October 2004 Archives
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Letters From the Editor
Art is Everywhere
In line to pay for lunch. The woman in front of me hands a credit card to the clerk. The clerk looks at the card, which has an image of...
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Stories
A Few Bad Apples
Following the public outrage and scandal, after the hospitalizations and quarantines, the Unified Fruit Crop Corporation offers a helpful list of questions and answers to address your many concerns about the problem with its fruit.
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Gallery
Nightscapes
With an eye for the solitude that comes with open landscapes, German photographer Martin Wolf Wagner shares a gallery of luminescent, moving images where nighttime doesn’t necessarily mean darkness.
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The Guilfoile-Warner Papers
A Week Away
In 2001 Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner lampooned the new president in their book, My First Presidentiary. Now, with the real possibility of four more Bush years, they discuss the issues facing today’s voters. This week: the possible effects of such last-minute topics as lesbians, pejoratives, and conservatives vs. conservatives.
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Opinions
A Modest British American
When America is so despised around the world, it is too bad we’ve lost one of our best ambassadors. Our correspondent attends a memorial service for Alistair Cooke in Westminster Abbey and sees the 20th century’s greatest radio broadcaster remembered among the famous and the great.
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Letters From the Editor
Hackery Smackery Doo
Have you heard enough about Jon Stewart’s appearance on Crossfire yet? Yes? Well I’m sorry, because here’s one more opinion, and I really want to share. Jon...
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The Non-Expert
Dance
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we describe many of today’s most enduring and popular dance steps, and include helpful illustrations that show you how to dance them.
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Personalities
Forever Changing
Arthur Lee—songwriter, social critic, and leader of ’60s rock band Love—is finally back after an extended absence. Our writer witnesses Lee and his newly re-formed band play their classic album, Forever Changes, in concert and talks to him about what it meant then and still means today.
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Gary Benchley, Rock Star
Beyond the Show
If a band plays a concert, and no one pays attention, can it still aspire to musical greatness? Is anything louder than the sound of no hands clapping?
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Listening
The Arcade Fire, Funeral
A predictable choice? Fine. It’s the name on everybody’s lips…even the band’s own: Lead singer Win Butler quipped, “Hi, we’re Flavor of the Month,” at...
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Gallery
Death Row Diaries
How much can you tell about a person from their yearbook photo, particularly when the yearbook is stocked with killers?
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Birnbaum v.
Jon Lee Anderson
Grave mistakes have been made in Iraq, but there’s still room for hope. A conversation with New Yorker correspondent Jon Lee Anderson for a fascinating, frank talk about life in Baghdad, U.S. policies as viewed from the street, and how Iraq’s insurgency could possibly be quelled.
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The Education of Elisabeth Eckleman
Party With Kat
Elisabeth Eckleman just left home, and has a lot of difficult decisions ahead of her. In this installment, Elisabeth goes to a party with her roommate and meets a new somebody. You decide what happens next.
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Of Recent Note
For Fall 2004
Books, movies, shows, albums, artists, clothing, writing instruments, online “services,” ways to cook, things to eat, and more things to digest.
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The Guilfoile-Warner Papers
Master Debating
In 2001 Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner lampooned the new president in their book, My First Presidentiary. Now, with the real possibility of four more Bush years, they discuss the issues facing today’s voters. This week: debating the debates of the debates.
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Letters From the Editor
A Short Note on System Status
To people who have written in commenting on the staleness of our Album of the Week and People We Like features, we’re sorry we haven’t been able to...
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The Non-Expert
Fall
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we tell you how to recover after taking a really nasty spill in public. And yes, they’re all laughing at you.
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Opinions
The Intramural Sports of Kings
The signup sheet in the break room wants you and your co-workers to meet at the park on Saturday for a game of softball. For some it may just be fun, but for others it’ll be pure competition.
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Gary Benchley, Rock Star
The First Concert
Who has better lyrics, the GOP or New York’s rockers? And can a romantic relationship survive “hug therapy?”
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Birnbaum v.
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Our Boston correspondent chats with novelist Jennifer Finney Boylan about going on Oprah, the differences between being a female writer versus a male writer, and her best-selling book about becoming the woman she always was.
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Letters From the Editor
Bolivian Brain Rot
Signs that you got sick by talking to that person in line at the ATM, even if you’re not totally convinced you’re coming down with something: —Sweat, both...
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Don't Be Rude
RSVPs and “Best Persons”
A wedding invitation arrives without an RSVP card, and a bride wonders what to call a female “best man.”