Details (1995/02)

features 30 // Close to the Edge Geologist Stanley Williams used to brag about exploring active volcanoes. That was before he saw six colleagues die in an eruption. By Steve Fishman 69 // Cops and Saucers The creepiest show on TV is also the coolest. An X-Files investigation. By Stephen Saban 80 // Michael Stipe Lets His Hair Down On the eve of their first tour in six years, R.E.M.‘s man of mystery answers some direct questions about sex, fingernail polish, and Tori Amos. By Chris Heath 94 // 2001: A Work Odyssey Welcome to Chiat/Day's offices, where you'll find no desks, no place to put your stuff, just the tools you need for your job. Get ready for the future of work. By Rob Buchanan 106 // Let It Bleed To conservatives everywhere, L.A. performance artist Ron Athey is a twisted, self-mutilating sicko. But to our writer, he’s just the boy next door. By Jeff Spurrier fashion 86 // Jean Genie Transforming denim into gold. Photographed by David LaChapeIIe 100 // Suits U Dressing up your dress-up clothes. Photographed by Hugh Hales-Tooke 112 // Street Slang Cowboy denim, banker pinstripes. nerd knits. and tough-guy leather get together with major Mod-ification. Photographed by Martin Brading eyewitness the world at once 23; bikers in church 24; hopping bees 26; museum robot 27 upfront fast forward 47; sport ice fishing: a shiver runs through it 48; dressing the greaser look 53; drinking fight the winter blues with hot booze 56; sore subject the good side of herpes-no, really 58; modern classic the new ponytail is not for dorks 59; seduction Anka buys lingerie-need we say more? 60; grooming the bald and the beautiful 62; movies an interview with supervixen Tura Satana 64B; short cuts 64B; John Carpenter's brilliant career 64C; books Bruce Sterling on Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age 64D; read me 66; freebie our gift to you, a valentine by Frank Kozik 79 music 122 // Surprise Attack Massive Attack, the leaders of Bristol's slow and low dance scene, stumble back into the spotlight. By William Shaw 126 // Sound Values Road-testing the new CD players. By Mark Fleischmann 129 // Lounge Around the Clock Combustible Edison are leading the new generation of lounge lizards. By RJ Smith 132 // Roamin' Candles Candlebox light up Seattle's hometown haunts. By Ban Becker 134 // The Milkmaid of Human Kindness A talk with Sophie B. Hawkins, superfreak. Interview by Brantley Bardin in the mix news from all over 121; welcome to video hell 133; reviews: Bettie Serveert, the Beatles, Elastica, George Jones, Lucas, Shaquille O‘Neal, Prince, Hey Drag City 136 16 // editor's letter 18 // letters 143 // comics