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Channel turfing
Scott Rosenberg
Everyone from MSN to AOL to Pointcast wants to cut the Web up into advertiser-friendly "channels." But the more the Web is like TV, the less good it is -- and the less business it will do.
Sharps and Flats
Michelle Goldberg
what color is your Alternative?
Larry Smith
You can complain all you want about sellouts, but some of the best
alternative culture our country has to offer is bought and paid for by The Man.
The Salon Interview: Robert Stone
Dwight Garner
The Salon Interview: Robert Stone. The author who has been called "the apostle of the strung-out" talks about his new story collection, "Bear and His Daughter," and why he is drawn to men and women in extremis.
Sexplorations: Journeys to the Erogenous Frontier
Megan Harlan
Salon Sneak Peek: a daily book review -- Sexplorations: Journeys to the Erogenous Frontier, by Anka Radakovich.
Media Circus
Dwight Garner
When a panel of famous writers, including black-clad incest poster child Kathryn Harrison, gathered in New York to brood publicly over the rising tide of literary memoirs, the ensuing "debate" was about as exciting as smooching your sister.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
Lori Leibovich
Assaults, robberies, carjackings, joy rides, drive-bys. You name it, girl gangsters do it, just like their male superiors.
Media Circus: Rating for Godot
Cynthia Joyce
Lying our way to better television: A renegade Nielsen "family" tells all.
“Kama Sutra”
Laura Miller
"Kama Sutra" is bogus history and cheesy storytelling, but what the hell, it's sexy.
Media Circus: My Dinner with Ron
Nick Ravo
A chat with the improbable, ubiquitous porn star Ron Jeremy, poised on the brink of mainstream success -- or so he thinks.
Media Circus: Living large
Etelka Lehoczky
Mode, a women's magazine for real women, aims to convince its audience that fashion isn't just for waifs. Come on, girls -- indulge!
Casualties of the Marijuana War
Lowell Weiss
It isn't just cancer and AIDS patients who are suffering because of America's anti-pot hysteria. Hundreds of small-time users are in jail -- for life.
For every gap, there is (re)generation
Sarah Vowell
Rock 'n' roll fills the void at South by Southwest
“The Graduate”
Robin Dougherty
You may have been a randy, spiteful old drunk, but at least you didn't wind up like your lover-boy -- as the '60s generation's most embarrassingly Oedipal symbol.
The King of Comedy
Joyce Millman
Joyce Millman writes about "The King of Comedy" for Salon Personal Best movies.
Feminist asault on the military
David Horowitz
A dead woman pilot, unjustly accused
officers and ruined careers -- all brought to you by the
political correctness combat brigade.
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