ON THE COVER Sara Norton; photographed by Earl Miller. Her pictorial will appear in an upcoming issue.
FEATURES
10 SPIRITS
By Lavada Blanton
12 FILM
By Marcia Pally
16 ADVENTURE
By Geoff Tabin
18 SOUNDS
Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, profiled by Charles M. Young.
25 VIEW FROM THE TOP
Including our new "Fighting Back" column
30 BLACK MESSIAH?
Accused murderer Yahweh Ben Yahweh. An investigative report by Gaeton Fonzi.
32 REVEREND AL SHARPTON
Interview by Allan Sonnenschein
48 HE'S STILL STANDING Elton John's fight for survival, by Philip Norman.
80 AL GOLDSTEIN'S 100 BEST ADULT VIDEOS
Special advertising insert
84 PORNOGRAPHY PROSECUTION: A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Opinion by Donald E. Olson
98 THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE
By Lionel Tiger
101 POST-MODERN MASCULINITY
Questionnaire by Shere Hite
125 CELEBRITY VALENTINES
By Eric Jay Decetis
DEPARTMENTS
6 HOUSECALL
8 FORUM
20 CALL ME MADAM
36 DREAMS & DIVERSIONS
58 RIGHT STUFF
121 HOFMEKLER'S PEOPLE
123 RUNNER-UP GIFT GUIDE
82 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER
136 PARTING SHOT
130 JACKIE MARTLING'S JOKE BOOK
133 HARD TIMES