Sarah Vowell

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  • Truckin' down to Deadland, Inc.

    What a long, stupid trip it's gonna be.
    By Sarah Vowell January 9, 1998

  • The worst books of 1997

    Salon Magazine's book critics survey the worst and most overrated books of 1997
    By Dwight Garner December 24, 1997

  • The most significant musical moments of 1997

    Salon contributors answer the question: what was your most significant moment of 1997?
    By Cynthia Joyce December 24, 1997

  • Survey says ...

    Give the people what they want.
    By Sarah Vowell December 12, 1997

  • The Presidential Suite

    A suggested soundtrack for the George Bush Presidential Library.
    By Sarah Vowell November 14, 1997

  • Stop the Violins!

    How an epidemic of classical music crossovers is destroying the culture of cool.
    By Sarah Vowell October 31, 1997

  • Playing the "Air Guitar"

    Dave Hickey's essays on art and democracy hit a major chord.
    By Sarah Vowell October 17, 1997

  • Playing the "Air Guitar"

    Dave Hickey's essays on art and democracy hit a major chord
    By Sarah Vowell October 3, 1997

  • True blue tributes

    Two new albums celebrate the songs of Bruce Springsteen and Jimmie Rodgers -- with mixed results.
    By Sarah Vowell September 19, 1997

  • Sound Salvation: Comically incorrect

    Chris Rock riffs on unfunny old themes--in "Roll With the New."
    By Sarah Vowell September 5, 1997

  • Cursed Words

    The FCC just made cussing less costly -- did it fuck up?
    By Sarah Vowell August 8, 1997

  • Compilation creep

    If Starbucks doesn't have a soundtrack to suit your lifestyle, maybe the Postal Service will.
    By Sarah Vowell July 25, 1997

  • Media Circus

    Quirky, intelligent and unpredictable, "This American Life" is the best thing on the air waves
    By Julia Barton July 23, 1997

  • Throwing ovaries

    The second-grade sensibility of the pseudo-feminist Lilith Fair
    By Sarah Vowell July 11, 1997

  • Wall-to-wallowing carpet

    The songs on British folk singer Beth Orton's "Trailer Park" will brighten any Winnebago.
    By Sarah Vowell June 27, 1997

  • Classical music: R.I.P.?

     
    By Sarah Vowell June 27, 1997

  • Aural Injustice

    If hell is other people's stereos, then bring on the lawsuits.
    By Sarah Vowell June 13, 1997

  • Marching to the beat of a not-so-dumb drummer

    The Foo Fighters' "The Colour and the Shape" proves ex-Nirvana member Dave Grohl is still the most powerful drummer in rock 'n' roll.
    By Sarah Vowell May 30, 1997

  • Southern culture on the skids

    Oxford American's Southern music issue needs more grits, less gravy.
    By Sarah Vowell May 16, 1997

  • Discount pop

    You can't walk away from U2 -- even though you'd like to.
    By Sarah Vowell May 2, 1997

  • God Save the Teen

    The adorable anarchy of Atari Teenage Riot.
    By Sarah Vowell April 25, 1997

  • Hard-boiled Frog

    French cabaret punk Serge Gainsbourg doesn't just romanticize American outlaws on his posthumously re-released "Comic Strip" -- he emulates them.
    By Sarah Vowell April 18, 1997

  • Hurts So Good

    On the three-year anniversary of Kurt Cobain's self-crucifixion, Sleater-Kinney inspires epiphany.
    By Sarah Vowell April 4, 1997

  • Appetite for Affection

    Pop music's food fetish is just a thinly veiled hunger for love.
    By Sarah Vowell March 28, 1997

  • For every gap, there is (re)generation

    Rock 'n' roll fills the void at South by Southwest
    By Sarah Vowell March 21, 1997
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