salon.com has a very nice piece about Bill Hicks, the black-humored articulator of doubt. it's not the usual fluff crap salon is so good at. in this case, the writer actually knew bill and shares a few anecdotes. it's been 8 years since he died of pancreatic cancer, and he's just now being noticed for the true comic genius he was. there's also a new biography entitled American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story. i've ordered it and i hope it doesn't suck.