COVER STORY
Who's Afraid of The Exorcist?
By John W. Whitehead
Plus: An interview with The Exorcist writer William Peter Blatty
By Gadfly staff 

LET IT BLEED
If Christ Came Back as a Con Man
Or how I started out thinking Charlie Manson was innocent and almost ended up dead.
By David Dalton 

BOOK
One of Our Own
The legacy of Edgar Allan Poe
By Tony Magistrale 

MUSIC
Divine Decadence
Memories of Glam
By Jon Savage 

INTERVIEW
Squirrel Nut Zippers
By Richard Abowitz 

ART
Unusual Spaces
Richard Diebenkorn's view on the lay of the land
By Amanda Davis 

PERFORMANCE
Hoodoo Voodoo
Ancient rhythms rock a modern night club.
By Janet Jarman 

NEW ARTIST
As Good as It Gets
A rookie filmmaker encounters flatbed editing, film fests, and life amongst critics and stars.
By Daniel Kraus 

FILM
Finishing Touches On an Orson Welles Film
Sometimes a restoration just isn't the way to go.
By Bobby Maddex 

REVIEWS
Spice Girls, Kansas City Swing, New Wave Halloween, Francis Bacon on the big screen, Tony Oursler at the Hirshhorn and more