No. 8 ~ The Cultural MiracleBUY ISSUE
“For all its great cable channels, the excellent new global cyber capitalism is turning out to be a lot like the simple, grinding, exploitative capitalism of a hundred years ago,” writes Thomas Frank in the lead essay, in which he begins to explore the ways we deceive ourselves about our basic economic interests. Mike Newirth pours a nice frosty cosmo for the One Percent, while Tom Vanderbilt calls Skyy vodka’s marketing efforts “a Reaganite shibboleth charted in the barroom.” Aaron Cohen praises Thirties band-leader Artie Shaw; Artie Shaw remembers dealing with the music industry in the Thirties. Gary Groth reads Quentin Tarantino. Daniel Harris writes about gay porn in the age of AIDS. Produced in Chicago in February 1996; 128 pages.
Table of Contents
Salvos
- The Gaudy and Damned Tom Vanderbilt
- Pelf and Powder Blue Owen Hatteras (pseud.)
- Revolution in Cliché-land Andrea Codrington
- The Dustbin of Theory Chris Lehmann
- Swing Shift Aaron Cohen
- The Money Shot Daniel Harris
- Pulp Affliction Ray Carney
- A Dream of Perfect Reception Gary Groth
- Shiny, Digital, Plastic, and Aluminum Negativland
- The Time Management Gospel Jennifer Brostrom
- Aux Barricades, Fonctionnaires! Edward Castleton
- Miracle on Ice Tom Vanderbilt
- The Cultural Miracle Thomas Frank
Poems
- The Manly Apocalypse Alec Dinwoodie
- from Cantos for James Michener David Berman
- When in Rome Jennifer Moxley
- Dire Choir Clayton Eshleman
- The Theory of Subtlety Michael Warr
Stories
- Something to Be Proud Of James Meek
- Give the Millionaire a Drink Mike Newirth
- Helping Hand George Logothetis
- Inter Office Mail David Knowles
- On Deadlier Ground Robert Nedelkoff