COVER STORY
The Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson’s tabloid reflections and racial rejections
By Daniel Kraus

FILM
I Feel Your Pain
In the past few years, anti-heroes in films have been projected as heroes who earn our respect and even our admiration. What are the consequences?
By Grant Rosenberg

ISSUES
A Real Beer Bust in New York City
Or how I was Rudy Giulianied out of sleep one fine October morning
By Marty Wombacher

ISSUES
The Man Who Killed Paul McCartney
An eyewitness account of the surrounding incidents which fanned the flames of the “Paul Is Dead” rumors
By Jim Yoakum

MUSIC
The Ozark Saga of Singer and Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood
By Robert Cochran

MUSIC
It Came on a Flaming Pie and Left on a Bullet
Thirty years since the Beatles’ breakup
By John W. Whitehead

BOOK
Keeping the Faith
The language of rock fashion
By Nat Whilk

ART
The Life and Work of Basquiat
By Victor Bockris

LITERATURE
Media Startups
An excerpt from a collection of first-job-in-the-media stories
By Garret Mathews

INTERVIEW
Douglas Coupland
The man who gave us the label Generation X expounds on his newest works and talks about his search for meaning and transcendence.
By Johan Conrod

REVIEWS
Christopher Isherwood, Rock obituaries, Supergrass, Will Oldham and more