is on her way to literary fame, anointed by the New Yorker; the other's on her way to the grocery store. (06/29/99)
News:
Throw off those chains, doc! By Joe Conason
The oppressive power of HMOs has finally forced physicians to do the unthinkable -- organize a union. (06/29/99)
Chaos envelops Pristina By Laura Rozen
As Serbs mark their historic defeat at Kosovo Polje 610 years ago, the future doesn't look much brighter. (06/29/99)
People:
Brilliant careers: Arthur Mitchell By Nancy Hawley
Still going strong after 50 years of dancing, the founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem did for ballet what Jackie Robinson did for baseball. (06/29/99)
Nothing Personal Horsey? perhaps. Bloodsucker, no. By Amy Reiter
Mohamed Al Fayed tries to charm the royals; Yeow! that's gotta hurt: Clinton ranked less dateable than Rodman or the Donald. Plus: Knock it off, you two cut-ups! John Wayne Bobbit wants to date Lorena. (06/29/99)
Technology:
The consumer incarnation of Microsoftiness By Janelle Brown
Microsoft opens its first retail store -- not exactly a software emporium, but an opportunity to brand the geek lifestyle. (06/29/99)
Technology Log Silicon bachelors: By Janelle Brown
Santa Clara County beats out Alaska to become home to more single guys than anyplace else in America. (06/29/99)
Travel:
Flying the queasy skies By Elliott Neal Hester
Sometimes turbulence is just the start of your problems. (06/29/99)
Monday, June 28, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
I am everyday evil By Jeff Stark
Director Neil LaBute's "Bash" explores the dark secrets of ordinary people. (06/28/99)
Sharps & flats By Joyce Millman
On the most coherent Pretenders album in a decade, Chrissie Hynde proves that she does Chrissie Hynde better than anyone. (06/28/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 28, 1999. (06/28/99)
Books:
Promotional
intelligence By Annie Paul
When the two scientists who
invented the concept of emotional intelligence loaned the idea to New York Times science writer Daniel Goleman, they never dreamed it would become a cottage industry. (06/28/99)
Books log Nabokov write-alike contest may hide genuine article: By Craig Offman
Has Nabokov's son sneaked snippets from his father's unpublished novel into an obscure journal? (06/28/99)
Hard boiled By David Bowman
Five great noir novels from the post-Chandler generations. (06/28/99)
Review "The Metaphysical Touch" By Andrew O'Hehir
An ambitious first novel brings two wounded intellectuals together in cyberspace. (06/28/99)
Comics:
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
(06/28/99)
Health & Body:
"Living in the Lightning: A Cancer Journal" By Natalie Robins
One woman learns how to manage her fear. (06/28/99)
Letters:
Lauryn Hill is no hoochie; is Ramsey Clark a Serb apologist or the voice of truth? (06/28/99)
Media:
Rosebud By James Poniewozik
A last word on last words, and on the media we love to hate to love. (06/28/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Problem family By Jill Wolfson
When domestic abuse showed up in my neighborhood, I had to decide whether to help or keep my distance. (06/28/99)
News:
Why the Cox Report went nowhere By Christopher Hitchens
Democrats and Republicans basically agree on selling out to business and China, via "commercial diplomacy." (06/28/99)
Can Richard Holbrooke save American diplomacy? By Ian Williams
Probably not, but Madeleine Albright has reason to worry: When the right wing gives up and confirms the telegenic diplomat as U.N. ambassador, his next job could be secretary of state.
(6/28/99)
People:
Booty bash by the bay: Shake, shake, shake the vote! By Jenn Shreve
The Reform Party candidate for San Francisco mayor has already secured a ringing endorsement from one of his opponents. Warmly welcoming Mark O'Hara to the race, Mayor Willie Brown enthused, "Who the f*ck is that guy?" (06/28/99)
Nothing Personal China's new weapon: Smart sperm: By Amy Reiter
To be Chinese, microscopic and brilliant; Korbut's koach kops to knuckleheadedness; Justice in Utah sweepstakes: First prize? Dinner with the psycho who was birddoggin' ya. (06/28/99)
Technology:
Clueless in Tokyo By David Lazarus
Avatar chat, porn and microwave cooking
if the Net in Japan isn't good for much else, no wonder it's not a hit. (06/28/99)
Technology Log Walking the open-source walk: By Andrew Leonard
Eric Raymond incorporates reader insights into his essay on the open-source economy. (06/28/99)
Weekend, June 26-27, 1999
Health & Body:
Still insatiable By Susie Bright
Porn legend Marilyn Chambers makes a steamy comeback (06/26/99)
News:
Will Pat Buchanan and Jesse Ventura join forces? By Micah L. Sifry
When the right-wing populist met the wrestler turned political star, they made nice for the cameras. But Jesse's searching for someone else to carry the Reform Party banner next year -- until he's ready in 2004. (06/26/99)
People:
The Raw and the Cooked Kahla, we get it: You want to suckle us with sweet love offerings: By Douglas Cruickshank
Want a drink? "Come to mama"; who you callin' a potato? Queensland's Hanson, better at dishing it out than taking it, bristles at spud slur. Plus: Art world breakthrough: Otter shakes a tailfeather, creates masterpiece. (06/26/99)
Rewind: Richard Lester By Steve Burgess
The man who "invented" the music video was the perfect film director for the Beatles. His exuberant, manic style matched theirs and brilliantly captured an era at its beginning. (06/26/99)
Travel:
Once upon a time in the Sinai desert By Laura Fraser
An impetuous camel safari with two Bedouin guides opens up an enduring ancient world. (06/26/99)
Friday, June 25, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"An Ideal Husband" By Stephanie Zacharek
Killing us softly with his rapier wit and exquisite profile, Rupert Everett upstages Oscar Wilde. (06/25/99)
"Big Daddy" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Adam Sandler is cinema's nicest loudmouthed jerk. (06/25/99)
Sharps & flats By Alex Pappademas
Garage sounds revisited: Guitar Wolf roars on the loudest record, ever. (06/25/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for the weekend, June 25-27, 1999 (06/25/99)
Books:
Beastly lectures By Douglas Cruickshank
For all its good intentions, J.M. Coetzee's new academic animal-rights novel won't save a single veal calf. (06/25/99)
Salon's 20 most marketable writers under 40 By Carina Chocano
Scanning the horizon for the hottest talents of the 21st century, we got a little dizzy and had to sit down. (06/25/99)
Books Log By Craig Offman
McGinniss vs. Little, Brown: Publisher avoids the "s"
word. (06/25/99)
Review "Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me" By Daniel Reitz
A writer considers his place in the pantheon of homosexual Hispanic letters. (06/25/99)
Health & Body:
Is it in the genes? By Arthur Allen
Studies suggest human behavior isn't as predetermined as some thought. (06/25/99)
Letters:
Why Tiger's dad can't be (or must be) a racist; Camille Paglia showed me the light; does Bob Woodward matter anymore? (06/25/99)
Media:
Ann of a thousand lays By Thor Hesla
Ten modest proposals to help Ann Coulter get a date. (06/25/99)
Alt.: Whither fair lesbians? By Jenn Shreve
Gay Pride marches on, leaving its lesbian sisters to cough up the dust. Plus: The Boston Phoenix reports on Starbucks' latest conquest and why pheromone perfumes only make you stink. (06/25/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The tyranny of fashion By Erin J. Aubry
As clothing comes to signify less and less about a person, I wonder if I should bother getting dressed at all. (06/25/99)
News:
Henry Cisneros and the Starr syndrome By Guy Raz
Taped conversations, a lawsuit by a woman named Jones and a zealous independent counsel. Sound familiar? But the former HUD secretary faces not impeachment, but 90 years in prison. (06/25/99)
Prisoners of war By Laura Rozen
A Kosovar town waits for news as thousands of young men are still missing, and believed to be in Serbian custody. (06/24/99)
"Primary Colors" II By Harry Jaffe and Anthony York
Hillary Clinton builds a New York Senate campaign staff on a foundation of 1992 Clinton loyalists, as Rudy Giuliani fumes. (06/24/99)
People:
Drain STH By David Bowman
Four Swedish heavy metal babes leave a journalist feeling outclassed as they discuss cigars, groupies and suicide. (06/25/99)
Nothing Personal Gobsmackathon! By Amy Reiter
Gobsmackedelic! Tony Blair accused of stealing goodness; Gobsmackeriffic! Scary Spice has gone spotty; Gobsmackapalooza! Be very afraid: Lucianne Goldberg now a dot-com. (06/25/99)
Technology:
Searching for silicon soul By Andrew Leonard
"The Nudist on the Late Shift" and "The Silicon Boys" sift the valley's culture for something more than wealth and greed. (06/25/99)
The programmers and the ABCDEFG problem By Po Bronson
An excerpt from Po Bronson's new book "The Nudist on the Late Shift -- and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley." A start-up company's online game project falls victim to a key coder's vacation schedule.(06/25/99)
Technology Log Buck's: The breakfast spot of champions By Janelle Brown
The Woodside diner that's all the rage with VCs and journalists makes a perfect party locale for "The Nudist on the Late Shift."(06/25/99)
Travel:
Letting go By Diane Weipert
A journalist tracks a trapeze artist around the country to satisfy an erotic obsession. Now he wants to marry her. Will she make the leap? (06/25/99)
Thursday, June 24, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Big success on the small screen By Michael Sragow
Director Alan Taylor ("Palookaville") makes the leap to television -- and hits a high note with his episode of "The Sopranos." (06/24/99)
Sharps & flats By Seth Mnookin
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band offer a bracing live set of cosmopolitan country -- and an alternative to all that Nashville pap. (06/24/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 24, 1999 (06/24/99)
Books:
Total Quality Dating By Carina Chocano
Self-help gurus are trying to turn the search for romance into a corporate headhunt. (06/24/99)
Books Log By Roy Blount Jr.
