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Now and Zen
Patrick Smith
On the 20th anniversary of its release, Husker Du's landmark album "Zen Arcade" proves there was way more to '80s music than kitsch, camp and bad haircuts.
“Spider-Man 2”
Charles Taylor
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are back, but this sorta square Spidey movie doesn't swing.
Blahbusters
Charles Taylor
Don't buy the frantic pleadings of the Hollywood media machine -- summer blockbusters have become a colossal bore.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Kim Cattrall demands more than HBO will give to make "Sex and the City" movie, Snoop Dogg to get divorced, and Missy Elliott cancels Jakarta show amid terrorist threats.
Writing in the Margins
Scott Thill
Our monthly roundup of indie publishing: DC Comics terrifies with Lovecraft; Lethem and Denis Johnson do avant-cabaret; a harrowing tale of the 1997 Red River flood.
“Kill Bill, Vol. 2”
Charles Taylor
Tarantino's talent can be dizzying, and Uma Thurman and David Carradine have great chemistry. But all it adds up to is that Q.T. seems to revere every movie he's ever seen.
Man of inaction
Cary Tennis
We want to be together but he's balking at getting married, even though it would allow me to get a green card and a job in my profession.
“Secret Things”
Charles Taylor
Nudity, lesbian love scenes, threesomes, incest and orgies, sure -- but the most shocking thing about this French film is that it dares to address the fate of the soul.
The Fix
Karen Croft
Jacko's lawyer has been on the case for months, Monica can't get a date and what do ZZ Top and George Harrison have in common? Plus: Are Stephen King and Shakespeare mutually exclusive?
The dreamer of Brooklyn
Peter Kurth
Jonathan Lethem's astonishing "The Fortress of Solitude" places him in the first rank of American novelists.
The mash-up revolution
Roberta Cruger
Destiny's Child vs. Nirvana! Britney vs. Chic! The Ramones vs. ABBA! How pop's hottest DJs are creating those wild bootleg remixes -- and why they're so hard to find.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Arnold wants to do Terminator 4, Sidney Blumenthal wants his own mag, and the U.S. wants to protect Elvis' recording studio. Plus: Design Martha's cell and win a prize!
“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Charles Taylor
Despite Sean Connery and some impressive 19th century gloom, this big-screen translation of Alan Moore's culty comic-book series falls to earth with an incoherent splat.
Men in tights (and why we love them)
Charles Taylor
Since the days of Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn, swashbuckling heroes have brought much-needed joie de vivre to a cynical Hollywood. Can "Pirates of the Caribbean" revive that glorious tradition?
Letters
Salon Staff
NPR listeners defend "The Hulk" -- and themselves -- in response to Charles Taylor's review.
Pillaging the cartoon universe
Scott Thill
Fred Flintstone as a mob boss! Yogi's pal BooBoo as a terrorist! Jonny Quest as the subject of a gay child-custody battle! All these outrages and more can be found on Cartoon Network's hilarious, hallucinatory "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law."
The Matrix way of knowledge
Erik Davis
From the Gnostic gospels to the visions of Descartes to the shamanic quests of Eastern mystics, the Wachowski brothers' pop opus weaves a dense web of philosophical and metaphysical allusions.
A future worth fighting for
Andrew O'Hehir
Yes, "The Matrix Reloaded" delivers phantasmagoric visuals. But it also introduces a new level of grown-up human passion into this saga of technology and salvation.
Hot, sweaty and scandalous
Nora Isaacs
Bikram Choudhury, founder of the fastest-growing style of yoga in America, has copyrighted his poses and is threatening to sue anyone who teaches his "hot" style without permission. Is this enlightenment?
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers share tales of woe inspired by Farhad Manjoo's "Take This Tech Job and Shove It."
Going downhill fast
Tina Brown
Gathering at the elite Deer Valley ski retreat, the newly humbled masters of the universe bemoan the Bush economy but express high hopes for his war.
“A Ship Made of Paper” by Scott Spencer
Suzy Hansen
A small-town interracial affair becomes a destructive juggernaut in the latest novel of obsessive passion from the author of "Endless Love."
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