Contents EDITORIAL

Frothing From the Mouth - Barry Hoffman


FEATURES

There's More Than One Way To Burn A Book - Ray Bradbury

Offensive or Stimulating? - William Relling Jr.

The Last Temptation of Popeye - William Relling Jr.

Behind the Wildmon Wall - Shannon Riley

An 'Open' Meeting at the Wirral Christian Centre - Ramsey Campbell

The FCC Cracks Down - Filthy Words - George Carlin

Take a Stand, FCC! - Michael A. Arnzen

Crucifax: The Missing Chapter - Ray Garton

An Interview with Ray Garton

Let the Darkness In - Steve Rasnic Tem

Back Windows - Steve Rasnic Tem

Nackles - Harlan Ellison

Wrong Vibes on Sexual Violence - Natalie LaTorre

Appetite for Destruction - Doug Martin

A Williams Portfolio

No: Don't Exploit Women's Bodies - Trisha Sherrick

Yes: Celebrate the Beauty of Female Form - Jeannette M. Hopper

What's Up, Doc - Kevin J. Anderson

The Choking Grip - Isaac Asimov

Nasty Times - Rex Miller

Taboo is Taboo - Stephen R. Bissette

Determine Your Censorship Quotient - Dan Simmons

The Censors Nobody Talks About - Gary Brandner

The Soiling of Old Glory - Stanley Forman

Piss Christ - Andres Serrano

Splatter: A Cautionary Tale - Douglas E. Winter

The Woman Who Gave Good Phone - Cliff Burns

Honey Suit - Henry Slesar

Ships in the Night - William F. Nolan

The Cutting Room - Yvonne Navarro

Fear in the Classroom - Bill Munster

Free Speech is Dying on Campus - Thomas Sowell

Irresponsible Journalism - Roman Ranieri

Smashing Traditional Sexual Values - Brenda Loew Tatelbaum

A Letter Home - Donna Bocian

Ten Ways to Combat Censorship


DEPARTMENTS

Open Forum: Letters to the Editor

Literature Search: Book Reviews

In the Limelight: Film Reviews

Contents

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NEWS STORIES

Post Socks NY Dailies - David Hechler

Censorship the Old Fashioned Way - Mike Bratsis

Censorship Chicago-Style - Donna Bocian

Ever Heard of Banned Book Week? - William Noble

Top Ten Censors of 1990 - Linda Bornstein

Canada and the Art of Subtle Censorship - Cliff Burns

The Year In Censorship - John Rosenman

How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired - Jami Bernard

Intrigue in the Newsroom\Opinion - Richard G. Carter


MPAA

The Dreaded X - Stephen King

Interviews with Wes Craven, Jack Valenti, & Pedro Almodovar - Jami Bernard

Horror Filmmakers Versus the MPAA - Stanley Wiater

Spawn of the NC-17/Henry and June - Paul Sammon


2 LIVE CREW & THE MUSIC SCENE

Interviews with Luther Campbell & Penelope Spheeris - Jami Bernard

Where the Bust Was - Sondra London

Going Deep in the Sweet Tea Belt - Lacey MacFingle

The Most Ridiculous Case (Charles Freeman) - Sondra London

2 Live Crew: Will Fame Be Fleeting - Deborah Wilker

Keeping Our Ears to the Streets - Tom Moon

Just Say No to the Material Girl - Kathryn Ptacek


RAY BRADBURY

Interview with Bradbury - Donn Albright

Introduction - William F. Nolan

Bonfire - Ray Bradbury

Bright Phoenix - Ray Bradbury


KIDDIE PORN

Cripple - Andrew Vachss

Two Pictures of a Crime - David Hechler

The Victim's Side: A Firsthand Account - Ron Leming


STEPHEN KING

Stephen King: Spawn of Satan - Howard Wornom

Considering The Stands - Michael Collings

News on King - George Beahm

Buying Without Fear: A Buyer's Guide To King Collectibles - George Beahm

The Stephen King Influence - Stephen Spignesi

The Art of Stephen King - A Gallery by Various Artists


CENSORSHIP IN COMICS

Raw: Interview and art of Art Spiegelman - Doug Martin

Comics: The New Adult Art Form - Kevin Hamilton

Hot Box: The Wrong Time, The Wrong Place

'Fulce-fying' the Evidence - Stephen R. Bissette

Behind Enemy Lines: An Original Strip - Russ Miller


CENSORSHIP AND THE VISUAL ARTS

David Wojnarowicz versus Donald Wildmon's AFA - Doug Martin

Sign of the Times - Mike Baker

Bullwhips, Sex Slaves and Catcher in the Rye - Stephen Rohde

America's Finest: Art Police and the NEA - Greg Hubbard

Carhenge - Marilyn Sallee


DEBATES

Son of Sam Laws: Pro or Con - Gerard Schaefer & John Sutherland

Publishing Names of Rape Victims - Karen DeCrow, Karen Jurgensen, & Natalie Latorre