A poem for Pauline Kael's 80th birthday. (06/24/99)
Review "To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America" By Norah Vincent
A noted historian offers a substantial contribution in a less than crowded field. (06/24/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
(06/24/99)
Health & Body:
I was a junkie stockbroker By Bolt Edsall
How one trader learned that there's more to life than the vicissitudes of the market. (06/24/99)
Health & Body Log Sex, lies and sunglasses: By Jon Bowen
British study shows shades are good for the ego. (06/24/99)
Letters:
It's easier to dope kids up than to deal with their problems; blame the system, not Henry Louis Gates. (06/24/99)
Media:
Keeping up with the Jonesness By Justin Holloway
The corporate mania for "brand essence" is getting just a little out of control. (06/24/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Dog day By Anne Lamott
The death of a beloved friend makes plain the beauty of this world. (06/24/99)
News:
The struggle for legitimacy By Laura Rozen
As the Kosovo Liberation Army works to earn NATO's acceptance, Kosovar Albanians herald the KLA as the liberator of the province. (06/24/99)
It's about spirituality, not sports By Richard Rodriguez
The X Games fulfill the human need to test limits and risk death at a time when technology has created the illusion that we're in control. (06/24/99)
People:
Other than that, Mrs. Oswald, how did you enjoy Minsk? By Douglas Cruickshank
From the mixed-up files of Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald; plus a sad story about a bull who fatefully lost his way on the road to Pamplona, and a touching Wittgensteinian lesson about backing up our work on the computer. (06/24/99)
A conversation with Sergei Khrushchev By Jennifer Cohen
The son of Russia's leader during the Cold War will soon be an American. (06/24/99)
Nothing Personal Snoop's dazzling doggy dream: By Amy Reiter
Actress reveals mystery of covert curves; Ken Starr sings Clinton's praises; fabulous new carbonated bra concept. Plus: Rod the Mod finds God. (06/24/99)
Technology:
Space noise By Frank Houston
Astronomers listening for distant stars and extraterrestrials are getting an earful of satellite buzz. What happened to heavenly quiet time? (06/24/99)
Technology Log Microsoft to Web sites: Behave! By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Redmond says it will pull ads from sites that don't post strong privacy policies. (06/24/99)
Travel:
Will Y2K problems affect New Year's flights? By Donald Groff
Our expert offers tips on year-end travel, plus Rome hotels, wide-open spaces and deserted islands. (06/24/99)
Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Stand-up for your blights By Geoff Edgers
George Carlin talks about Littleton jokes, white-yuppie cocksuckers and why he still loves his BMW. (06/23/99)
Sharps & flats Oh, Captain, my Captain. By David Bowman
Zoot Horn described it best when he said Captain Beefheart was "Jackson Pollock trying to play John Lee Hooker." A new box set and two re-releases
chronicle the chaos. (06/23/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 23, 1999 (06/23/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: Bearly reading By Carlene Bauer
When a UC-Berkeley professor put the world's favorite Zen bear on her summer reading list, the Pooh hit the fan. (06/23/99)
Ivory Tower: The garbage of higher education By Gillian Andrews
After all the college students have gone home, their material culture remains. (06/23/99)
Review "Lorca: A Dream of Life" By Jaime Manrique
A fat, new book on the martyred writer can't decide whether it's a serious study or a celebrity bio. (06/23/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
(06/23/99)
Health & Body:
Under my skin By Jon Bowen
The story of a tattoo and whether it should stay or go. (06/23/99)
Letters:
"Star Trek" is no more a utopia than "Star Wars"; Cintra should try looking in the wrong places.
(06/23/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Kickin' it By Ethan Zindler
Mia Hamm's soccer prowess has finally launched women's sports into the mainstream. But is she ready for icon status? (06/23/99)
News:
Is black politics dead in California? By Anthony York
The steep decline in the number of powerful black officeholders could be a sign of the community's political maturity -- or its demise. (06/23/99)
Jerry Brown shakes up Oakland's black political establishment By Joan Walsh
The hard-charging mayor challenges an entrenched bureaucracy -- and a racial spoils system. (06/23/99)
People:
Nothing Personal Austin's secret mojo jelly: By Amy Reiter
Actress reveals mystery of covert curves; Ken Starr sings Clinton's praises; fabulous new carbonated bra concept. Plus: Rod the Mod finds God. (06/23/99)
Technology:
Who owns the New York Times bestseller list? By Scott Rosenberg
On the Net, fighting to hang on to every last chunk of intellectual property is a recipe for stagnation and failure. (06/23/99)
Technology Log Meesa like Web talk? By Jamais Cascio
Stand aside Swedish Chef, Jar Jar Binks translates the Net. (06/23/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Marketing mutiny and the magic love burrito. (06/23/99)
Travel:
More best books of the century By Don George
Readers recommend their favorite works of travel fiction and nonfiction. (06/23/99)
Tuesday, June 22, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Bitter and blacker By Cintra Wilson
Chris Rock, the new heavyweight champ of humor, hits where it hurts. (06/22/99)
Dylan live By Bill Wyman
The temperamental troubadour plays one more encore along the Never-ending Tour. (06/22/99)
Sharps & flats Cheech and Chong meet Leiber and Stoller: By Andy Battaglia
On "Paintin' the Town Brown," the brothers Ween plug in for a two-CD live in-joke. (06/22/99)
Arts & Entertainment Log David Berkowitz kvetches about Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam": By Stephanie Zacharek
If the Son of Sam hadn't been a serial killer, he'd have been a regular guy -- but then, he wouldn't be the subject of a movie, either. (06/22/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 22, 1999 (06/22/99)
Books:
Mr. Blue True love or just chemical imbalance? By Garrison Keillor
I can't get the lover I abandoned 25 years ago off my mind. Why does this torment me so? (06/22/99)
Has Feminism Changed Science? By Margaret Wertheim
Two new books enter the dangerous territory where cold facts meet hot tempers. (06/22/99)
Review "Killer in Drag" and "Death of a Transvestite:" By Greg Villepique
The hopelessly inept transvestite filmmaker was also, it turns out, a hopelessly inept transvestite novelist. (06/22/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
(06/22/99)
Health & Body:
Urge Toeing the line: By Jeff Sharlet
Ambition and her toe lingered between us on the couch that day. (06/22/99)
Health & Body Log Deadly doses: By Jon Bowen
Can taking something as seemingly harmless as an aspirin kill you? (06/22/99)
Letters:
The last thing we need is more diet mania; what's so scary about Jesus?
