Air

Catch up on a week's worth of free songs
New music from Ted Leo and Arcade Fire highlights this week's crop of free songs.
Daily Download: "Once Upon a Time," Air
The masters of Gallic cool return.
"The Virgin Suicides"
Subtle, breezy, serious and smart, Sofia Coppola's gorgeous directorial debut gets to the heart of adolescent longing -- singing chewing gum notwithstanding.
Letters to the editor
Homeopathy is quackery, cry experts. Plus: Are liberals wrong about guns? George W. doesn't have what it takes.
Sharps & Flats
Beck's Kraftwerk-meets-Kraft-cheese funk -- and more audio fromage from Sonic Youth, Pavement, Cibo Matto and Air -- on "At Home With the Groovebox."
Sharps & Flats
Air's "Virgin Suicides" soundtrack sparkles with the sublimated passion of teenage occultism.
Flying Turkey
For about $100, you can skip the buses and zip across Turkey by air. Plus advice on a Fiji marriage and not missing those international flights.
Flying the queasy skies
Sometimes turbulence is just the start of your problems.
The cheapest air ticket around
Dawn MacKeen explains the ins and outs of flying as a courier.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine.
Fly girl
Mid-air diaper changes and occasional airsickness aside, flying with my toddler at the controls brings back the thrill I felt when my dad taught me to fly.

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