Outing - M. Scott Mallinger & Urvashi Vaid


FICTION

Bookmarks - Ronald Kelly

A Fair Cop - Karl Wagner

Comical Justice - Kevin J. Anderson

Interview with a CENSORED Vampire - Rex Miller

The Bastille - Bentley Little

Grease Monkey - Graham Masterton

Gypsy Pigs - Cathy Burburuz

Satanic Versus - K.L. Jones

Crimes of Passion - Richard T. Chizmar

There's No Place Like Home - William Relling


ANYTHING GOES

No Excuses - John Skipp & Craig Spector

My Ticket to the Society of Fiends - Gerard Schaefer

Prison Censorship - Dannie Martin

The Poetry of Inmate N-92205 - C.F. Heffley

American Psychobabble - Lori Perkins & Linda Marotta

Random Thoughts of a Worried Citizen - Bentley Little

A Few Last Words - Thomas F. Monteleone

Hot Stuff - Rick Hautala

Reflections on Censorship - Piers Anthony

Suffer the Children - Gary Brandner

Confessions of a Religious Horror Writer - Ronald Kelly

Just a Little Bit of Pressure: Women in Horror Fiction - Nancy Collins

I Want Your Sex? - Linda Bornstein


BOOK REVIEWS

House of Fiction - Thomas Liam McDonald

Non-Fiction - Matthew Costello

Contents OPENERS

Assorted Short Takes


NEWS AND VIEWS

Trial by Media - Melinda McAdams

Accused Rapists Do Not Have the Right to Anonymity - Natalie Latorre

In God's Name - Barbara L. Delhotal

Burning Issue - Lamark Waldron & Ted Boonthanakit (comic)

Profiles in Courage: Bill Baird - Harvey Wood

Right To Life Game - Trina Robbins (comic)

Political and Corporate Censorship in the Land of the Free - John Shirley

Boy Scouts and Freedom From Religion - Donna Bocian


PERSIAN GULF WAR

Desert Storm Confidential - Ed Cafasso

Disgrace Behind the Glory - Leigh Roche

Female War Resistor Stands Her Ground - Aaron Nauth

Fired for Peace - Joe Reedy


UPDATES

Update from Broward County: 2 Live Crew - Deborah Wilker

2 Live Crew: The Double Standard is Alive and Well in the Nineties - Trina Robbins with Carol Leigh

Father Pfleger: Round 2 - Donna Bocian

RETROSPECTIVES

Lenny Bruce is Dead - Harlan Ellison

Lenny and Andre - Allen Sonnenschein

William M. Gaines Interview - Stephen Ringgenberg


POLITICALLY (IN)CORRECT SECTION

Gauntlet Bob - Russ Miller (comic intro)

Political Correctness: Getting There - Allan Sonnenschein

Politically Correct and Unrepentant - William Rose

Top Ten 'PC' Media Mouths - Teri Wingender

Disturbing Images: Cartoonist John Callahan - Mike Baker

P.C. Retrofix - Rex Miller

Rex's House Dictionary (sidebar) - Rex Miller

Political Correct Bashing - Sleeping With the Enemy - John Ames

Beware of the Proselytizing Vegetarians - John Sutherland

Your 'PC' Quotient - Richard Dominick

When Is a Joke A Slur - Hill McIntosh

Contradictions - Darryl Hattenhauer

1991 Most/Least Politically Correct - Bill Paige

America: A Great Place to Raise Your Kids - Ken Rand

More Heat Than Light - Wayne R. Smith & B.J. Barnes (comic)

From Lip Service to Forked Tongue - Teri Wingender

The 'Rap' of PC - Patrick Lawless

My Dinner With the Politically Correct - Richard Dominick

Show Us You're Nuts - Duane Swierczynski

Hey, I Gotta You 'PC'...Right Here! - Thomas F. Monteleone


COMICS

Finding The Cost of Freedom - Kate Worley

Watching the Media Watcher - Harvey Pekar

'...There's A Way' Remembering Dori Seda - Leslie Sternbergh

Of Nice and Men - Russ Miller (text and comic)

