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...thought of this recently when listening to “Something On Your Mind,” a song she sings with both a fragility akin to Billie Holliday in her most heroin-addled years and a strength that rivals Lady Day at her best. I realized that knowing the specifics of Karen Dalton’s life are not as essential as they might be for another artist, and filling in the gaps in my image of her was a potential waste of time, for her music is just that masterful—it contextualizes itself. It was then...
...Wild Thing”) and wrought in the image of Bo Diddley (the title comes from the Diddley song “Bo’s a Gunslinger”). It’s a marriage of the strange and the familiar, of structure and the willfully absurd, much akin to Shopsin’s macaroni and cheese pancakes.It is what it sounds like. Pancake batter is placed on a hot grill, cooked macaroni and grated cheese is added on top, cooked on both sides, then the whole thing is smothered with maple syrup. I know it?...
Olmert is no Arab-loving pacifist. As Prime Minister, he ravaged half of Lebanon in 2006 in a military offensive after Hizballah killed and kidnapped Israeli soldiers. He has unmercifully turned the screws on Hamas-controlled Gaza. Olmert's comments reflect a profound shift toward realism among Israeli rightists, akin to what Palestinian and Arab nationalists started going through three decades ago, when Israel was in the prime of its strategic strength. The shift is evident not only in Olmert's prescription for a peace settlement, but also in his severe critique of a righteous Israeli mind-set that...
...friend from Shanghai leaned over to share her shameful secret: "I watched some of the Olympics," she said, in a tone of voice implying that this was a transgression akin to sleeping with her best friend's boyfriend or - even worse in this fashion-crazed city - toting an obvious knock-off handbag. For months, many citizens of China's most populous city gritted their teeth as Beijing got all the glory. But now that the Olympics are over, Shanghai is determined to reclaim the title of China's most happening metropolis. Just four days after the Summer Games' closing ceremony...
...that the ultimate loss to the government after it sells them could be as little as $100 billion. Others point to a drop in housing prices of nearly 20% since mid-2006 and say the government's eventual loss could approach $1 trillion. By seeking $700 billion - roughly akin to the cost of the Iraq war (so far) - the Treasury is taking a middle path. But many on Capitol Hill are pushing a proposal to commit an initial sum of $150 billion to $200 billion before handing over the whole...