Literary Daybook, March 13

Record companies: Save us from ourselves!

Bill Hicks, the black-humored articulator of doubt

"The Salon Interview: James Carville"

A viewer's guide to "Monsoon Wedding"

Sex tips for Victorians

Lynda Barry

Chained melodies

Swift injustice

"My job is to choreograph chaos"

Pickering's race war

"Blues for Cannibals" by Charles Bowden

Why do women lie to me?

Mensch, or passive-aggressive prima donna?

Worst-case scenario

When in doubt, nuke 'em

Harding stops Jones in 3

"The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez" by Jimmy Breslin