Interview with Joe Coleman - Carlo McCormick


FICTION

Freakbabies - Nancy A. Collins

Love Is Where You Buy It - Brian Hodge

Pelts - F. Paul Wilson, comic-strip adaptation by Russ Miller

Hester - Dave Swartout

Objects - Ron Leming

The Limits of Fantasy - Ramsey Campbell

Monsters - Jay Owens

The Process - Steve Rasnic Tem

Blind Hatred - Oliver Zschenker

Death at Eleven - Elizabeth Massie

Lines From a Diary - Trina Robbins

Vampire - Richard Christian Matheson

Laugh Track - Brian Riordan

Flesh Eating Muthas - James Kisner


ANYTHING GOES

Lyrics of Abuse Find Audience - Steve Lopez

Censor N.W.A.? Give Me A Break - Dave Marsh

The Tupelo Ayatollah - Skipp Porteous

Standing Up Against Censors (sidebar) - Skipp Porteous

San Francisco vs. Basic Instinct - Rebecka Wright

It Must Be The Camera - Stan Higgins

Top Ten Censorship Stories of 1991 - John Rosenman

King's Critics: A Reader's Smorgasbord - Michael R. Collins

Cherie Gaulke: Performance Artist Under Attack - William Relling, Jr.

The Shameful Enforcement of Video Chastity - Joseph P. Cunningham

Censor Me, Please! - Adam Alexander

A Challenge to the Media - W. Wilson Goode


BOOK REVIEWS

House of Fiction - Tom McDonald

Taboo Text - Linda Marotta

Behind the Mask: Non-Fiction Reviews - Matthew J. Costello

Contents OPENERS

Assorted Short Takes


MEDIA MANIPULATION

Floyd Brown's Dirty Tricks and the Bush Campaign - Ed Cafasso

Media Pandering to Black Revolutionaries - Mark Di Ionno

Maybe It's Time, After All These Years - Clark DeLeon

The Eclipse True Crime Trading Cards Controversy - Mike Baker

Another View: Shame On Serial Killer Trading Cards - John Sutherland

Fun With Numbers - Russ Miller

A Right To Know Or An Invasion Of Privacy - Deborah Wilker

Rodney King: No Isolated Incident - Richard G. Carter

The Art of Media Manipulation - Ed Cafasso

Tabloid Journalism and Manipulation of the Press - Mark DiIonno

Censorship and the Community Press - Caitlin Barry

How Not to Begin a Career In Radio - Duane Swierczynski

Tale in 'Twin Cities' - Kate Worley and Read Waller

Candidates With No Balls - Greg Hotchkiss


THE MEDIA AND THE GAY COMMUNITY

Hate and the Art of Queer Media Spins - Andy Mangels

No Message Here - Andy Mangels and Carl Vaughn Frick

Still Lurking In the Shadows, After All These Years - Michael C. Botkin

Unhealthy Morality - David Gilden

Basic Instinct: The Myth of the Level Playing Field - Angela Bocage

World Games - Roberta Gregory


ARTISTS UNDER FIRE

Black Plastic And White Sheets: Censorship of Dayton Claudio - Mike Baker

Born To Raise Hell: The Lowbrow Labors of Robert Williams - S.C. Ringgenerg

Abortion Wars: The Canning of Popeye Comic Strip Writer Bobby London - Steve Ringgenberg


ANYTHING GOES

Tyson Didn't Get A Fair Shake - Pete Hamill

Nemesio - Michael Taylor

Death of A Mad-Man - Steve Ringgenberg

P.C. Kills - Angela Bocage

Cherry, Me & Censorship; Or No Flies On Me - Larry Welz

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Revisited - Trisha Sherrick

Another View: Tempest in a Teapot - John Rosenman

From Seasrs and J.C. Penney...With Lust - John Rosenman


FICTION

Enoch - Robert Bloch

How To Get Ahead in New York - Poppy Z. Brite

The Cause - S.K. Epperson


REVIEWS

Behind the Mask - Matthew J. Costello

House of Fiction - Tom McDonald

Contents OPENERS

Assorted Short Takes


NEWS AND VIEWS

Spike Lee: Bourgeois Boor - Mark Di Ionno

Madonna Exposed - David Aaron Clark


PORN in the USA

What's Smut - Roberta Gregory

What's Porn to You is... - Bill Paige

'S' is for 'Stoopid' - John Skipp and Craig Spector

SIDEBAR: Art, Porn & NC-17N.O.E.U. 2008 - Michael Taylor

Above the Law - ACLU Arts Censorship Project

The Arguments Against Pornography - Jim Bramlett

Reflections of a Feminist Porn Star - Nina Hartley

Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Suffering - Rhonda Nettles

Tip of the Iceberg ('Omaha the Cat Dancer') - Kate Worley & Reed Waller

Pornography's Victims - Phyllis Schlafly

Porn: The Patient Prostitute - Bob Fahey, Jr.