(06/22/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Oracles of history By Polly Shulman
At the turn of the millennium, Kathleen Krull's "They Saw the Future" gives kids a look at futures past. (06/22/99)
News:
The peace dividend By Mark Boal
Businesses are waiting to cash in on the rebuilding of Kosovo. (06/22/99)
Lauryn Hill: Hoochie or hero? By Debra Dickerson
The black community debates the singer's icon status in light of her unwed motherhood.(06/22/99)
People:
Brilliant Careers: Germaine Greer By Laura Miller
The impulsive, fatally naive diva of feminism made the world a better place in spite of herself. (06/22/99)
In search of granny porn By Carol Lloyd
Over grilled chicken salad and shrimp tacos, former libertine Germaine Greer celebrates the "chocolate eros" of Sammy Sosa, the virtues of heart attacks and the red-hot libidos of circumcised Sudanese women. (06/22/99)
Force of nature By Steve Chapple
David Brower, the grand old man of the environmental movement, talks about the Sierra Club, why conservationists shouldn't compromise and why tree-huggers should lighten up. (06/22/99)
Nothing Personal Falwell: Lilith sucked face with she-demons: By Amy Reiter
Falwell shifts focus from Tinky-Winky to the Beast; off with his head! Prince William gets digital makeover. Plus: This week's fun couple -- Evel Knievel and Chrissie Hynde. (06/22/99)
Technology:
Antiques Netshow By Janelle Brown
Snooty Sotheby's dives into an online auction world shaped by scrappy eBay. How will its objets d'art fare amid the Furbys? (06/22/99)
Technology Log Elvis, live on the auction block: By Joe Ashbrook Nickell
Streaming video will bring the online world to Vegas to bid for the King's never-before-sold clothes and contracts. (06/22/99)
Technology Log Life on the fringe isn't easy: By Janelle Brown
FringeWare, a bookstore and Web site devoted to the obscure and alternative, must close up shop, but aims to keep selling its wares. (06/22/99)
Travel:
Adventures in the skin trade By Rolf Potts
Our correspondent's brothel tour of Phnom Penh takes some unexpected twists. (06/22/99)
Monday, June 21, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Glum in the sun By Charles Taylor
Eric Rohmer's "Summer" is the maddeningly captivating tale of an utterly miserable girl. (06/21/99)
Sharps & flats "The Wake-Up Show" By Michelle Goldberg
"The Wake-Up Show" DJs Sway and King Tech spin like true old-schoolers. Too bad "This or That" props snotty gangsta bullshit like NWA instead of Afrika Bambaattaa. (06/21/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 21, 1999 (06/21/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower Fighting fear with fear: By Chris Colin
In "The Culture of Fear," Barry
Glassner says we scare too easily. But does he have to be so scary about it? (06/21/99)
Other pasts, other places By A.S. Byatt
The author of "Possession" recommends five unforgettable historical novels. (06/21/99)
Review"Love Is Where It Falls"
Reviewed by Daniel Reitz: A gay actor recalls his 11-year
"passionate friendship" with a straight woman 40 years his senior. (06/21/99)
Comics:
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
(06/21/99)
Health & Body:
Curing with compassion By Alyson Mead
Beth Israel Hospital in New York dedicates new space today. (06/21/99)
Letters:
Too much sex with the locals; the Web brain-drain continues.
(06/21/99)
Media:
Toto, I'm Not Dave Kansas Anymore By James Poniewozik
So what's wrong with Web journalists becoming stock tycoons? (06/21/99)
News:
The Manchurian presidency By David Horowitz
The worst national security disaster in
history did not come about because Clinton had loyalties to foreign communists, but to the Chinese funders who got him elected. (06/21/99)
Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend. By Ian Williams
The former U.S. attorney general has become the tool of left-wing cultists, who defend Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Rwandan torturers as anti-imperialist heroes. (06/21/99)
The rehabilitation of Latrell Sprewell By Julian Rubinstein
The Knicks star has gone from villain to hero -- because he challenged authority in a city sick of The Man. (06/21/99)
People:
"Promoting exposure of a person" By Jenn Shreve
Artist Spencer Tunick is in hot water with the NYPD for attempting to photograph 150 nude people in Times Square. (06/21/99)
Nothing Personal Global gobsmacking: By Amy Reiter
John Wayne Bobbitt writes a joke book, but isn't that redundant? Boo-hoo: No baby for the lady with the incubator cleavage; Cruise "absolutely whipped"; Tom Hanks will not take on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. (06/21/99)
Technology:
Games don't kill people -- do they? By Greg Costikyan
Before we rush to damn the videogame industry, let's remember: There's both bad and good in blowing up pixels. (06/21/99)
Weekend, June 19-20, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, 1999 (06/19/99)
Health & Body:
Girl fight, boy fight By Lily Burana
She'd never been in a real fistfight, but when push came to shove, she discovered her boyfriend's real love. (06/19/99)
People:
Will you still love me tomorrow? By Rachel Louise Snyder
In the '60s and '70s, you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing a Carole King song. Thirty years
later, the earth's still moving under her feet. (06/19/99)
Searchin' for something to search for By By Douglas Cruickshank
I wander, therefore I am; and has anyone else noticed all the fur floating around? (06/19/99)
Technology:
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 28: Fire off the press releases! Sales force, start your engines! (06/19/99)
21st Challenge No. 23 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Half-baked long distance learning schemes. (06/19/99)
Travel:
My sacred place By Pico Iyer
For an introspective wanderer, a two-room flat in a generic
Japanese suburb offers all the possibilities of a traditional shrine. (06/19/99)
Friday, June 18, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"Run Lola Run" By Charles Taylor
The quick-paced German thriller throbs with jump cuts, zoom shots and the speedy sense of an instinctual filmmaker. (06/18/99)
"The General's Daughter" By Andrew O'Hehir
John Travolta's dancing days are definitely over, but who knew his acting days were numbered, too? (06/18/99)
Sharps & flats "Surrender" By Jon Dolan
The Chemical Brothers grow up but find no place to go. (06/18/99)
Log Ask a stupid question ... By Cynthia Joyce
Comedian Chris Rock gets tortured by a roomful of entertainment reporters.(06/18/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, June 18, 1999 (06/18/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower Professor Neurotoxicity: By Jill Priluck
A renegade researcher believes the teenage killers of Columbine could have been driven to crime by environmental poisoning. (06/18/99)
Review"White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris"
Reviewed by Scott Sutherland: A history defends the hunters as conservationists and argues that the real villains were poachers. (06/18/99)
Health & Body:
Bar food By Mary Roach
A Mounds addict tastes Clif Bars and finds that they don't taste awful and have lots of vitamins! (06/18/99)
Letters:
Walsh doesn't understand blacks' progress, or their frustration; how do we fight antibiotics' failure?
(06/18/99)
Media:
I know what girls want By Jenn Shreve
Four feminist zines give their anti-Cosmo versions of the modern woman. Plus: The Stranger celebrates the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Willamette Week makes one writer cry on her keyboard. (06/18/99)
Mothers Who Think:
A dad called Mama By Lu Vickers
Showing his children the wonder of Florida's shaded lakes and curious insects, my father taught me the nature of unconditional love. (06/18/99)
News:
Barbarism was "a matter of routine" By Laura Rozen
Pornography, drugs and the tools
of torture are found in a Serbian police station, where teenagers were among the victims. (06/18/99)
Only the Shadow knows By Jake Tapper
As another Woodward bombshell hits Washington, the daggers come out for one of America's most famous journalists. (06/18/99)
Is Elizabeth Dole really running for president? By Anthony York
While her husband talks openly about Viagra, she can't bring herself to declare her candidacy. (06/18/99)
Inside the Starr chamber By Jack Hitt
Bob Woodward's new book shows the independent counsel as the pervert-run-amok we all knew he was. (06/18/99)
Is Tiger Woods' dad a racist? By Susan Zakin
The reporter to whom he told his Scotland joke, which has enraged Golf World magazine, says he's no Fuzzy Zoeller. (06/18/99)
People:
My own private "Notting Hill" By Steve Burgess
Never fall for someone whose image will keep pummeling you like a revolving fan blade. Lovers may leave, but the media is forever. (06/18/99)
Nothing Personal The bells of St. Pamela's chest: By Amy Reiter
Anderson Lee claims her breasts were ringing; a fond farewell to Screaming Lord Sutch; U.K. theater chain balks at "shag." Plus: Spousal skivvy spray from Japan detects infidelity! (06/18/99)
Technology:
Web wars By Andrew Leonard
Did Bill Gates beat Netscape fair and square? (06/18/99)
Log Geek gourmands: By Andrew Leonard
A group of chief technology officers gathers for a grand dinner and to contemplate what makes a good geek. (06/18/99)
Travel:
Love on the line By Diane LeBow
On the road, the rest of the world can begin and end in a stuffy phone booth. (06/18/99)
Thursday, June 17, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Bertolucci's better half By Michael Sragow
Clare Peploe, one of film's finest female directors, talks about her rare collaboration with husband Bernardo Bertolucci on his first real love story. (06/17/99)
Sharps & flats "Swingin' on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection, Volume 2" By David Hill
Session men Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant hot-licked Hollywood -- and escaped the long arm of Nashville. (06/17/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 17, 1999 (06/17/99)
Books:
Dangerous love By Julia Gracen
The murder of a romance novelist by her dashing but abusive husband has fans asking tough questions.(06/17/99)
Advice for real men By Cary Tennis
A writer's guidelines for being a "standup guy" look more like a primer on chickening out.
