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Salon Issue 18
June 3-7, 1996
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Sign up today for our weekly newsletter with the latest Salon headlines. Thursday June 6, 1996: Washington fiddles as Medicare burns. Quotes of the Day: Jocelyn Elders -- free at last. Wednesday June 5, 1996: Blood in the rice paddies: with the bomb squads in Laos. Quote of the Day: All's swell in Bosnia. Tuesday June 4, 1996: Politics in prime time: We don't need no stinking sound bites. Quote of the Day: Loyal to no one, believing in nothing. Monday June 3, 1996: Democracy's "frozen fire" still burns in Beijing. Quotes of the Day: Anorexic models and the energizer President. Thursday June 6,1996: Sex ads: The hope for America's future. Wednesday June 5,1996: Exquisite corpses: Why pumped boys and junkie girls are in Vogue. Tuesday June 4,1996: It's not hot, it's not cool! The anti-Vanity Fair mag. Monday June 3,1996: Houses of ill repute: The further decline of the book biz Washington Babylon by Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein Gonzo-style political muckraking, from two seasoned left-wing journalists, modeled after Kenneth Anger's classic book "Hollywood Babylon." Thursday June 6, 1996: The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty A prominent hip-hop poet delivers a satirical novel about a young man plucked from his comfortable suburban life and forced to survive in inner-city L.A. Wednesday June 5, 1996: Caught Inside by Daniel Duane A chronicle of Northern California surf culture, from a young writer who, unemployed, decided to spend a year searching for the ultimate wave. Tuesday June 4, 1996: Snakebite Sonnet by Max Phillips In this lighter-than-air love story, the antic hero pursues his lifelong crush on an enigmatic older woman across three decades. Monday June 3, 1996: Polaroids from the Dead by Douglas Coupland Essays about slackers, hackers and youth culture, from the author of "Generation X" and "Shampoo Planet." TABLE TALK: Posts of the week. COLUMNS: Putting the eeeeee back in Valujet. Unzipped. By Courtney Weaver BOOKS: Scott Adams' mouthless creation speaks for a generation of cubicled drones. Plus an interview with Scott Adams. TV: Extreme sports pretend to be the punk of athletics, but they're really for non-jocks on power trips. MODERN LIFE: They drive trucks, shoot guns and swill beer -- and don't you dare call them sissies. ISSUES AND POLITICS: Once the man of the hour, the former California governor now issues jeremiads from the political wilderness. MUSIC: Ani DiFranco is making it the hard way -- on her own. Salon REGULARS: Our mistress of esoterica presents a quiz on animal endowments and other matters. The winner receives a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music. COMICS: Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World. |