I Fought the Law...and the Law Lost - TL Wahl

The Wit and Wisdom of Al Goldstein - Don Vaughan

Pornography: A Poisonous Tentacle - J. Marshall Newton

An Interview with Candida Royalle - Don Vaughan

The Crotchless Panters of Utah - Ken Rand

Billy Bear's Take on the Bundy Affair - Joseph P. Cunningham

SIDEBAR: F.O.X.E. on the F.E.B.A.

Sex, Smears and Feminists - Bobby Lilly

Interview with Annie Sprinkle - David Aaron Clark

Adult Cinema 101: XXX's Top 10 - Randy Lee Payton

Madt Max - Russ Miller

The Master Race - Mark Kramer

AVN to the Media - Shove It! - Mark Kernes

Fetish - Andrew Wahl and Scott Stine


THE COMIC SCENE

The Chilling Effects of Corporate Extortion on the Arts - Ed Cafasso

Gary Groth on The Complete Crumb: Where's a Good Censor When You Need One - Steve Ringgenberg


ANYTHING GOES

Do You Believe in Magic...Johnson That Is? - Mark Di Ionno

Those Who Devour Children: A Visit with H.R. Giger - Steven Johnson

The History of the World and 'My Stinking Ass' - Adam Alexander


FICTION

Lie Down With Us - Thomas Tessier

Making Love (Novel Excerpt) - Melanie Tem and Nancy Holder


REVIEWS

Behind the Mask - Matthew J. Costello

Contents BLACK RACISM


Selective Outrage - Joseph Perkins

The Rodney King Trial: A Postlogue - Steven Barnes

The Many Shades of Blackness - Richard G. Carter

The Myths of 'Black Racism' and the Shockleytizing of America - George F. Sanders

Hang Ten - Andrew Wahl and Scott Stine

The Necessary Racist - Craig Thompson

Reverse Racism of Self Defense - Seaton B. Hancock

Black Racism: What Goes Around Comes Around - Richard G. Carter


POLITICS AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT


Voters Ferreting Out the Right Stuff - Connie Langland

Challenging Stealth Candidates - Skipp Porteous

Christian Coalition Gears Up In Pennsylvania - Steve Goldstein


MORE PORN


Cherry in A Night To Remember - Larry Welz and Larry Todd

The Sting of Pornography - Cecil E. Greek

Nude, Fucked and Freezing - Wally Anne Wharton

The Erotic Eleven - Bobby Lilly


EROTIC ART


Ideas and Thoughts/Censored - Eban Lehrer

Breaking the Chains of Self-Censorship - John Rousso

The 'Velopes - Davo

Through the Back Door - James Healy


ANYTHING GOES


On Our Backs Gets Kicked in the Ass

Drawing Upon the Imagination: The Art of Clive Barker - Lisa Petrucci

Those Happy Days - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

The Missing Demand in the Gay Agenda - Michael Medved

True Perversion (Another View) - Stan Leventhal

The Potshot Heard 'Round the World - Wayne Jebian

SIDEBAR: Skirmishes of the Pot War

Our Eroding Privacy - Tony Lesce

The Most Personal Public Secret of All - Jill McIntosh

Down For The Count - Mark Shaw

No Sympathy For Mike Tyson (Another View) - Richard G. Carter

Sticks and Stones Do Break My Bones...Words Do Not Offend Me - Barbara Beebe


COMIC CENSORSHIP


Tax This, Pal! - John Longhi

'Boiled' Diana - Scott Cunningham

Nightmare on 34th St. - Paul Wardle


FICTION


Magnificat - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro


REVIEWS


Non-Fiction - Russ Kick

Blood, Sex and Comics - Linda Marotta

Street Smarts: Fiction Reviews - Anthony Alcaraz

Contents IN THE LINE OF FIRE AWARD


Anthony Griffin: In The Line of Fire - Richard G. Carter

SIDEBAR: The Price of Ones Convictions - Richard G. Carter


IN DEFENSE OF PROSTITUTION


Introduction - Carol Leigh

Prostitution in the United States - The Statistics

Prostitution Control Costly - Bruce Tyler

You're Under Arrest, Spread Your Legs - Jeremy Hay

Taking the Sin out of Sin City - Richard R. Becker & Ellen Levine

Working the Nevada Brothels - Laura Anderson

Sara Simple and Lucy Lunchmeat - Scarlot Harlot

Agency Helps Prostitutes As They Make A New Start - Cynthia Mayer

Sex Worker and Incest Survivor: A Healthy Choice - Veronica Monet

A Day In The Life of a Prostitute - Veronica Money with photos by Kim Stringfellow