(06/17/99)
Review"Moab Is My Washpot"
Reviewed by Charles Taylor: A desperate determination to amuse mars the English actor's memoir of his first 20 years. (06/17/99)
Log What single girls want remains unclear: By Craig Offman
Married and single guys alike are baffled by panel. (06/17/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling
(06/17/99)
Health & Body:
Johnny get your pills By Rob Waters
Are we overmedicating our children? From
hyperactivity to depression, often the answer is to take a pill rather than talk it out. (06/17/99)
Letters:
Every book is a mammary; more civilians were killed by NATO than by Serbs.
(06/17/99)
Media:
Riding shotgun By James Poniewozik
Five years ago Thursday night, a white Bronco rolled onto an L.A. freeway -- and ran over the barriers between the media and everybody else. (06/17/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Kiss for luck By Sallie Tisdale
My daughter's eighth-grade graduation is a ritual like none I've ever experienced. (06/17/99)
News:
Clinton's stealth China policy By Christopher Hitchens
The president would rather look like a bumbler than own up to a policy that ignores China's wrongdoing, from campaign finance to nuclear espionage. (06/17/99)
Magic's seductive hold By Richard Rodriguez
The murder of Mexican talk-show host Paco Stanley reveals the growing disjunction between illusion and reality in Mexico. (06/17/99)
Life returns to Kosovo By Laura Rozen
A war-weary people emerge from the rubble with tales of neighbor helping neighbor, regardless of ethnicity. (06/16/99)
People:
Rogues' Gallery By Douglas Cruickshank
Feds deny wiring wise guy's wazoo: Like great art, masterful crime writing can move our souls and thrill our hearts while conveying a timeless, yet utterly human, story. (06/17/99)
Nothing Personal The nearly nekkid netrepreneur: By Amy Reiter
Pasty, shameless CEO strips for commerce; discovering the king's banana; "Look out! He's got a fish!" Plus: Dual-noggined porker returns home craving alcohol. (06/17/99)
Technology:
The great Silicon Valley soap opera By Janelle Brown
Gates as a villain? Jobs an egomaniac? "Pirates of Silicon Valley" doesn't dig too deeply for insight, but it's fun. (06/17/99)
The Silicon Valley myth with a life of its own By Michael Mattis
In "Pirates," HP, Xerox and other big companies play the fools of the PC revolution, and only the lone visionary "gets it." (06/17/99)
Log Mea culpa: Viruses, worms and zipped files: By Scott Rosenberg
Yes, zipped files now arrive with an ".exe" extension -- and the main reason we need compression utilities is Microsoft. (06/17/99)
Travel:
Saving money in Williamsburg By Donald D. Groff
Our expert offers advice on family deals at the colonial attraction, plus safety in Indonesia, smoke-free Vegas and hot-air balloons. (06/17/99)
Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Cheese royale By Sarah Vowell
Where's the shame in liking "The Cable Guy"? It's my devotion to fluffy French designers that I'm embarrassed about. (06/16/99)
Pavement is a 65-point word By Rodd McLeod
Our writer challenges rock's biggest brainiacs to a sharky game of Scrabble. (06/16/99)
Sharps & flats Santana: "Supernatural" By Seth Mnookin
Surrounded by multi-platinum young artists, Carlos Santana still sounds like a noodly old
hippie.(06/16/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 16, 1999 (06/16/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower The making of Henry Louis Gates, CEO: By Craig Offman
When a trio of scholars decided to partner with Microsoft to create a pan-African encyclopedia, was it a match made in progressive corporate heaven or the founding of an ivory-tower gulag? (06/16/99)
Review"Desperate Characters"
Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir: A brilliant, cheerless little classic from 1970, long out of print, resurfaces. (06/16/99)
Log Jerry Garcia speaks -- to Salon readers: By Craig Offman
The former Grateful Dead guitarist answers your questions via a psychic friend. (06/16/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles by Keith Knight
(06/16/99)
Health & Body:
Drunk like me By Steve Burgess
My last drink of tequila came on Easter -- resurrection day. (06/16/99)
Letters:
Punk pioneer Mike Watt declines his glass coffin; ease up on Jar Jar already!
(06/16/99)
Media:
Extry! Extry! Getcha screen legends here! By Nikki Finke
The American Film Institute's silly list of "50 Greatest Screen Legends" plunks that august body into the same leaky boat as the Letterman Top 10 list.(06/16/99)
The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends(06/16/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Snack time with Jesus By Natalie Pearson
Christian preschool turned my 4-year-old into a fundamentalist. (06/16/99)
News:
On the road with George W. Bush By Jake Tapper
Where never is heard a discouraging word for the goofy cowboy who would be president.(06/16/99)
The fab four By Robert Bryce
Meet the people maneuvering behind the scenes to put George W. Bush in the White House. (06/16/99)
Will unhappy Serbs turn on Milosevic? By Laura Rozen
Refugees flee Kosovo as opponents, Serbian Orthodox Church call for his ouster. (06/16/99)
People:
My magical movie mystery tour By Camille Paglia
On her U.K. "Camille Does the Movies" road trip, La Paglia enlightens the Brits about "Auntie Mame," fails to see a Roman lucky phallus and throws a diva fit over the lighting. (06/16/99)
Looking for life in all the wrong places By Cintra Wilson
Thanks to snorefests like the Umbilical Brothers' "Thwack," comedy is deader than Lester Bangs -- and someone is not amused. (06/16/99)
Nothing Personal No pierced nostril for Barbie: By Amy Reiter
Vavavoomski doll keeps her tattoos, blows off nose ring; Sen. Inhofe's staff's got a woody for
porn; tools of the sex trade tax deductible in New Zealand. (06/16/99)
Technology:
Linux and Microsoft--together at last By Andrew Leonard
A new round of benchmark tests pits free-software hackers against the gang from Redmond in a race for operating-system supremacy. (06/16/99)
Log The best anti-virus defense: Knowledge: By Scott Rosenberg
Learn how your computer works and you'll be much less susceptible to viruses like the Explore.zip worm. (06/16/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 27:Afterglow of Psychrist's robotic inferno. (06/16/99)
Travel:
Heart of darkness By Don George
An accomplished writer journeys deep into the twisted plight of the orangutans of Borneo -- and the humans who would save them. (06/16/99)
Tuesday, June 15, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Log "Big Time" redux: By Steve Kandell
Live in Los Angeles, Tom Waits pierces the heart of Saturday night. (06/15/99)
Headbanger's ball By Gavin McNett
Hell hath no house band like Slayer; Ozzy has no mojo. (06/15/99)
"Star Wars" despots vs. "Star Trek" populists By David Brin
Why is George Lucas peddling an elitist, anti-democratic agenda under the guise of escapist fun? (06/15/99)
What's wrong (and right) with "The Phantom Menace" By David Brin
A science-fiction author scours the new "Star Wars" film for signs of intelligent life. (06/15/99)
Sharps & flats Danielle Howle: "Catalog" By Wendy Mitchell
Singer/songwriter Danielle Howle and the bearable lightness of being alone. (06/15/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 15, 1999 (06/15/99)
Books:
"Girls' Guide" rocks! By Cynthia Joyce
The author of "The Girls' Guide to
Hunting and Fishing" talks about single women's fiction, the trials of
getting published and whether it's possible to be erotic and funny. (06/15/99)
Dear Mr. Blue Love me, love my wife? By Garrison Keillor
Is it OK for me to see my married male friend without his wife tagging along? (06/15/99)
Review"The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing"
Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams: The novel may mock the literature of man-trapping, but it's still too gentle
by far. (06/15/99)
Log Scandalous pro-Serbian novelist inflames Europe's literati
By David Hudson:
The man who wrote "Wings of Desire" has Europe's literati up in arms over his pro-Serbian diatribes and stands accused of domestic violence. (06/15/99)
Comics:
Story Minute by Carol Lay
(06/15/99)
Health & Body:
Log Doctor's little helper
By Jon Bowen: A Palm Pilot-like device can give doctors instant research and drug information.(06/15/99)
Urge Sexual healing: By Virginia Vitzthum
An S/M couple rewrites the book of love. (06/15/99)
Letters:
Don't insult MY intelligence with chick flicks; readers quibble with male nipples story.
