http://dir.salon.com/topics/masterpiece/?source=rss&aim=masterpiece en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT By Steven Hart Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/04/27/dylan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/04/27/dylan/index.html?source=rss A new book about Bob Dylan's masterpiece, "Blood on the Tracks," fusses over the details while missing the story. By Virginia Vitzthum Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/08/19/12_monkeys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/08/19/12_monkeys/index.html?source=rss Combining time-travel thriller and experimental film, Terry Gilliam's 1995 oddball classic steals a tale of doomed love and cruel fate from Hitchcock -- then pays back the debt. By Damien Cave Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/08/05/air_jordan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/08/05/air_jordan/index.html?source=rss What changed leisure footwear forever and created the wonderful, hideous behemoth of contemporary consumer culture? It's gotta be da shoes. By Charles Taylor Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/29/bond_titles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/29/bond_titles/index.html?source=rss Maurice Binder's gorgeous, abstract, erotic openings to the classic 007 films captured the '60s pop revolution in its purest form. By Charlotte Robinson Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/23/you_really_got_me/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/23/you_really_got_me/index.html?source=rss Desperate for a hit in 1964, an obscure band named the Kinks slashed up a cheap guitar amp with a razor blade. The rest was history. By Greg Rubinson Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/15/silent_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/15/silent_world/index.html?source=rss In this artistic and technological breakthrough -- today almost impossible to find -- the sinewy French explorer took us all into unknown depths. By Charles Taylor Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/08/swingin_lovers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/08/swingin_lovers/index.html?source=rss Beyond the magnificent late-night gloom (and the bombast of "My Way") you'll find Frank Sinatra's finger-poppin' classic, a joyous exploration of rhythmic invention. By Douglas Wolk Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/01/joy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/07/01/joy/index.html?source=rss Irma Rombauer might have been a terrible cook, but her elegant instruction manual belongs in every kitchen. By Paul A. Toth Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/24/buildings_and_food/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/24/buildings_and_food/index.html?source=rss It's 1978, and a band of Manhattan art-school geeks called Talking Heads teams with Brian Eno to produce the funkiest nervous-breakdown record ever made. By Chris Green Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/17/pac_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/17/pac_man/index.html?source=rss With its canary-yellow Everyblob hero, its masterfully simple design and its abstract realm where even death was a cheerful event, Pac-Man brought video gaming out of the bars and into the malls. By Jonathan Kiefer Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/10/three_colors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/10/three_colors/index.html?source=rss Just when it seemed that European cinema had become fossilized, the great Polish director created the slickest -- and loveliest -- concept album in art-film history. By Laura K. Warrell Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/03/fight_the_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/03/fight_the_power/index.html?source=rss Public Enemy's explosive 1989 hit single brought hip-hop to the mainstream -- and brought revolutionary anger back to pop. By Brian Libby Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/28/star_wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/28/star_wars/index.html?source=rss Who cares about "Attack of the Clones"? After reinventing popcorn cinema with his giddy space western, George Lucas can do whatever he wants. By Joyce Millman Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/20/dark_shadows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/20/dark_shadows/index.html?source=rss Years before Buffy, Angel and Anne Rice, this ultra-cheapo Gothic soap opera entranced a generation with soulful vampires, werewolves and lost love. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/13/olympia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/13/olympia/index.html?source=rss With a single shocking canvas depicting a prostitute in repose, Édouard Manet ushered in the brave nude world of modern art. By Miriam Pace Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/06/circle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/05/06/circle/index.html?source=rss Thirty years before "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" the scruffy hippies of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band persuaded skeptical country legends to join them in the studio -- and created bluegrass' greatest moment. By Andrew Nelson Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/29/holiday_inn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/29/holiday_inn/index.html?source=rss Exploding with color, optimism and razzle-dazzle, the now-extinct Holiday Inn "Great Sign" was a true design landmark of the American century. By Jeff Galipeaux Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/22/brady_grant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/22/brady_grant/index.html?source=rss On a June afternoon in 1864, Mathew Brady invented candid portrait photography -- and changed our vision of American masculinity. By Jamie Allen Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/15/teen_spirit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/15/teen_spirit/index.html?source=rss Was Nirvana's angry, culture-shifting 1991 anthem really a revolution? Maybe not. But it changed my life. By Mark Holcomb Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/08/outer_limits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/08/outer_limits/index.html?source=rss "We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." The creepiest series in TV history combined existential inquiry with a memorable monster menagerie. By Joan Walsh Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/01/barry_bonds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/01/barry_bonds/index.html?source=rss Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation. By Ken Gordon Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/26/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/26/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss Over 21 years, eight novels and 2,200 pages, the titan of American writing has published the most ambitious literary series of our time. By Julene Snyder Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/19/jc_superstar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/19/jc_superstar/index.html?source=rss Andrew Lloyd Webber's much-mocked rock opera is actually a classic work of '70s spiritual exploration -- and besides, Our Lord is hot. By Bomani Jones Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/11/sign_o_times/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/11/sign_o_times/index.html?source=rss Part '80s musical retrospective, part angry social document and all booty-thumping housequake, Prince's 1987 classic stands as pop's last great double album. By Brian Libby Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/05/2001/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/03/05/2001/index.html?source=rss With music and mind-blowing visuals, Stanley Kubrick created a wildly popular avant-garde film that asked all of the biggest questions -- without venturing any easy answers.