From Angelina to Foxy...A Prostitute By Choice - Paula Allen

Don't Swear. Don't Slouch. When In Doubt Smile - Queens of the Tenderloin

SIDEBAR: Working Conditions in San Francisco Strip Clubs

I Dance For A Living - Dawn Passar

SIDEBAR: Dancer's Alliance Agenda

A Stripper's Life: A Photo Essay - Dawn Passar

Thugs in Miniskirts - Scott Lossoccur

Thoroughly Modern Madam: Interview with Rebecca Rand

Cop to Call Girl: A Review From The Inside - Samantha Miller

An Interview With Cop to Call Girl, Norma Jean Almadovar

A New Principle of Accountability

Women Unite! Hooking Is Real Employment - Dolores French

Bad Luck at Lucky's or Caught Between the Rapists and the Police

Black Women and Prostitution - Compiled by Carol Leigh

International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights

Prostitutes and AIDS Scapegoating - Gloria Lockett

HIV+ Prostitutes Have The Right To Work

Community Groups vs. Prostitutes - Ron Weitzer

Paradoxes of Commercial Worship - Kat Sunlove

Toys In The Attic - Deidre Evans

Whoring In Utopia - Pat Califia

Don't Call Me Transgender - Victoria Schneider

From The Continuing Saga of Scarlot Harlot - Carol Leigh


ANYTHING GOES


A Child Molester In Our Midst - Mark Di Ionno

Slashed and Burned - Stan Levantho

Nike And Pals Must Get With the Program - Phil Mushnick

Disney's Choice: Bucks Before Bill of Rights - Richard R. Becker

No News is Good News - Bobby Lilly

Virtual Insanity: Freaks by Choice - Cliff Hesby Almas

The Rockford Wench Trial - John Biedermann

Too Little of a Good Thing - Richard R. Becker

The Honeymoon Killers - Fiona Vople


REVIEWS


Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

Contents COVER STORY


IN THE NAME OF GOD: Part 1 - Scientology vs. 60 Minutes - Richard Cusick


CULTS


The Religious Symposium on Cults - Comic Strip by Joe Lee

Mind-Manipulating Groups

The Ant Hill Kids - Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver

In the Name of God: Part 2 - Scientology vs. Geraldo - Richard Cusick

Into the Mainstream: The New World of Cults - Marcia Rudin

The Brother Julius Cult - Judith A. Gaines

The Need for Deprogramming - Rick Ross

Unlimited Commotion at Unlimited Devotion - Joseph A. Gervasi

Unlimited Devotion - Stacy Cancelarich

Season of the Witch - Michael Newton

Rotten to the C.O.R.: Cult Activities Within the Catholic Church - Paul Wardle

The Hitler Cult in America - Moshe Phillips

Inside the Fellowship: The Truth About Alcoholics Anonymous - John Henry Biedermann

Don't Call Us Moonies - Peter D. Ross


EROTIC ARTISTS


'Nek-Kid' Photography Causes Brouhaha in Cobbs County, Georgia - Martin M. Stone

Body Painting: An Artform Not For Everybody - Mitchell J. Poulouin

Sugar and Spice: Pin-Up Art by Women - Lisa Petrucci


COMIC CENSORSHIP


Drawn to Obscenity - Scott Cunningham

Getting 'Ahead' in Florida - comic strip by Mike Diana

Bobby London and the Air Pirates Follies - S.C. Ringgenberg


ANYTHING GOES


In The Line of Fire Update - Richard G. Carter

Erotic Eleven Update: Justice Denied - Bobby Lilly

Car 54 Where are Youuuuu??? - Wally Ann Wharton

Toronto BBS Busts - Scott Nesbitt

Liberation: Fight Back!