(06/15/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Drama Queen for a Day: Mr. Mom
Missing nipples and forgotten diapers: Vote for Dad's worst
domestic moment. (06/15/99)
News:
Mass graves and mine-riddled neighborhoods
By Laura Rozen
Refugees and NATO troops make their way into war-torn Kosovo (06/15/99)
Put a price on his head By Joe Conason
It's not enough to indict him for war
crimes; we must now find a way to bring Milosevic to justice. (06/15/99)
Gore gets religion By Christopher Shea
But can he co-opt the GOP's embrace of federal dollars for religious charities? (06/15/99)
People:
Take this longing from my tongue By Sean Elder
With his songs of love and God and unspeakable yearning, Leonard Cohen occupies his own place in the musical cosmos. (06/15/99)
Nothing Personal Attack of the giant Leach! By Amy Reiter
Ohmygawd! He's baaaack! Buffoonish Brit boor bathes bare babe in gooey chocolate; Steve Forbes hates money; Plus: Cardinal Sin says condoms are for animals -- Arf! (06/15/99)
Technology:
Three lives in Everquest By Janelle Brown
When a game is this beautiful and complex, who cares about a few deaths along the way? (06/15/99)
Log Got my groovy browser baby, yeah: By Kaitlin Quistgaard
It might be worth turning your browser into a "desktop-portal" -- if "Austin Powers" is part of the deal. (06/15/99)
Travel:
Can I trust you? By Carrie La Seur
In the wilderness, a woman, man and dog learn the fine art of interdependence. (06/15/99)
Monday, June 14, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Log Sanitation department: By Zev Borow
Rethinking "Reservoir Dogs," "Bonnie & Clyde" and Hollywood ultra-violence. (06/14/99)
Geri-rigged By Charles Taylor
The artist formerly known as Ginger Spice slips out of the Union Jack drag-queen glad rags with her debut solo effort, "Schizophonic." (06/14/99)
How Sarah got
her groove back By Joyce Millman
In HBO's voyeuristic treat "Sex
and the City," Sarah Jessica Parker finally gets a role fit for a
comedy goddess.(06/14/99)
Sharps & flats Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication By Seth Mnookin
A resurrected John Frusciante establishes the Red Hot Chili Peppers as the premier white-boy party band of the last two decades. (06/14/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 14, 1999 (06/14/99)
Books:
An offending survey By Eugen Tarnow
When junior physicists decide who deserves to share authorship on their scientific papers, sometimes politics
is more important than work. (06/14/99)
The wages of thin By Mary Elizabeth Williams
"The Skinny" wants to be the world's first humorous diet book, but it's weighed down by its own neuroses. (06/14/99)
Navel-gazing raised to an art By Ann Beattie
Five great contemporary books about self-consciousness. (06/14/99)
Review "Devil Take the Hindmost"
Reviewed by Gary Krist: A history of financial speculation from the Roman Empire to the present brims with bad tidings. (06/14/99)
Log Dead man talking
By Craig Offman: Jerry Garcia reaches out to a psychic friend (06/14/99)
Comics:
This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
(06/14/99)
Health & Body:
Saving our skins By Dawn MacKeen
The FDA and dermatologists are arguing over sunscreen labels. (06/14/99)
Letters:
When life was tame, rock 'n' roll needed to be dangerous; why is Australia censoring the Net?
(06/14/99)
Media:
Caviar culture By James Poniewozik
How long will the masses be able to afford mass media? (06/14/99)
Budweiser: Bad for your waistline -- and bad for America By Ruth Shalit
Dick Morris is telling his clients to start running political-style hit attack ads. Here's
Salon's exclusive look at the first crop. (06/14/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Tough lessons By Fiona Morgan
An interview with firebrand educator Esmé Raji Codell.(06/14/99)
Trading places By Esmé Raji Codell
A first-year teacher turns the tables on an unruly student. (06/14/99)
News:
Cops in the 'hood
By Debra Dickerson
Does it help to have police live in the neighborhoods they patrol? (06/14/99)
Chicago hope
By Neal Pollack
In the wake of two recent police shootings, rhetoric about police reform in the Windy City remains nothing more than hot air. (06/14/99)
People:
"She's a badass welder" By Jenn Shreve
For Misty Henry, going to work means crawling into tunnels, avoiding exploding hydrogen pockets and proving that
underwater construction is women's work, too. (06/14/99)
Nothing Personal Newt won't doodle for charity By Amy Reiter
Gingrich digs a 'do with a "minty feeling"; moms dig Wiggles' butts; Lady Aitken wilts before the press; and Flynt crowns Stephanopoulos "Queen Bitch."
(06/14/99)
Technology:
The Web's plagiarism police By Andy Dehnart
An online service claims it can identify purloined papers. So why'd it nail my thesis? (06/14/99)
Log Time Warner, Condé Nast go for the girls: By Janelle Brown
A new alliance is formed to build yet another women's TV network and Web site -- to capture that "smart, active," big-spender female demographic. (06/14/99)
Weekend, June 12-13, 1999
Health & Body:
Urge How to ruin your sex life: By Susie Bright
Twelve anti-erotic tips for the puritanically inclined.
(06/12/99)
People:
Mel Torme By Jody Rosen
The Great American Songbook was his bible, and no one ever brought
the songs to life with a greater combination of dizzying musicianship and dramatic flair. (06/12/99)
The adventures of King Pong By David Pescovitz
Nolan Bushnell, the quintessential
screenager, ported table tennis to the television and launched a revolution in hand-eye coordination. (06/12/99)
The Raw and the Cooked By Douglas Cruickshank
Hey, let's crocodile and let's rock awhile: Come all ye ignoble etymologists: It's contest time! Define "hum cap," win a T-shirt. Plus: Southern-fried music lit's finest hour: "Rythm Oil." (06/12/99)
Technology:
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 26: The sysadmin vs. the world. (06/12/99)
Travel:
A sexual education in Cuba By Daniel Weinshenker
The dance of need and desire differs from one country to another. (06/12/99)
Friday, June 11, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Log Downtown soul: By Seth Mnookin
At this year's Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, two pasty white guys at the Knitting Factory stole the show. (06/11/99)
"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" By Stephanie Zacharek
Dr. Evil and gang party like it's 1969. (06/11/99)
Austin's powers By Lisa Palac
Falling in and out of love with the International Man of Mystery. (06/11/99)
"The Red Violin" By Andrew O'Hehir
Franois Girard's opulent omnibus plays horribly out of tune. (06/11/99)
Sharps & flats "Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me" By Dawn Eden
Have Dr. Evil's corporate toadies stolen the "Austin Powers" soundtrack from Mike Myers? (06/11/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, June 11, 1999 (06/11/99)
Books:
Last exit for education By Peter Bebergal
A prodigal son of the community college returns to teach in the classrooms that once gave him his only chance to escape.
(06/11/99)
Off his feed By David Bowman
Thomas Harris' undigestible mixture of black comedy
and sublime horror causes one fan to lose his appetite. (06/11/99)
Review "Who Killed Kirov?"
Reviewed by Katharine Whittemore: Since it isn't hard to guess, this
investigation works better as a biography than as a whodunit. (06/11/99)
Log The Concise OED
By Craig Offman: Splatterpunk to make you boke. (06/11/99)
Health & Body:
Scary as hell By Arthur Allen
People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs. (06/11/99)
Log Researcher O.D.s on government cocaine: By Jon Bowen
University of Minnesota to return $11,000 in N.I.H. grant money used to purchase the drug. (06/11/99)
Letters:
Salon's happy hooker is hurting women; David Horowitz overlooks GOP blame for China leaks.
(06/11/99)
Media:
Jar Jar mania must die! By Jenn Shreve
The Village Voice takes Jar Jar theorizing too far; a quasi-national alternative glossy editor's cri de coeur; new theories on love and marriage. (06/11/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The art of giving up men By Kate Convissor
In theory, swearing off male attention is easy, but ignoring a flirtatious smile is almost impossible. (06/11/99)
News:
Crying wolf
By Joan Walsh
Ellis Cose's Newsweek cover story set out to celebrate America's racial good news. So why did it wind up singing the same old despairing song? (06/11/99)
People:
In defense of boxing By Steve Burgess
Oscar de la Hoya, the charismatic welterweight, offers a glimmer of hope to the sport's apologetic fans. (06/11/99)
Nothing Personal Hot fun down South By Amy Reiter
That sly dog! The Magnolia State's governor
finally cops to a thing goin' on. Plus: Vladimir Lenin's lost head pops up; ex-Stones drummer now hawking tube steaks; and Mister Rogers soaks up fawning from a cardigan-clad pol. (06/11/99)
Technology:
The great Web "brain drain" By Scott Rosenberg
Is the Net sucking up corporate America's best
and brightest -- or just its greediest? (06/11/99)
Log Windows 98 SE -- the phantom upgrade: By Scott Rosenberg
Microsoft tiptoes out with a new "Second Edition" of its operating system. (06/11/99)
Travel:
Down and out in India By Erik Braun
Jodhpur was driving me crazy -- until I met Julia. (06/11/99)
Thursday, June 10, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Log Not going back to Birdland: By Seth Mnookin
The Knitting Factory's four-city gig is a jazz fest worth staying home
for. (06/10/99)
America's red-hot sweetheart By Michael Sragow
Clara Bow biographer David Stenn talks about how this poor abused beauty from Brooklyn became Hollywood's first real sex icon -- and why she was so reviled for it. (06/10/99)
"Dawson's" freak By Carina Chocano
James Van Der Beek is the unofficial winner of the biggest head award at MTV's
not so very irreverent Movie Awards. (06/10/99)
Sharps & flats "On the 6" By Stephanie Zacharek
Baby got back, but can Jennifer Lopez sing? (06/10/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 10, 1999 (06/10/99)
Books:
Every book is a lesbian book By Dorothy Allison
The author of "Bastard out of Carolina" recalls how her youthful imagination found Sapphists under the most unlikely covers. (06/10/99)
Review "The Holocaust in American Life" and "The Americanization of the Holocaust"
Reviewed by Jesse Berrett: Two books ask how -- and why -- a European catastrophe became central to American culture. (06/10/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug Ruben Bolling
(06/10/99)
Health & Body:
Without sense By Jon Bowen
Isolation tanks make a comeback in the stressful '90s. (06/10/99)
Letters:
Viewers lament Salon's "Silence" (or lack thereof); Hillary can prove her moxie in New York.
