Village Voice - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/village_voice/?source=rss&aim=village_voice en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT Francis Davis takes on Wynton Marsalis Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/17/marsalis_davis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/17/marsalis_davis/index.html?source=rss A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album. "Bitches-and-hos" lesbian subculture Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/ags/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/ags/index.html?source=rss Have some young lesbians taken a cue from mainstream rap on how to treat women? Boys will be girls Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/08/gender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/08/gender/index.html?source=rss Parents support 5-year-old's decision to live as the opposite sex. Idiocy of the week By Andrew Sullivan Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/sullivan/2002/11/16/eminem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/sullivan/2002/11/16/eminem/index.html?source=rss Using Eminem, badly, for political gain. Did Lester Bangs die in vain? By Ira Robbins Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/04/04/bangs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/04/04/bangs/index.html?source=rss Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore. Brother knows best By Amy Benfer Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/22/eggers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/22/eggers/index.html?source=rss Dave Eggers talks, with some reluctance, about the staggering work of being a genius parent. Village Voice sold By Sean Elder Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/log/2000/01/04/voice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/log/2000/01/04/voice/index.html?source=rss The New York paper that was once the lone wolf of alternative journalism has become the crown jewel in a nascent media empire. Unto us, a poster child is born By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/10/poster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/10/poster/index.html?source=rss They are the heroes and victims upon which we affix life's tragic lessons and drill them into your head. Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? The unbearable lightness of Schwarzenegger By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss Film critics struggle to review "The End of Days" and still retain their indie cred. Plus: The AIDS crisis in Africa and one writer's desperate attempt to get a job at Maxim. Don't look back By David Horowitz Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/25/reflections/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/25/reflections/index.html?source=rss But if you do, how can you say whether your life might have turned out differently? For me, it was a stark choice: Accept the absolute limits on human hope or adhere to the destructive fantasy of change. The American way of bigotry By David Horowitz Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/13/racism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/13/racism/index.html?source=rss As we divide along racial lines, aren't we surrendering the fundamental idea of what it means to be American? Tree girl has spawned! By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/03/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/03/protests/index.html?source=rss Young, PR-savvy idealists defend forests, Republicanism and dog food. Plus: Graphic sex writing is soooo 1995; Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish? The malling of America By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces. Nudity for all! By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/06/naked/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/06/naked/index.html?source=rss Too hot? Lose the swimsuit, say several venerable publications. Plus: Reform Party madness, TV racial quotas and a ridiculous theory on recent violence. Generation R.I.P. By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/09/genx/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/09/genx/index.html?source=rss The Village Voice pronounces Generation X as dead as Kurt Cobain and as irrelevant as a Cheesy Poof. Plus: Alternative health stories that don't suck. Alternative juju By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/02/althealth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/02/althealth/index.html?source=rss Unconventional remedies are ripe for journalistic inquiry, but are weeklies up to the job? Plus: The secrets of mosquitoes, Osama bin Laden's hiding place and Internet IPOs revealed! Whither fair lesbians? By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/25/lesbians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/25/lesbians/index.html?source=rss Gay Pride marches on, leaving its lesbian sisters to cough up the dust. Plus: The Boston Phoenix reports on Starbucks' latest conquest and why pheromone perfumes only make you stink. Jar Jar mania must die! By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/11/jarjargay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/11/jarjargay/index.html?source=rss The Village Voice takes Jar Jar theorizing too far; a quasi-national alternative glossy editor's cri de coeur; new theories on love and marriage. Advertising stole my humanity! By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary." Ma Bell's ill communication By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/05/21/mabell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/05/21/mabell/index.html?source=rss The Dallas Observer exposes telecommunications madness; rumors of carcinogenic tampons may be greatly exaggerated. Millennial-time religion By Jenn Shreve Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/05/07/spirituality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/05/07/spirituality/index.html?source=rss The L.A. Weekly gets spiritual; poo falls from the sky in Salt Lake City. Liberti, Egaliti, Versace! By James Poniewozik Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/poni/1998/12/08/poni/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/poni/1998/12/08/poni/index.html?source=rss American fashion mags get democratic,embracing fat women, old women, etc. Michael Bérubé's difficult balancing act By Michele Tepper Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss While battling the critics of political correctness outside the university, the "tenured radical" also slams his fellow academics for failing to help graduate students and other untenured scholars organize. Sentenced to death By Christopher Hitchens Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/25/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/25/media/index.html?source=rss If you can understand these tortured, indecipherable examples of "transgressive" academic writing, you're driving too close. Murdoch knows best By James Surowiecki Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/19/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/19/media/index.html?source=rss Rupert Murdoch buys Pat Robertson's fundamentalist family cable network, uniting Bart Simpson with John-Boy Walton at last.