Indie - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/indie/?source=rss&aim=indie en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT Song of the Day: "Tonight I Have to Leave It," Shout Out Louds Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/21/shout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/21/shout/index.html?source=rss Up there with Volvos and tennis players as Sweden's best exports. Responses to "Did Gen X Kill the Rock Star?" Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/06/gen_x_reader_responses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/06/gen_x_reader_responses/index.html?source=rss Readers mull the future of rock. "The Mother" By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/05/28/the_mother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/05/28/the_mother/index.html?source=rss Roger Michell's film about an affair between an older woman and a handyman with an artistic soul is a story of sexual awakening, yes, but that's only part of it. Writing in the Margins By Scott Thill Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/05/13/margins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/05/13/margins/index.html?source=rss Our monthly roundup of indie publishing: DC Comics terrifies with Lovecraft; Lethem and Denis Johnson do avant-cabaret; a harrowing tale of the 1997 Red River flood. Assimilating the Web By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/locking_up_the_web/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/locking_up_the_web/index.html?source=rss Like "Star Trek's" all-powerful Borg, AOL and Microsoft are determined to crush the spirit of online independence. Is resistance futile? "Eureka" By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/04/eureeka/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/04/eureeka/index.html?source=rss Indie movies go global with a four-hour Japanese film that, like life, keeps going -- even if you sneak off to the bathroom. Buy our movie. Please. By Alan Deutschman Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/31/sundance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/31/sundance/index.html?source=rss Does it take marching bands and a live tiger to get a distribution deal at Sundance? "Crime and Punishment in Suburbia" By Charles Taylor Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/09/22/crime_and_punishment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/09/22/crime_and_punishment/index.html?source=rss Even dressed up in tabloid lighting and cut with jagged edits, this pulp nihilism never goes beyond daytime TV banality. Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/31/mouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/31/mouse/index.html?source=rss Modest Mouse builds a singles collection -- nothing out of something -- and all sorts of other contradictions. Forget Sundance By Michael Sragow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/01/27/lechner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/01/27/lechner/index.html?source=rss Former Miramax exec Jack Lechner proclaims the death of the indie as we know it. Astonishing ourselves By Jack Lechner Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/01/27/speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/01/27/speech/index.html?source=rss Why most American independent films don't have a future -- and why that's a good thing. Lounge Axed By Neal Pollack Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/01/19/loungeax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/01/19/loungeax/index.html?source=rss Good rock clubs die every month, but Chicago's finest was better than any of them. "Julien Donkey-Boy" By Ana Marie Cox Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/15/donkey_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/15/donkey_boy/index.html?source=rss Critical vertigo, a homely Chlok Sevigny and one jabbering schizophrenic -- this all means something to director Harmony Korine. Sharps & flats By Andy Battaglia Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/09/13/sukpatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/09/13/sukpatch/index.html?source=rss Low-fi electronic indie duo Sukpatch release the fall's best summer record. Sharps & flats By Wendy Mitchell Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/08/24/momus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/08/24/momus/index.html?source=rss On "Stars Forever," British cult singer Momus offered fans personalized, one-of-a-kind songs -- for $1,000 apiece. Del Amitri By John Milward Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/10/07/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/10/07/review/index.html?source=rss