(06/10/99)
Media:
Please Mr. Link Man By James Poniewozik
Journalism big shots are pleading for the attention of one drowsy guy in St. Paul. James Romenesko discusses the power of indie weblogs and how he found the bogus millionaire-dog story. (06/10/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Letting it rise By Anne Lamott
Learning to bake a good loaf of bread is not an easy thing, especially when you've got a broken bread machine. (06/10/99)
News:
A stunning victory
By Ian Williams
The United Nations has learned some valuable lessons from a decade of dealing with Slobodan Milosevic. (06/10/99)
The tide turns
By Laura Rozen
Serbian troops begin to leave Kosovo and refugees plan their return as a welcome but uncertain peace takes hold in the region. (06/10/99)
Capitol Hill's odd couple
By Jake Tapper
Guess what happens when a white conservative and a black liberal join forces? (06/10/99)
People:
Vegas' splitting headache By Douglas Cruickshank
Jeepers creepers, voters follow bouncing
peepers! New goodfella-in-chief has never been accused of engaging in oral sex, or
giving "Leaves of Grass" to young women. In other words, he's squeaky clean by today's standards. (06/10/99)
Nothing Personal Baring it all for the Bard By Amy Reiter
C'mon over, baby, whole lotta Shakespeare going on! Plus: The case of the exceedingly unpleasant cream puff; and Stone and DeGeneres slated to sing, "She's havin' my baby ..." (06/10/99)
Technology:
Can history survive Silicon Valley? By Andrew Leonard
Stanford University archivists
struggle to preserve the past of a place that cares only for the future. (06/10/99)
Log MP3 entrepreneurs: Show us the money! By Janelle Brown
A $45 million investment in MP3.com is further proof that the digital music format has graduated from its garage days. (06/10/99)
Travel:
Is it safe for a woman to travel alone in Cambodia? By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert offers tips on Cambodia and Christmas Island, finding Washington hotels and comparing airline comforts. (06/10/99)
Wednesday, June 9, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Is this as good as it gets? By Stephanie Zacharek
Ever since "Sleepless in Seattle," so-called chick movies have been in slow decline. (06/09/99)
Making dollars, making sense By Jeff Stark
Two Kosovo benefit projects helmed by Pearl Jam and the Beastie Boys show how bizarrely record companies will act around new technology. (06/09/99)
Log By Dave Clifford
Punk Rock Hall of Fame Awards 1999: When Black Flag was not Black Flag. (06/09/99)
Sharps & flats "Stereotype A" By Jon Dolan
Cibo Matto's "Viva! La Woman" rewired hip hop in the same way that riot grrrls reinvented punk. What happened on "Stereotype A"? (06/09/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 9, 1999 (06/09/99)
Books:
Turko-Armenian war brews in the Ivory Tower By Chris Shea
After a century of debate about the Armenian massacres, can the Turkish government endow chairs on American universities without branding Turkish studies as wholy corrupt? (06/09/99)
Review "Layover"
Reviewed by Maria Russo: A woman on the verge of a breakdown finds herself sneaking into hotel rooms. (06/09/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
(06/09/99)
Health & Body:
Cutting into sacred territory By Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt
A Navajo medical student faces one of the strongest taboos of her culture -- touching the dead. (06/09/99)
Letters:
More modest proposals for Microsoft; what's so scary about vasectomies?"
(06/09/99)
Media:
Log Jar Jar Binks on the cover of Rolling Stone? By Bill Wyman
The magazine turns out to be the only institution in the world that thinks Jar Jar is hip. (06/09/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Tales of a reluctant parenting pundit By Katie Allison Granju
Just because I wrote a book about parenting doesn't mean I'm an expert ... does it? (06/09/99)
News:
Waging diplomatic warBy Ian Williams
NATO is dictating a peace deal at the U.N. that will virtually guarantee Kosovo's future independence. (06/09/99)
Justice, Texas-style By Robert Bryce
The district attorney of Harris County keeps
putting 'em on death row. (06/09/99)
People:
Alice Adams By Mary Gaitskill
The San Francisco author of novels and short stories wrote with a generous intelligence that characterized the way she lived her life. (06/09/99)
Wolfe in the fold By Joshua Robin
The natty novelist goes on the prowl at Stanford while researching his next book. (06/09/99)
Nothing Personal If this jet's a-rockin,' don't come a-knockin' By Amy Reiter
Like a virgin -- not! Branson makes the skies friendlier than ever; more than we wanted to know about Hendrix; and Alanis gets golden Frisbee award. (06/09/99)
Technology:
Should hackers spend years in prison? By Peter Wayner
Stiff penalties for computer trespassing could create a broad new class of criminal -- including you and me. (06/09/99)
Log The really new economy: Red Hat's IPO By Andrew Leonard
A company that distributes "free software" announces a $96 million public offering. (06/09/99)
Silicon follies Chapter 25 By Thomas Scoville
The Doom Server atop the Throne of Infinite Logic. (06/09/99)
Travel:
Favorite guidebooks old and new By Don George
A selective sampling of the gleaming books that beckon summer travelers. (06/09/99)
Tuesday, June 8, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
50,000,000 Backstreet Boys' fans can be wrong By Ira Robbins
The sweat-drenched rock 'n' rollers of the '50s knew all about good and evil. Forty years later, the Backstreet Boys are singing love songs to their moms. How did
pop music get this insipid? (06/08/99)
Sharps & flats "Play" By Scott Marc Becker
Moby draws a bold line straight from the Mississippi Delta to the South Bronx, connecting the dots of black music in a search for the roots of his electronic craft. (06/08/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 8, 1999 (06/08/99)
Books:
The master's last word By Colson Whitehead
"Juneteenth" offers a tantalizing new slice of Ralph Ellison's genius for capturing America's racial conundrums. (06/08/99)
Log "Death in Venice" is No. 1 gay novel: By Hillel Italie
It's a Mann's world at the pinnacle of a list of the 100 greatest gay novels of all time. (06/08/99)
Dear Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
The art of seduction: Now that we're married, our great romantic adventures seem to be a thing of the past. How can I arouse my husband again? (06/08/99)
Review "Show Me the Magic"
Reviewed by Charles Taylor: Paul Mazursky's Hollywood memoir skips all that phony show-biz jazz. (06/08/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
(06/08/99)
Health & Body:
Why do men have nipples? By Susan McCarthy
Great thinkers, from Aristotle to Darwin, have pondered this question. (06/08/99)
Entertainment for women for men By Daniel Reitz
He was Playgirl's Man of the Year. The year we met -- in a New York hotel room -- was two decades later. (06/08/99)
Letters:
Schoolyard cowboys don't know guns aren't toys; don't let a man (even Updike) pick the best romances. (06/08/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Go get 'em, tiger By Virginia Moran
A single T-ball mom admits her crush on the heroically patient
coach of the perfect kids' game. (06/08/99)
News:
Prisoner of its pastBy Orville Schell
The recent eruption of anti-Americanism in China reflects a deep-seated historical identity as "victim" that is holding back its emergence as a major power. (06/08/99)
Getting to yes: Why Milosevic is balking at peace By Laura Rozen
As diplomats wrangle, Serbian forces reportedly loot Kosovo cities. (06/08/99)
People:
Stealth on ice By Steve Burgess
Dubbed the Great One by his legion of fans, hockey phenom Wayne Gretzky wreaked havoc on the record books before hanging up his skates. (06/08/99)
Nothing Personal A dangerously curvy candidate By Amy Reiter
Former Miss Belgium set to bare all if elected; George Dubbya issues naked denial; and Britain's royals become the first family of multiculturalism. (06/08/99)
Technology:
I was a Jar Jar jackass By Steve Wilson
How a "Star Wars" fan took aim at a despised Gungan and discovered the power of grass-roots Net campaigning. (06/08/99)
Log Office 2000 rolls out with a bash By Scott Rosenberg
Microsoft weaves more of the Web into the latest update of its applications suite -- and celebrates its launch in style. (06/08/99)
Travel:
We can't forget By Elliott Neal Hester
After a few weeks, consumers will move beyond the American Airlines crash. But flight attendants won't. (06/08/99)
Monday, June 7, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Blue Robin By Charles Taylor
