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Issue 41: November 25-29, 1996

NEWSREAL:

Friday November 29, 1996: If pot is medicine, it can't be cool. Daily Quote: A Whopper of a lawsuit
Wednesday November 27, 1996: Blue genes. Daily quote: Emperor Bill.
Tuesday November 26, 1996: Crossing the color line. Daily quote: Burroughs' fear.
Monday November 25, 1996: Crooks find CIA work. Daily quote: New Pearl Harbor.

MEDIA CIRCUS:

Friday November 29, 1996: Nightmare before Christmas: Toy safety terror!
Wednesday November 27, 1996: Heroine overdose: Female trouble at the NY Times.
Tuesday November 26, 1996: O.J. on the stand: More lies from the murderer.
Monday November 25, 1996: New Age cyberpunks: "Star Trek's" Borg are villains we deserve.

SNEAK PEEKS:

The Book of Yaak By Rick Bass (Nonfiction)
Houghton Mifflin, reviewed by Rob Spillman
A meditation on the threatened natural beauty of the Yaak Valley in northwest Montana, one of the most remote places in the United States.
Bad Land: An American Romance By Jonathan Raban (Nonfiction)
Pantheon, reviewed by Dwight Garner
A hard-scrabble journey through rural life in the American West, from a Brit "trying to find my own place in the landscape and history."
Reflected Glory By Sally Bedell Smith (Nonfiction)
Simon and Schuster, reviewed by Kurt Jensen
An unauthorized and dishy biography of Pamela Churchill Harriman, the Washington socialite and current U.S. Ambassador to France.
The Missing By Andrew O'Hagan (Nonfiction)
New Press, reviewed by Charles Taylor
Part memoir and part social history, this book is a searching examination of people who vanish, whether by intention or foul play.

SHARPS & FLATS:

"Blood Bros" By Joe Heim
Heavy music, lite video.
"Quartet" By Gary Kamiya
A dazzlingly eclectic CD by guitar master Pat Metheny.
"K" By Keith Moerer
Kula Shaker: They'll feel dumb when hash wears off.
"Emancipation" By Patrick Macias
Prince's 3-CD set flaunts his new family values.

TABLE TALK:

A man, a plan, a baton - in praise of conductors
Posts of the week.

SALON REGULARS:

Swamp Fever By James Carville
He's mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. The Ragin' Cajun declares war on Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr.

Ill Humor By Ian Shoales
Christmas explained: When Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Spirit of Christmas Present, who is the spirit of Christmas past — Bruce Willis?

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Liquored up and stuffed. That's the best way to dress your bird on Thanksgiving.

Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
How do you respond when your dad marries a woman your age? Join the Unzipped discussion in Table Talk.

Verbivore By Richard Lederer
Blasphemous Bloopers in this week's quiz. The first to submit the correct answers to the Verbivore Challenge wins a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music.

The Five-Minute Mystery Solution By Dick Lochte
Who done it in Issue 37's mystery, "Blood in the Suds," and which Salon reader found the solution first.

MODERN LIFE:

Crazy colors By Dwight Garner
Three dishy new books strip the art world bare. It ain't a pretty sight.

Being alone By D.J. Waldie
In the heart of family-oriented suburbia, one man makes a radical choice. Holidays included.

BOOKS:

Supermodel Citizens By Charles Taylor
In defense of America's most beleaguered workers.

MUSIC:

Songs From a Marriage By Joyce Millman
Amy Rigby's superb "Diary of a Mod Housewife" looks at real-life love from the kitchen-sink perspective of great country music.

MOVIES:

Don't believe the "Hype!" By Jennie Yabroff
Neophyte filmmakers attempt — and fail — to capture Seattle's "insider" music scene.

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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