• Medical Marijuana Keeps Rolling by Jennifer Gonnerman

Liberty Beat: Alberto Gonzales's Record as Assistant Chief Executioner by Nat Hentoff

• Gigantic: The Pixies Take Over New York by Ken Switzer

• Press Clips: An Alleged Rape and a Reporter's Imperiled Rights by Jarrett Murphy
Plus: Ask Don Rumsfeld

• The Essay: Forward This Article! by Sloane Crosley

The Voice Holiday Preview

• Shelter: Hell's Kitchen, a Gold Book, and Time by Toni Schlesinger

Elements of Style: Bag of Tricks: The Year in Purses; Bravo's Project Runway by Lynn Yaeger

• Counter Culture: Dosa Hut's Toasted-Cheese Surrogates in Jersey City by Robert Sietsema

• Neighborhoods: Close-Up on Vinegar Hill by Danial Adkison

• Vox Populi: Wintertime Gift-Giving-and-Getting Has Begun by Jennifer Snow

• Take Five: Irwin Chusid, Author of Songs in the Key of Z by LD Beghtol

• Bars: Camaradas el Barrio on First Avenue by Keisha Franklin

• Events: 'Seeing Double: Exile Artists Interpret Their Homelands' by Jennifer Snow

• Tear Sheet: Gelt-ish Gifts by Jennifer Snow

• Steroid Sing-Along by Mark Fiore

Sutton Impact: Karl Rove Sums It All Up for Liberals by Ward Sutton

• Savage Love: Sharing Advice-Giving Duties by Dan Savage

• Lusty Lady: A Revolutionary Relationship by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Pucker Up: Sexy Gift Guide 5.0 by Tristan Taormino

• The Best of 2004; The Annual Duds; Henry's Film Corner; Scorsese on Scorsese; Spike Video Game Awards 2004; The Smoking Gun Year-End Special by Joy Press

• Lim: Ocean's Twelve; A Talking Picture

• Atkinson: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou; Dolls; L'Age d'Or on Kino DVD; Animal Farm on DVD

• Morales: Spanish Cinema Now at Walter Reade

• Anderson: Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, Co-Directors of Born Into Brothels

• Plus: Born Into Brothels; Blade: Trinity; Straight-Jacket; 'JPEX: Japanese Experimental Film and Video, 1955–Now'; Other People's Pictures; Shwaas

• Julie Roberts; Shedaisy's Sweet Right Here by Jon Caramanica

Nirvana's With the Lights Out by Douglas Wolk

• Switchfoot's The Beautiful Letdown; Maroon 5's Songs About Jane by Mikael Wood

• Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz's Crunk Juice by Kandia Crazy Horse

• Rock&Roll;&: Rod Stewart's Stardust . . . The Great American Songbook Vol. III; The Very Best of Bill Doggett: Honky Tonk by Robert Christgau

• Umphrey's McGee, Anchor Drops; Kammerflimmer Kollektief's Hysteria; Shukar's Bear Tamers Music; Ladies W.C. by Don Allred

• Fly Life: Glo Is a Little Too Close to Minority Report for Comfort by Tricia Romano

• Kevin Coyne 1944–2004 by John Keenan

• Plus: Eddytor's Dozen; Lif Up Yuh Leg an Trample; The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective; The Sound of the City: 'Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music'; Where to Get Your Music Gifts Cheap

Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine; David Reed at Max Protetch by Jerry Saltz

Joel Meyerowitz at Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery by Vince Aletti

• VLS: The Best Books of 2004

• Pacific Overtures; The Baltimore Waltz; Souvenir by Michael Feingold

• The Chairs by Tom Sellar

• Plus: Cul-de-Sac; Rodney's Wife

• Dance to Monk; Tere O'Connor Dance; Alicia Markova 1910–2004 by Deborah Jowitt

• Plus: Bokan, the Bad Hearted; Flamenco Fiesta; Karen Bernard/Solo Dances