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...forms. In order to handle this contingency, I offer you: THREE ANKLE-HIGH TIPS 1) Do not pretend that you are not wearing ankle boots by covering them up with jeans. Not only does this completely defeat the purpose of ankle boots but it also makes you look like Axl Rose when he tried to sport cornrows. It is that bad of an idea. 2) Wear your ankle boots with leggings. Then go on a Venetian gondola and get molested by a tiger. 3) Do not wear ankle boots with colored tights, as you will look like a horrible, demonic...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ankles Are Not That Sexy, Folks | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...like a bomb, rather than up, each focuses on one of the book's six major characters, then repeats the cycle. Each set begins with Ray Beam, a burnt-out pop star of ten years ago whose descent from debauched musical godling to weird, unproductive recluse resembles that of Axl Rose. He suddenly seems to find his muse in Lily, a young Hispanic-American woman whose side of the story bookends each chapter cycle. Initially hired as Ray's personal assistant, Lily cautiously allows herself to be wooed by him in spite of such quirks as his carrying around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tapestry of Modern Living | 11/4/2005 | See Source »

...hype surrounding the first Guns N' Roses tour in nearly a decade seemed specious from the start, as only one original member of the band was involved. And he was the most volatile. Axl Rose failed to appear for the tour's opening show on Nov. 7 in Vancouver, allegedly owing to travel problems. Fans--fueled by thwarted nostalgia or beer--rioted. Then Rose, after playing to some half-empty stadiums, went AWOL again, in Philadelphia on Dec. 6. Again fans rioted. Last week, without giving a specific reason, the tour promoter canceled all remaining dates. Fans so far seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 23, 2002 | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...from the old surreal folkie “Pay No Mind” to the new love lament, “Guess I’m Doing Fine.” Perched on a stool in a bland shirt and tie, Beck shunned the goofiness that waxed falsetto on Axl Rose and tossed out two-dollar quips during this summer’s solo tour. Instead, he seemed muted by the mature, dour loneliness that fills his latest album, a beautiful group of breakup dirges called Sea Change...

Author: By Alexander L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beck In Black | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

...laughing side of a human being is any less them than the side where they're depressed." Beck has a tough time staying serious, even when performing his new songs. During a brief tour in August, he alternated between ballads, covers, requests from the audience and improvised riffs about Axl Rose. "I may ruin my career tonight," he giddily told the audience. Yes--and that's why they came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beck Gets (Kind Of) Blue | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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