Classic Play Provokes Indian Ire - Claude Lewis

Politically Panned in Never, Never Land - Richard R. Becker


REVIEWS


Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

Street Smarts - Anthony Alcaraz

Contents COVER STORY


Breast Cancer: The Censored Scar - Delaynie Rudner

Censored Scar Photo Portfolio

Confronting Breast Cancer - Susan Markisz

Desiree' - Delaynie Rudne


FOLLOW-UPS


60 Minute Redoux: War Stories - Richard Cusick

Inside the Fellowship: The Truth About Alcoholics Anonymous and
Other 12-Step Programs - Part 2 - John Henry Biedermann

Rebuttal to AA Article - Joseph

Cults: Charles Manson: The Myth and the Reality - Denise Noe


FEATURED ARTIST


The Justice System or Visceral Visuals Goddess of the Lens - Wally Wharton interview of Justice Howard
Justice Howard Portfolio


ANYTHING GOES


U.S. v. Knox: Beware - The Feds Come A 'Knocking - Lawrence A. Stanley, Esq.

Man and the Sex Industry - Mary Barbot Allen

Abortion Fight's Lethal Side - Fawn Vrazo

Cops Defy Order in Quality of Life Bust - Lee Stringer

The Crime of Hate - Cliff Almas Hesby


COMIC SCENE


Bugfuck

(Investigative Report on Harlan Ellison's Battle

With The Comic Journal's Gary Groth) - Richard Cusick

To Serve and Protect - Paul Wardle


TRIBUTE TO ROBERT BLOCH


Robert Bloch: An Appreciation - Barry Hoffman

Afterword to 35th Anniversary Edition of Pyscho - Ray Bradbury


REVIEWS


Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Street Smarts - Anthony Alcaraz


War Stories: The War Continues...

Contents MYTHS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT


One Foot in the Future, One Foot in the Cave - Richard Cusick

Efforts to Combat Sexual Harassment on College Campuses Threaten Academic Freedom - Stephen F. Rohde

The Power of Sexual Harassment - Kevin Fullin, M.D.

Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do - Jill McIntosh

Say What? A Safe, Practical Guide to Sexual Harassment - Comic by Joe Lee

Shattering Some Myths About Sexual Harassment - Geov Parrish

The Eye of the Beholder - Lyn McConchie

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Comic by Paul Wardle

Abuse is Not a Right - Kim Ormand

The One-Sided Debate - Avedon Carol

Tenured Professor Found Guilty of 'Sexual Harassment' for Asking Students to Define Pornography - Stephen F. Rohde

The Unofficial Punishment of Albert Thompson - John Biederman

Madame President: Interview with Nadine Strossen


COVER STORY


Unholy Days - Dave Stifle

I Gezheh - Clifford Lawrence

Afterword - Robert Bloch

The Great Online Child Sex Scare - Zachary Margulis


ANYTHING GOES


War Stories: Part 2 (Scientology Update) - Richard Cusick

Alcoholics Anonymous Revisited - Name Withheld

Wedding Bell Blues - Richard G. Carter

Cable-Access: The Last Great Hope - Jeff Rust


COMICS SCENE


The Book on the Edge of Reality - Richard Cusick

Strange Suppression - Delaynie Rudner


MUSIC REVIEWS


In the Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS


From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Street Smarts - Anthony Alcaraz

Contents INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: TOBACCO AND TELEVISION

Trade Secrets: Part I - Richard Cusick

Deposition of Jeffery Wigand


ANYTHING GOES

Media Domination in Toronto - M. Oral DeKay

Modifying the Verb

Donatien - Anna Burmeister

The Art World's Dirty Little Secret - Melinda Montgomery

Endgame: I Want to Stay Forever - Richard Cusick


COVER STORY

Cherry in 'Shlock Radio' - Mike Mangan

Burned by the FCC - Richard Cusick


KIDDIE PORN

The Year of the Child - Richard McCabe

Marketing Marty Rimm on the Information Superhighway - Zachary Margulis

Kiddie Porn Calendar? - Lyn McConchie

Unethical Congressman - and the Girls Who Love Them - John Biederman

The Shaman's Stroke - Richard Cusick

X-On Congress: Indecent Comment on an Indecent Subject - Steve Russell


ANYTHING GOES (continued)

Citizen Sovereign: The Re-education of Paul Guthrie - Michael Farris

Once Burned, Twice Wary and Waiting - Liam Jenson

Weed and Winstons: Together Again - Ernest Walker


MUSIC SCENE

The Need For Black Alternative Radio - Verdine White and Rick Scott

Hypocrisy and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Richard G. Carter

In the Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS

Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Street Smarts - Anthony Alcaraz

Contents RECOVERED MEMORY: A MODERN-DAY WITCH HUNT?

