http://dir.salon.com/topics/sarah_vowell/?source=rss&aim=sarah_vowell en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT By Christopher Walla Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/26/walla_vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/26/walla_vowell/index.html?source=rss Writer and radio personality Sarah Vowell tells Death Cab for Cutie's Christopher Walla about the ghosts haunting her new book, "Assassination Vacation," and why life is brighter since her turn in "The Incredibles" By Douglas Cruickshank Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/09/11/vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/09/11/vowell/index.html?source=rss A "This American Life" commentator celebrates nerds and explains how to love your country without turning into a boorish, jingoistic, kitsch-crazed lout. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/06/07/jordan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/06/07/jordan/index.html?source=rss Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/05/10/film_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/05/10/film_books/index.html?source=rss Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001." By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/04/26/tv_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/04/26/tv_guide/index.html?source=rss America's favorite weirdly schizophrenic magazine comes bound in leather in swanky hotel rooms. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/04/12/psycho/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/04/12/psycho/index.html?source=rss In the dark comic world of "American Psycho," pop is an essential soundtrack to murder. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical? By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/15/texas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/15/texas/index.html?source=rss From "Waltz Across Texas" to "The Tennessee Waltz": Will Bush or Gore dance his way to the White House? By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/01/htoo_twins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/01/htoo_twins/index.html?source=rss In the jungles of Southeast Asia, 12-year-old twins lead a band of rebels. My twin sister and I got into trouble a lot, too. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/02/16/vowell_america/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/02/16/vowell_america/index.html?source=rss Reciting Lincoln's words, Gore -- the geek candidate who cares about climate change in 10th century Mexico -- confronts America's most famous presidential ghost. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/02/02/vowell_wb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/02/02/vowell_wb/index.html?source=rss Despite the WB's reputation as the teen-sex network, shows like "Dawson's Creek" and "Roswell" owe their appeal more to the damaged-family yearnings of a Brontk or Dickens novel than to sheer skin. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/01/19/sarah_vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/01/19/sarah_vowell/index.html?source=rss Tom Cruise is not one of us. He's always aloof and alone, seemingly judging us with his eyes. He makes us very, very nervous. Maybe that's why we can't resist him. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/01/05/bests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/01/05/bests/index.html?source=rss Bathrobes, Canadians and plastic chairs: These were the things that made my year. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/12/01/collings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/12/01/collings/index.html?source=rss "It Hurts" author Matthew Collings on the uselessness of secular critics, Warhol's sincere cynicism and how one avoids annoying art-speak. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/11/17/moviesrock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/11/17/moviesrock/index.html?source=rss Why have there been more good movies in the past eight weeks than in the past eight years? By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/11/03/nytv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/11/03/nytv/index.html?source=rss Now that both Felicity and Jennifer Love Hewitt live here, the streets of New York are no longer safe for Scorsese fans. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/20/ikea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/20/ikea/index.html?source=rss Is interior home design responsible for the downfall of American masculinity? Letters to the Editor Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/13/paglia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/13/paglia/index.html?source=rss Camille Paglia rages about religion; uncovering the history of "St. James Infirmary"; what's so unique about masturbatory time travel? By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/06/onesong/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/06/onesong/index.html?source=rss Listening to good music is like watching a quiz show without cue cards -- the fun is in knowing that you might not ever figure it out. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/22/subscriber/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/22/subscriber/index.html?source=rss Announcing ... the Your Town Here Arts & Lectures fall season, featuring Anglo-Saxon-American jazz puppet theater! By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/16/rayfiel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/16/rayfiel/index.html?source=rss A rebellious young Eve stands at the center of a novel about a Midwestern religious cult. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/08/sidekicks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/08/sidekicks/index.html?source=rss Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter was the biggest star on "Late Night." So what took him so long to leave? By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/08/25/thanks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/08/25/thanks/index.html?source=rss It's no Arthur Miller masterpiece, but TV's silly, subversive "Thanks" just might be "The Crucible's" sitcom equivalent. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/08/11/cameo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/08/11/cameo/index.html?source=rss Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow. By Sarah Vowell Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/07/28/mock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/07/28/mock/index.html?source=rss Documentaries are huge. Their perverse cousins are nipping at their heels.