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...Hollywood, made movies, played Vegas and laid down some exceptional, swinging sides, but after Mack, consistent success was as elusive as a single, solid performing style. He died, far from a superstar, in 1973. The new CDs prove that his pop singing, had it not been eclipsed by the advent of the Beatles and the passing of Tin Pan Alley, could have become world-class. Tunes like Clementine and Skylark, even a chestnut like Bill Bailey, can still make your speakers jump. Darin was born a little out of time, but time has been good to his music...
...generation ago, social theorist Marshall McLuhan proclaimed the advent of a "global village," a sort of borderless world in which communications media would transcend the boundaries of nations. "Ours is a brand-new world of allatonceness," he wrote. " 'Time' has ceased, 'space' has vanished. We now live in . . . a simultaneous happening." McLuhan underestimated the enduring appeal of the status quo and the stubborn persistence of the petty side of human nature. The fusion of television and satellites did not produce instantaneous brotherhood, just a slowly dawning awareness of the implications of a world transfixed by a single TV image...
TELLING TALES, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. In the 19th century, narrative paintings were used to please and instruct, yet the genre fell into ill favor with the advent of the moderns. Fifty paintings and sculptures of that neglected style are on display, once again revealing the inspiration artists found in the Bible, history and literature. Through April...
...rule -- both sides were caught by surprise. The communists had more than three generations in which to mold a New Soviet Man. Few outsiders suspected they had failed so completely. Given half an opportunity, it turned out, people knew immediately what they wanted and demanded it. The freedom-enhancing advent of electronic gizmos like televisions and computers -- so different from the role Orwell envisioned for them in 1984 -- helped but can't fully explain it. Perhaps conservatives deserve an edge on this item for their greater doubts about social engineering in general...
...WHOLE PROBLEM of my shower scum rests on the very delicate eco-system that exists in the dormitories at Harvard--many of which were built before the advent of indoor plumbing...