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Salon Issue 20
June 17-21, 1996
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Thursday June 20, 1996: Death stalks the migrant trail. Daily Quote: rich get richer, Dole gets dyslexic. Sierra Club executive director responds to Salon article. Wednesday June 19, 1996: Two views of the Whitewater report. Daily quote:Attack of the "oppo" brigades. Tuesday June 18, 1996: The Benjamin Netanyahu fan club (U.S. branch). Quote of the Day: Off with their heads! Monday June 17, 1996: The Red Army general who holds the key to Russia's future. Thursday June 20,1996: Bend over, America: "Hunchback" hype is here! Wednesday June 19,1996: Technoids in tuxes strut at NY's new media awards bash. Tuesday June 18,1996: Tailored news: The rise of Internet clip joints. Monday June 17,1996: Oprah, Cindy Crawford & New Age nuts: Book fest nightmare. Go Now by Richard Hell (Fiction) In this debut novel by the legendary punk rocker, a heroin-addicted New York musician makes a road trip to California in a '57 DeSoto. Thursday June 20, 1996: Smokestack Lightning by Lolis Eric Elie (Nonfiction) A travel memoir of sorts, in which the author, and a photographer friend, hit the road in search of America's best barbecue. Wednesday June 19, 1996: The Frequency of Souls by Mary Kay Zuravleff (Fiction) An illicit romance between two refrigerator engineers becomes a quirky meditation on the mysteries of electricity, love and death. Tuesday June 18, 1996: Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp (Nonfiction) A memoir about alcoholism and its discontents, from a journalist who was skilled at hiding her addiction. Monday June 17, 1996: From Bondage by Henry Roth (Fiction) From the author of the classic "Call It Sleep," a novel about young man trying to escape the stigmas of poverty, parochialism, and sexual transgression. TABLE TALK: Posts of the week. MUSIC: In the first of our quarterly roundups of our editors and critics' favorites in different fields of art and entertainment, we pick 14 pop albums that mattered -- and still do. Introduction: If everybody's a critic, why does everybody hate critics? By Joyce Millman The Beatles, "Rubber Soul" By Stephanie Zacharek The Clash, "London Calling" By Bill Wyman
Elvis Costello, "This Year's Model" By Scott Rosenberg "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band," By Milo Miles Jimi Hendrix, "Axis: Bold as Love" By Gary Kamiya Moon Mullican, "Seven Nights to Rock" By Andrew Ross Liz Phair, "Exile in Guyville" By Cynthia Joyce Prince, "1999" By Mary Elizabeth Williams Maggie and Terre Roche, "Seductive Reasoning" By Dwight Garner The Rolling Stones, "Some Girls" By Lisa Crovo Frank Sinatra, "The Capitol Years" By Laura Miller Bruce Springsteen, "Darkness on the Edge of Town" By Joyce Millman Vulgar Boatmen, "Please Panic" By Charles Taylor Stevie Wonder, "Innervisions" By Cintra Wilson COLUMNS: Careers of yesterday for people of tomorrow.
Unzipped By Courtney Weaver BOOKS: The British author of "Possession" talks about her new "Babel Tower," bloody revolutions, feminist dilemmas, and the advantages of book-learning over experience. MOVIES: "The Cable Guy" isn't going to sway anyone who still isn't sold on Jim Carrey -- but even the comedian's detractors keep rising to the bait of his brilliant physical comedy. COMICS: Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World. |