COVER
STORY
Lenny
Bruce: The Crucifixion of a True Believer
By
Nat Hentoff
MEDIA
The
Washington Correspondent
An
interview with Salon.com’s Jake
Tapper
By
Grant Rosenberg
MUSIC
Into
the Big Pink Yonder
A
respected rock journalist ponders the
legendary rock group, The Band.
By
Barney Hoskyns
ART
Yes:
The Art of Yoko Ono
By
Milton Heap
FILM
The
Silencing of Clara Bow
Clara
Bow was the first great sex symbol of
film—an “in your face” woman
that Hollywood silenced.
By
Christina Ball
FILM
The
Creators and Their Art
It
may not be what you expect, but these
are ten great films.
By
John W. Whitehead
TELEVISION
The
Art and Death of Pee-wee Herman
Paul
Reubens’ alter-ego, Pee-wee Herman,
once had the most popular Saturday morning “children’s” show.
But Pee-wee did a bad thing, and they
did away with him.
By
Jesse Brown
MUSIC
Making
a Spectacle
An
interview with Antony Johnson
By
Adam Shecter
LITERATURE
Ten
Great Books
If
you want to read books that changed the
world, then we’ve got ‘em.
By
Susan Tyler Hitchcock
MUSIC
Wild
and Woolly
Take
a wild train ride with Janis Joplin and
Bonnie Bramlett, as the two women speak
their minds with no boundaries.
By
David Dalton
FILM
What
The Devil Is Up To
Every
time you go to the movies, there’s
another religious thriller. Is the devil
getting his due?
By Grant Rosenberg
MUSIC
Bloomfield’s
Doomed Field
A
legendary rock icon remembers his old
friend, Mike Bloomfield, the highly talented
blues guitarist who rose to prominence
with Paul Butterfield and recorded with
Bob Dylan.
By
Al Kooper
FILM
Cocksucker
Blues
This
highly controversial cult classic about
a Rolling Stones tour, long held out
of public view, is rediscovered here.
By
Neal Shaffer
LIFESTYLES
Boundaries
All
the things we rebel against, we often
find we relish years later.
By
Marie Lapointe Smith
BOOK
REVIEW
Jew
Boy
By
Silja J.A. Talvi
POETRY
The
Saddest Man on Earth
By
Alan Kaufman
MUSIC
Ten
Top Songs Of 2000
By
Jayson Whitehead
MUSIC
It’s
All Blues
Guitar
prodigy Corey Harris talks about the
future and the past.
By
Jason Gilmore
REVIEWS
Tulsa
photography, The Gossip, Stephen Malkmus, Complicated
Women, John Cale, After Modern Art, Kristofferson and more