How False Memories Are Created - Lloyd K. Stires

Just Who is the Victim Here? - Zachary Margulis

Thanks For The Memories - John Henry Biederman

A System of Control - Becky Oliphant

Wenatchee Washington: A Small Town Gone Crazy - Sharma Oliver

Wenatchee: The Price of Free Speech - Kathryn Lyon


SUPPRESSION OF HEMP

The History Lesson - Richard Cusick

Worrying For Woody - Richard Cusick

The Godfather of Hemp: A Candid Conversation With Jack Herer

Why We Don't Use Chinese Hemp - Steve DeAngelo


ANYTHING GOES

ACLU V. Reno: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Lloyd K. Sitres

Media Domination Revisited - M. Orak Dekay

Why I Love the Only Magazine Worth Hating - Richard Smith

A Victory For The 'Zine Answer Me! - William Abnerathy

From the Mouth of Jim Goad: Editor of Answer Me!

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace - John Perry Barlow


MUSIC SCENE

Rock and Roll Tunnel-Vision - Paul Wardle

Give It Up For The Mighty Dells - Richard G. Carter

A Thin Line Between Love And Hate: A Soundtrack Debate

In The Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS

Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Street Smarts - Anthony Alcaraz


FINAL THOUGHT

X-On Congress: Indecent Comment on an Indecent Subject - Steve Russell

Contents COVER STORY

Murder Manual Produced Lawsuit - Peter Huston


COMICS SUPPRESSION

Sexual Harassment and Beetle Bailey - Lewis Kamb

The Beetle, The Buxley and Beetle Bailey - Richard Cusick


EROTIC ART

Poetry or Pornography? Photography of Nina Glaser - Susan Harrow


ANYTHING GOES

Can Television Tell the Difference Between a Coup and a Revolution? A Conversation with Andrei Cordrescu - Zachary Margulis

Outspoken Professor Wins Victory in Academic Freedom Case - Stephen Rohde

Seattle Police Bust Alternative Writer - Peter Huston

My Date with Bob Black - Peter Huston


GAUNTLET FICTION

Reluctant Warrior - Ariel Dampier


THE MUSIC SCENE

In The Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS

Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

Between the Covers - David Reed

From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Under Wraps - William K. Schafer


NOVEL EXCERPT

Hungry Eyes - Barry Hoffman

Contents PORN...PORN...AND MORE PORN

My Dinner with Fishbein - Aol Goldstein

Phallic Fallacies & Ball Blunders - Melissa Monet

From Real to Real: A Conversation with Annie Sprinkle - Don Vaughan

Pornography at the Millennium - Nina Hartley

The Legends of Erotica - William Margold

Star Bright: An Interview with Susie Bright - Don Vaughan

Why I Prefer Amateur Porn - Wes Trails

Words That Abuse: An Interview with Cathy Tavel - Don Vaughan

pornARTraphy - Justice Howard

The Cult of Conservative Feminism - Carol Queen

Harm to Whom? - Kat Sunlove & Lane Winklebleck

The Cyber-Sex Explosion: Cumming to A Computer Terminal Near You - Flance Manning

The Criminalization of American Sexual Culture - Charlie LaTour

In the Name of Protecting Children - Jeffrey Douglas

Freedom of Cyberspeech - Stephen J. Rohde

We Have Seen a Land of Censorship and It Is Canada - Stephen J. Rohde

Is it Time to Overturn the Miller Standard? - Lloyd K. Stires

Coming Out as a Pervert - Darklady


PORN AND COMICS

Don't Be Scared, It's Only a Comic Book - Jay Allen Sanford

Savannah: Piercing the Veil (Part I)


MUSIC REVIEWS

In the Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS

Required Reading for Sexual Revolutionaries - Russ Kirk

Under Wraps: Fiction Reviews - William K. Shafer


COVER STORY

Murder Manual Produced Lawsuit - Peter Huston


COMICS SUPPRESSION

Sexual Harassment and Beetle Bailey - Lewis Kamb

The Beetle, The Buxley and Beetle Bailey - Richard Cusick


EROTIC ART

Poetry or Pornography? Photography of Nina Glaser - Susan Harrow


ANYTHING GOES

Can Television Tell the Difference Between a Coup and a Revolution?