This forgotten version of "Robin Hood" is a dark, pagan take on the classic tale. (06/07/99)
Sharps & flats "Terror
Twilight" By Seth Mnookin
Pavement's latest is as polished and refined as the band's early efforts were rough and jagged. (06/07/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 7, 1999 (06/07/99)
Books:
Editor's pick By Michael Korda
Michael Korda, editor of Jacqueline Susann and Tennessee Williams, picks his five favorite novels of the past 40 years. (06/07/99)
Kamasutra U By Carol Lloyd
In Lee Siegel's outrageously inventive new novel, sex manual marries academic farce with orgasmic results. (06/07/99)
The academics who came to dinner By Lee Siegel
Two professors plan a dinner party, aiming
for the highest level of ennui. (06/07/99)
The (un)friendly witness of Christopher Hitchens By Charles Taylor
The journalist brings all his bile to bear on the president he hates. (06/07/99)
Review "Circling the Drain"
Reviewed by Polly Morrice: A debut collection by a writer with nerve runs the gamut from conventional to the experimental. (06/07/99)
Comics:
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
(06/07/99)
Health & Body:
Tinkle drinkers By Andy Newman
A reporter sees (and drinks) things he never thought he would at an international urine therapy conference. (06/07/99)
Letters:
Wall Street Journal reporter disputes "linkalists" context; New York's cops scare me more than the crime rates. (06/07/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Entangled By Peter Trachtenberg
Reading "Charlotte's Web" with the clarity of an adult inspires tears, smiles and tenderness. (06/07/99)
News:
With friends like these... By David Horowitz
It's hardly a surprise that China was able to steal our nuclear secrets, given the kind of people the Democrats have put in charge. (06/07/99)
The real Henry Hyde scandal By David Moberg
A new book lays out Hyde's role in a failed S&L, and it wasn't just a youthful indiscretion. (06/07/99)
People:
The best sheriff in America By Jenn Shreve
San Francisco's Michael Hennessey, the longest-serving
sheriff in California, has brought art and acupuncture to his jails, thinks the war on drugs is a fiasco, and likes listening to "loud, obnoxious music." (06/07/99)
Nothing Personal The case of the roomy unmentionables By Amy Reiter
In Philadelphia, some shameless
soul is ripping-off queen-size dainties. Plus: C'mon in! The world's largest pregnant woman now open for tours. (06/07/99)
Technology:
How many sites would Australia's Net censorship scheme kill? By Paul Gardiner
Aimed at porn, the bill would push service providers to block anything even remotely risque, critics charge. (06/07/99)
Log Will Linux be banned down under? By Jamais Cascio
The source code's four-letter words could run afoul of new Australian censorship legislation. (06/07/99)
Weekend, June 5-6, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for the weekend, June 5-6, 1999 (06/05/99)
Health & Body:
Urge By Andrea Rodriguez
Others tried to convince her that she was heading toward disaster, but she
discovered love in every needy look and aching heart. (06/05/99)
Media:
Cokie Roberts for President! By James Poniewozik
Columnist Ann Coulter may try to get
Connecticut voters to take her home,while broadcaster Pat Buchanan and editor Steve Forbes are running again. But is a media perch really a political asset? (06/06/99)
News
The day after By Laura Rozen
As Kosovo prepares for peace, big questions remain about the KLA, Slobodan
Milosevic and independence. (06/05/99)
People:
Kate Millett, the ambivalent feminist By Leslie Crawford
The author of the 1970 bestseller
"Sexual Politics" may have been the women's movement's most unlikely heroine, or maybe not. (06/05/99)
The Raw and the Cooked By Douglas Cruickshank
We litigate therefore we are: Ellroy and Conde Nast may have to suck fur; drummed out of US, rock legend Ginger Baker will solo polo in South Africa; and (not again!) the Freemasons are cookin' up a world-domination scheme! (06/05/99)
Technology:
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 24: The Guru gives a pep talk. (06/05/99)
Travel:
My holiest place By Jan Morris
A lifetime traveler finds solace in a renegade outpost in southeastern France. (06/05/99)
Friday, June 4, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"Instinct" By Andrew O'Hehir
Silence of the Man: Anthony Hopkins gets back to nature in this classic
Hollywood thriller. (06/04/99)
"Limbo" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
John Sayles invents another place where you really don't want to spend much time. (06/04/99)
Sharps & flats The fucking dons By Amanda Nowinski
Thievery Corporation's second full-length complies brutal dissections of songs by remix-friendly hipster outfits like Pizzicato Five, Stereolab and Gus Gus. (06/04/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, June 4, 1999. (06/04/99)
Books:
Mute no more By Robert Templer
Indonesia's greatest novelist reflects on his nation's upcoming election and on the crimes of his archenemy, Suharto. (06/04/99)
Black and white and read all over By Steven Pyrrho
One graduate student discovers that skin color sometimes matters more than cogent argument. (06/04/99)
Reviews "Who's Irish?" By Gish Jen
Reviewed by Jamie James: In her first collection of stories, Chinese-American novelist Gish Jen turns stereotypes on their heads. (06/04/99)
Log 19th hole: Bill Murray's golf memoir
By Stephanie Zacharek (06/04/99)
Health & Body:
Log Call me Ishmael, dammit! By Jon Bowen
New research shows we can internalize fiction. (06/04/99)
The third breast By Mary Roach
A couple examines its breast together. (06/04/99)
Letters:
Ad was from hell, but so is the lawsuit; Horowitz should blame GOP for security lapses. (06/04/99)
Media:
Will Hannibal the Cannibal eat Hollywood? By Nikki Finke
Demme's out on "Silence of the Lambs" sequel; Universal may pass, too; Dino De Laurentiis stands rampant; and what do you suppose the chances are that Jodie Foster will play a cannibal? (06/04/99)
Advertising stole my humanity! By Jenn Shreve
Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The
Bridget Jones Diary." (06/04/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The psychology of art By Vivienne Walt
Traumatized by war, Kosovar children express their anger, fear
and hope through art. (06/04/99)
The trauma of childhood By Alice Miller
As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war. (06/04/99)
News:
The beginning of the end By Daryl Lindsey
News of a peace deal in Kosovo raises hopes and skepticism among Balkans watchers. (06/04/99)
What did Democrats sacrifice to win gun control? By Jake Tapper
The Republicans got a Draconian juvenile justice bill liberals had been determined -- until last month -- to defeat. (06/04/99)
People:
Nothing Personal Jar Jar Binks blabs all By Amy Reiter
From bong sucking to puppet proctology, actor Ahmed Best reveals more than we care to know about life on the "Phantom Menace" set. (06/04/99)
Technology:
Why emulators make video-game makers quake By Howard Wen
The new "emus" aren't about piracy --
they're about freeing code from the chains of proprietary hardware. (06/04/99)
Log Kevin Mitnick supporters plan rallies: By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Fellow hackers organize Friday protests of his imprisonment, in hopes of winning him a room at a halfway house. (06/04/99)
Log AOL's crash chat: You've got grief! By Chris Allbritton
No sooner did a plane crash in Little Rock on Wednesday than America Online commanded members to hit its ad-heavy chat rooms and "react." (06/04/99)
Travel:
Flying soloBy Reuben Maness
Encounters on an Asian odyssey heal a broken heart. (06/04/99)
Thursday, June 3, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Altman's fortune By Michael Sragow
Robert Altman finds his Paul McCartney in screenwriter Anne Rapp. (06/03/99)
Sharps & flats By David Bowman
When country got too slick, Waylon Jennings broke it down. Sound familiar? (06/03/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 3,1999. (06/03/99)
Books:
The boy in the graveyard By Daniel Mendelsohn
A young man finds that the path to seduction winds through some treacherous territory. (06/03/99)
Reviews "The Elusive Embrace" By Daniel Mendelsohn
Reviewed by Frank Browning: Reflecting on questions of love, lust and gay identity, a classical scholar turns up meaning in unexpected places. (06/03/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Rueben Bolling
(06/03/99)
Health & Body:
Life's little bumps By Elizabeth B. Krieger
Scars are a corporeal scrapbook of a woman's experiences. (06/03/99)
Letters:
