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Salon Issue 25
July 22-26, 1996
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Thursday July 25, 1996: Nirvana lost: In search of the church of Cobain. Daily Quote: On the backs of the poor. Wednesday July 24, 1996: Rock 'n' religion: Christian concerts mix God and mosh pits. Daily quote: Leeches from abroad. Tuesday July 23, 1996: Northern Ireland: The Troubles return. Daily Quote: Margarine miracle. Monday July 22, 1996: Money, sweat and hype: Let the games end! Daily Quote: The crash of IBM's "Info 96" Thursday July 25,1996: Godzilla, phone home: Today's movie monsters suck. Wednesday July 24,1996: The Web's cornucopia of columnists. Tuesday July 23,1996: Censorship scares -- a liberal growth industry. Monday July 22,1996: Nike's new rough-trade ads: no girly men allowed. Grove Press, reviewed by James Marcus Gobs of punk nostalgia. Thursday July 25, 1996: The Giant's House By Elizabeth McCracken (Fiction) Dial Press, reviewed by Nell Casey One of Granta's 20 "best young American novelists" charts the unlikely romance between a librarian and the tallest man in the world. Wednesday July 24, 1996: Radio Priest By Donald Warren (Nonfiction) Free Press, reviewed by Maud Casey A biography of Father James Coughlin ("The Father of Hate Radio"), who reached some 16 million listeners in the 1930s and '40s. Tuesday July 23, 1996: Dr. Neruda's Cure for Evil By Rafael Yglesias (Fiction) Warner Books, reviewed by Robert Spillman A big, rambling and ambitious novel about a psychotherapist who believes his can rid people of their darker impulses. Monday July 22, 1996: A Tale of Two Utopias By Paul Berman (Nonfiction) W.W. Norton, reviewed by Phil Leggiere Berman, a prominent social critic, traces the various political uprisings of 1968 through the revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989. TABLE TALK: Posts of the week. SALON REGULARS: Mexico City Blues. South of the border, our sundress-clad columnist finds feral mariachis and the luck of the drunk.
Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
Verbivore By Richard Lederer
Word by Word By Anne Lamott
BOOKS: Plagiarism accusations fly while the crime itself gets harder to define. MODERN LIFE: After 50 years in the avant-garde, the modern dance choreographer is using computers to craft "Ocean," his final collaboration with the late John Cage. DIGITAL CULTURE: On your desktop, you probably see something he has designed every day. Now he's creating software for Web site creation. Mok talks about his new company and his new book, "Designing Business." MUSIC: Prince says Warner Bros. has "enslaved" him, but with "Chaos and Disorder" he's doing his best work in years.
Passionate Messenger By Michael Ross
MOVIES: Peter Jackson's "The Frighteners" mixes comedy and terror in a vain homage to '80s horror classics. Woman Warrior By Wagner James Au COMICS:
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