Herewith, our pick of Salon’s 50 most entertaining, provocative and important stories of 1999, in chronological order. Each day this week we’ll add 10 to the list. We hope you enjoy this chance to read some great writing you might have missed first time around. And don’t miss our “People’s Choice” list of Salon’s most-read articles of the year.
What a riot By Jeff Stark
Diary of a Woodstock ’99 survivor.
[07/27/99
— Arts & Entertainment]
Girl talk
By Janelle Brown
Are frank online discussions of sex empowering teen girls — or turning them into Lolitas?
[07/28/99
— Technology]
Conquering Half Dome — and the fear of falling By Don George
When a simple hike turns into a paralyzing ascent, a father has to overcome his terror.
[07/31/99
— Travel]
You meet the
nicest folks in porn theaters By Craig Seligman
Gay writer Samuel Delany mourns the late, great and sweetly
raunchy Times Square.
[08/10/99
— Books]
Who is Eliza May?
By Robert Bryce
Is the woman at the center of the Texas funeral home
scandal a wronged government watchdog or a Democrat with a political
agenda?
[08/20/99
— News]
Reach out and touch yourself By Virginia Vitzhum
A phone-sex virgin creates her own private marathon.
[08/24/99
— Health & Body / Urge]
News flash: You’re a crackpot By Cary Tennis
To be in the news, try making some — or at least what passes for
it these days.
[08/28/99
— People]
The gang’s all here By Kevin Bisch
Hope flickers at the “World’s Biggest Gangbang.”
[08/31/99
— Health & Body / Urge]
Faster pussycat, Wax! Wax! By Christina Valhouli
A Brazilian bikini wax changed Gwyneth Paltrow’s life; it can change yours, too.
[09/03/99
— Health & Body]
The Art of Don E. Knuth
By Mark Wallace
Computing’s philosopher king argues for elegance in programming — and a Pulitzer Prize for the best written code.
[09/16/99
— Technology]