Saul Landau argues war has had its chance; Dr. Laura is trying to destroy our libraries. (06/03/99)
Media:
Log Will Hannibal the Cannibal eat Hollywood? By Nikki Finke
With director Jonathan Demme out and Jodie Foster in limbo, the long-awaited sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" is in deep trouble. (06/03/99)
America threatened by outbreak of taste! By James Poniewozik
Post-Littleton, post-Jenny, post-"I'm Proud to Be a Prostitute," the media, willing or not, are getting classy. Spare us. (06/03/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Boy crazy By Sallie Tisdale
The grace and restlessness of teenage boys makes my heart flutter. (06/03/99)
News:
A refugee's escape from hell By Laura Rozen
With rumors of peace, Serbs are making a last-ditch attempt to change the ethnic mix inside Kosovo forever. (06/03/99)
Is it peace yet? By Laura Rozen
Cautious optimism prevails in the Balkans as Milosevic settles for a worse deal than the one he rejected at Rambouillet. (06/03/99)
Milosevic plays the U.N. card By Ian Williams
The Serbian president appears to wave the white flag, and the blue United Nations banner is set to fly again in former Yugoslavia. (06/03/99)
People:
The FBI's new secret weapon:snide prose By Douglas Cruickshank
In the bureau's wanted-poster department, a budding poet blooms. (06/03/99)
Nothing Personal The breast years of our lives By Amy Reiter
Can the great media maw ever be weaned? Plus: Pat Robertson doing business with men in skirts! (06/03/99)
Technology:
Y2Ka-ching! By John Whalen
Bring on the millennial disasters! "Crisis investors" expect to make a killing on computer-glitch nightmares. (06/03/99)
Log Be true to your portal By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Random Web-heads become overwhelmingly loyal portal users, through the simple process of registration. (06/03/99)
Log Gates Foundation's $5 billion: Where will it go? By Andrew Leonard
More contributions to reproductive health organizations may be in store -- they're a pet interest of Gates Sr., who administers the foundation. (06/03/99)
Travel:
Is it safe to visit China now? By Donald D. Groff
Our expert offers info on Vietnam tours, Christmas condos in Hawaii and Puerto Rico's weather patterns. (06/03/99)
Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Rare double bill in Boston By Seth Mnookin
Masada's free-jazz klezmer is, like, good for the soul, man. (06/02/99)
The Beats go on By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Filmmaker Chuck Workman on "The Source," his fawning tribute to the Beat generation. (06/02/99)
Sharps & flats By Joe Gross
On "In the Fishtank," Tortoise meets the Ex, new prog meets art-noise and boredom meets indifference. (06/02/99)
Love, truth and videotape By Sarah Vowell
Everything I know I learned from Video Rodeo. (06/02/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 2, 1999(06/02/99)
Books:
Money pit By Patti See
When a university faculty union distributes the salary list, public record becomes private hell. (06/02/99)
Reviews "Havana Bay" By Martin Cruz Smith
Reviewed by Craig Offman: After seven years, the novelist brings Arkady Renko back for a trip to Cuba. (06/02/99)
The mouse roars again: Did
Disney deal spike an Eisner biography? By Craig Offman
The mouse roars again: Did Disney deal spike an Eisner biography? (06/02/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
(06/02/99)
Health & Body:
Log Dangerous cartoons By Jon Bowen
Why one broadcast caused seizures in hundreds of children. (06/02/99)
The snip job By Gary Kauf
One man confronts his fear of sharp instruments in sensitive places. (06/02/99)
Letters:
Attack on Louima showed supreme arrogance; why don't "Buffy" producers worry about sexual content? (06/02/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Schoolyard cowboys By Lisa Moskowitz
Education alone is not enough to stop kids from playing with guns. So what is? (06/02/99)
"Something's bound to go wrong" By Nicki Blake
A boy who played games with the police and the justice system couldn't outrun the cost of defiance. (06/02/99)
News:
Under the volcano By David Lazarus
The Japanese, never known for their frivolity, have grown
downright depressed as their decade-long economic troubles proliferate. (06/02/99)
People:
Only models matter By Cintra Wilson
Your guide to the role of women in fine art and the world. (06/02/99)
Nothing Personal Morning with the woodman, lunch with the cake cop By Amy Reiter
If Pat Buchanan gets his way, decorated desserts will be regulated by constitutional amendment. Plus: Tipper endorses Al!(06/02/99)
Technology:
Log Will AOL give legal cred to MP3? By Andrew Leonard
By purchasing Nullsoft -- creator of the Winamp MP3 player -- America Online could lend legitimacy to digital music distribution. (06/02/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 23: Zen cats, dragon's eyes and the valley's Gertrude Stein. (06/02/99)
What is to be done about Microsoft? By Scott Rosenberg
Break it up? Open it up? Nationalize it? As the trial grinds on, the government smells victory and eyes remedies. (06/02/99)
Travel:
Paris on my mindBy Don George
Why Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is great literary comfort food. (06/02/99)
Tuesday, June 1, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Finale thoughts By Joyce Millman
The best and worst of TV's season-ending episodes. (06/01/99)
Sharps & flats By Amanda Nowinski
Orbital's impaired glimpse into the greater possibilities of techno will hypnotize you right to sleep, hypnotize you right to sleep. (06/01/99)
Television By Joyce Millman
Simpson juror's one-woman show; "P.O.V." on three strikes law. (06/01/99)
Books:
"We're a long way from the end of this" By Dan Cryer
Alger Hiss' son talks about his new memoir, "The View From Alger's Window," and the espionage case that wouldn't die. (06/01/99)
Reviews "Heartbreaker" By Robert Ferrigno
Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams: Author Robert Ferrigno returns from a long sabbatical, just in time for summer. (06/01/99)
Reviews "Flight Maps" By Jennifer Price
Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir: Feathered hats, plastic flamingos: Five essays examine Americans' uneasy relation to nature. (06/01/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
(06/01/99)
Health & Body:
Buddha with a whip By Virginia Vitzthum
He heals his lovers by subjecting them to rituals of ancient torture, but how can sado-masochism offer a path to sexual health? (06/01/99)
Log Is meat sexy? By Dawn MacKeen
Vegetarians may not be getting enough zinc -- or lovin'. (06/01/99)
Letters:
Open season on Ricky's sexuality; why doesn't Horowitz fault the Wall Street Journal's slant? (06/01/99)
Media:
Cannes don't! By Bill Wyman
In New York Times' East Coast film bureau, they just love Harvey Weinstein. (06/01/99)
The great American garage sale By James Poniewozik
Thanks to Ebay, "Antiques Roadshow" and their ilk, cleaning out the attic is now a national sport. (06/01/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Will the real Eloise please stand up? By Amy Benfer
Now that "Eloise" is back in print, her fans can once again reclaim her as their own. (06/01/99)
News:
Naked city By Anthony York
A class-action suit seeks damages for thousands of New Yorkers the Giuliani administration admits were strip-searched after being arrested for misdemeanors. (06/01/99)
Three strikes and you're in By Anthony York
New Gov.Gray Davis battles his party for more prisons. (06/01/99)
New York stakes By Joe Conason
The GOP is putting out a line that Hillary's entry into the Senate race would hurt Al Gore's presidential bid, but the opposite is true. (06/01/99)
People:
Brilliant Careers The midwife of modern midwifery By Katie Allison Granju
From her Tennessee commune, Ina May Gaskin almost single-handedly inspired the rebirth of midwifery in the United States. (06/01/99)
Nothing Personal Mr. Cher applicants, the line forms on the left By Amy Reiter
She ain't gettin' any, babe; Prince Philip bombs as stand-up; and tales of the well-endowed Wahlbergs. (06/01/99)
Technology:
No fear of an MP3 planet By Janelle Brown
As Public Enemy embraces new music technology and takes on the recording industry, it's also helping smash the Web's lily-white image. (06/01/99)
Log Whine a little for me By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Got a problem? This site will serve your complaint -- for a fee. (06/01/99)
Travel:
Travel Diary Up Cambodia without a phrasebook By Rolf Potts
On the pleasures and paranoia of being a mostly clueless white guy in the company of Third World hosts. (06/01/99)
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