A Conversation with Andrei Cordrescu - Zachary Margulis

Outspoken Professor Wins Victory in Academic Freedom Case - Stephen Rohde

Seattle Police Bust Alternative Writer - Peter Huston

My Date with Bob Black - Peter Huston


GAUNTLET FICTION

Reluctant Warrior - Ariel Dampier


THE MUSIC SCENE

In The Groove - Dexter Carter


BOOK REVIEWS

Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick

Between the Covers - David Reed

From the Stacks - Jeff Rust

Under Wraps - William K. Schafer

Contents The Many Faces of S/M


I Love New York: Sensual Smorgasboard For The Masses -- Pearl Chavez

The S/M Underground -- Charlie LaTour

Interview With Mistress Ilsa Strix -- S.B. Forrest

Charles Gatewood: Photographer of the Forbidden -- David Aaron Clark

Much Thicker Than Water -- David Steinberg

Excerpts From the Personal Diary of Mistress Ilsa Strix: Bizarre Days--Ariel Hart

Keeping You Save in The Land of Danger -- Charlie LaTour


Anything Goes


Religous Series -- Justice Howard

Clive Barker: On Art, Censorship and Sexuality -- Del Howison

The Censor as Unwitting Ally -- Garrett Peck

Pin Money -- Fiction by Poppy Z. Brite

Dark Genius: Interview With George Carlin -- Richard Cusick

Politically Correct Language -- George Carlin


Porn...2 1/2


Nice Women Writing Erotica -- Emily Alward

Does It Really Have To Be Porn Vs. Erotica? -- Bobby Lilly

Picking Over Boogie Nights -- William Margold

Why The Christian Coalition Hates X-Rated Videos -- TL Wahl

Savannah: Piercing The Veil (Part II)


Columns/Updates/Reviews & Letters


Netspeech '97: Free Speech on the Internet -- Russ Kick

The Hitman Book Suit Comes Under Appeal -- Peter Huston

In The Groove -- Dexter Carter

Required Reading For Revolutionaries -- Russ Kick

Under Wraps: Fiction Reviews -- William K. Shafer

Banned in Oklahoma: No Drums, No Bugles, No Sense -- Adam Groves

Letters To The Editor

Contents Bad Boys(And Girl) of Erotic Photography

Born Naked: The Furor Over Nude Youths In Art - Russ Kick

The CPPA & The Criminalization Of Art - Lawrence A. Stanley

What Is Child Pornography? - Lawrence A. Stanley

Informed Consent - Nan DeVincent Hayes


The Internet

NetSpeech 98, Part 1 - Russ Kick

Bigoted Speech: The Speech We Hate To Defend - Charles Levendosky

Upon Hearing Of The Electronic Bogeyman - George Smith

Cybersex Access: Power To The People - David Steinberg


Anything Goes

The First Amendment Takes A Hit - Stephen F. Rohde

Art Or Merchandise? - Garrett Peck

Interview With Nat Hentoff - Anthony C. Bloom


Fiction/Interviews

R. C. Matheson Interview - Del Howison

Abused - Richard Christian Matheson

Poppy Z. Brite: Interviewed by Truman Capote

Homesick - Richard T. Chizmar


Reviews

Between The Covers - L.B. Carr

Speaking Plain - Russ Kick

In The Groove: R&B Reviews - Dexter Carter

Under Wraps - William K. Schafer

Hollywood Vs. Lolita: The Last Word - Adam Groves


Novel Excerpt

Eyes Of Prey - Barry Hoffman

Contents Persecution of Exotic Dance Clubs


Where Have All The Dirty Dancers Gone? - Ariel Hart

Dancing In the Millennuim -Not Pts. 1&2 - Jo Weldon

Rhetorical Rumba - Susan Bremer

Strawberries - Katherine Frank

Debunking Social Stigmas - Margot Rutman

Adult Businesses in Florida Fight Back - Donald Vaughan

Institutionalizes Racism & Exotic Dance Clubs - Charlie LaTour

There Once Was A Union Maid - David Steinberg

Some Room Of Their Own - David Steinberg

The Ballad of The Latexed Nipple - Tim Walker

Nina Knows - Ariel Hart

Support Your Local Strippers - Nina Hartley

The Case Against Strip Clubs - Ariel Covington


Erotic Art


Painted Ladies - Justice Howard


Anything Goes



NetSpeech '98, Part Two - Russ Kick


Fiction/Interviews



Elvis & Heroes In The Wilson Mythos - Del Howison

The Wringer - F. Paul Wilson

An Interview with Neil Gaiman - Roel Torres


Reviews



In The Groove - Dexter Carter

Blockbuster Video, Ted Turner & Other Tales of Terror - Adam Groves

Shadows On The Shelf - Garrett Peck