Salon: Issue 22, July 1-5, 1996

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Salon Issue 22
July 1-5, 1996

Wednesday July 3, 1996: Tattoos: the final frontier. Daily quote: Justice, 18 years too late
Tuesday July 2, 1996: "Wherewithal to create mayhem." Daily quote: Stone stoned
Monday July 1, 1996:The smear of the year: former FBI agent Gary Aldrich's "Unlimited Access". Die hard: Hong Kong's fading dream of democracy. Daily quote: Great Expectations, updated

MEDIA CIRCUS:

Wednesday July 3,1996: NYT's 100th: It's our party and we'll drone if we want to
Tuesday July 2,1996: Sports Illustrated: All a literate magazine should be
Monday July 1,1996: Hollywood S&M: Exploiting Sony's yen for punishment

SNEAK PEEKS:

Wednesday July 3, 1996:
Special holiday 3-pak: Keith Haring, punk picaresque, Atlanta
Tuesday July 2, 1996:
Derby Duggan's Depression Funnies By To De Haven (Fiction)
A picaresque novel, set during the Great Depression, about the creative and cranky artists and writers who create comic strips.
Monday July 1, 1996:
A Little Yellow Dog By Walter Mosley (Fiction)
Walter Mosley brings back gumshoe Easy Rawlins

TABLE TALK:

Should Sex Ed be taught in schools?
Posts of the week.

SPECIAL: "Independence Day": Apocalypse? Wow!!

Happy July 4th! Daily Clicks will return Monday.

SALON REGULARS:

Ill Humor By Ian Shoales
Name changing and identity games just ain't what they used to be.

Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
Why does female bisexuality seem so easy and natural, while male bisexuality makes people nervous?

Listress By Amy Wallace
How they died, stars who didn't wait tables and men who didn't marry their secretaries.

BOOKS:

The Salon Interview: Sharon Olds By Dwight Garner
The poet talks about breathing, the Pope's penis and the necessity of getting out of art's way.

End Games: Has Science Run Out of Steam? By Scott Rosenberg
"The End of Science," like so many of its "End of..." predecessors, turns out to be more of a personal lament than a persuasive apocalyptic argument.

ISSUES AND POLITICS:

Bob Woodward: Stenographer to the Stars By Christopher Hitchens
The Beltway's favorite insider writes the "first draft of history" by letting his sources trade access for favorable treatment.

MODERN LIFE:

Outsourcing the Theater By Charlie Varon
When the local talent just doesn't fit the bill, what's a stage producer to do? Look offshore.

MUSIC:

Lone Star Satori By Kevin Berger
Zen country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore's music is "therapy for the world."

Ghost Story By Stephanie Zacharek
Patti Smith's new "Gone Again" is a meditation on grief that gets richer and simpler each time you listen to it.

Mingus Revisited By Michael E. Ross
A rare recording captures Charles Mingus and his group at a pivotal moment -- in 1964 Paris, on the eve of saxophonist Eric Dolphy's departure from the band.

COMICS:

Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World.
Carol Lay: Story Minute
Keith Knight: The K Chronicles
Ruben Bolling: Tom, The Dancing Bug

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