ALSO TODAY Dig his mood By John Milward Putting the "roll" back into rock 'n' roll: An interview with Nick Lowe Husbands and wives By Joyce Millman "Everybody Loves Raymond" is a family sitcom -- but it's not about the kids RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Without reservations By Mary Elizabeth Williams A conversation with "Smoke Signals'" Sherman Alexie (07/02/98) Sharps & Flats By Bill C. Malone Everything old is young again: A look at new music from the veterans of Old Country (07/02/98) Armageddon Reviewed by Charles Taylor This summer's other meteor movie is so dumb and unimaginative, it would even embarrass NASA (07/01/98) Road warrior By David Bowman The path to Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels" was paved with good intentions (07/01/98) Home Movies By Charles Taylor "The Border": Jack Nicholson's broken promised land (06/30/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY CATERINA FAKE

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND, JULY 3-6, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Melissa Manchester, Buckwheat Zydeco and the cast of Broadway's "Ragtime" perform on Pops Goes the Fourth! (7:30 p.m. Sat., A&E), the annual Boston Pops Independence Day concert and fireworks gala from the banks of the Charles. Further down the East Coast, Tony Danza hosts A Capitol Fourth (check local times Sat., PBS), the holiday concert from the Capitol's West Lawn. Ken Burns' documentary The Statue of Liberty (check local times Sat., PBS) gets a Fourth of July airing. The documentary series American Stories (9 p.m. EDT/11 p.m. PDT Sat., Discovery Channel) looks at life in the 20th century through the personal history of 10 families. Peter Fonda narrates. Diane Keaton's 1995 drama Unstrung Heroes (9 p.m. Sat., ABC) is the story of a boy with a dying mother who is comforted by three eccentric uncles. Andie MacDowell, Michael Richards and John Turturro star. S E R I E S The new reality series L.A. Detectives (9 p.m. EDT/10 p.m. PDT Fri., A&E) takes viewers on the case with actual detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. David Duchovny hosts a must-see rerun of Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Puff Daddy with Jimmy Page. Watch for Duchovny's dead-on Jeff Goldblum impersonation. The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the episode flashing back to musical numbers from previous episodes. Dateline NBC (8 p.m. Sun., NBC) profiles Marines who fought in the casualty-heavy battle of Hill 881 in the Vietnam War. Mulder and Scully have conflicting stories about how a vampire-impersonator ended up shot in a lighthearted rerun of The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox). Law & Order (10 p.m. Sun., NBC) repeats the episode in which the district attorneys clash over the prosecution of a drunk driver who killed three people. Gene Hackman is the subject of a new Biography (8 p.m. EDT/ 9 PDT Mon. A&E). On the first of two reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30 p.m. Mon., CBS), Ray wants Debra to take cooking lessons from Marie. In the second episode, Debra's snobby parents take the Barones to dinner. On a repeat of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9 p.m. Mon., WB), Willow scans a spell book and unleashes a demon onto the Internet. In the new series Fanatic (11 p.m. Mon., MTV), a lucky fan is whisked off to interview his or her favorite music star. S P O R T S Baseball: Orioles at Yankees (7:30 p.m. Fri., ESPN) Mets at Braves (7:35 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., 1:05 p.m. Sun., TBS) Dodgers at Giants (10:30 p.m. Fri., ESPN) Mariners at Rangers (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN) World Cup: Italy vs. France (10:30 a.m. Fri., ESPN2) Brazil vs. Denmark (3 p.m. Fri., ABC) Netherlands vs. Argentina (10:30 a.m. Sat., ABC) Germany vs. Croatia (3 p.m. Sat., ABC) Wimbledon: Women's championship (9 a.m. Sat., NBC) Men's championship (9 a.m. Sun., NBC) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Fri.: Dylan McDermott (r); Mon.: Steven Weber (r) David Letterman (CBS) Fri.: Elizabeth and Bob Dole; Mon.: Salma Hayek, Joan Cusack (r) Jay Leno (NBC) Fri.: Nicolas Cage, Hanson (r); Mon.: Danny Glover, Semisonic Politically Incorrect (ABC) Fri.: Andy Richter; Mon.: Steven Wright (r) Conan O'Brien (NBC) Fri.: Finlay Quaye (r); Mon.: Fred Savage (r) SALON | July 3, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/07/02glow.html">Thursday, July 2, 1998

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