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...eats rodent or bird infected with Toxoplasma gondii parasite...
...Post-War,” didn’t unravel the intimacy of his words with overstuffed sound. While the solid backbeat dissolved the illusion that Ward’s songs were quiet confessions (except for the beautiful “I’ll Be Yr Bird,” which Ward performed in the encore before his band joined him), this did less to depersonalize the songs than it did to distance Ward from whisperer-confessors like Sam Beam of Iron & Wine...
...vaudeville-era performers with whom he seems secretly fascinated, he wore many masks and played many roles, going from an impressive acoustic jam (both hands slapping and sliding the entire length of the fretboard), to the Sparklehorse-inspired trembling of “I’ll Be Yr Bird.” Across the entire spectrum, loud or quiet, there is a sense of familiarity with Ward, and it is a comfort that transcends the stories and sounds of his songs. It’s not so much the plaintive fragility of those with whom he is often compares...
...Bird Flu Overhyped? Anxiety about avian flu is spreading far faster than the disease...
HEROES NBC, MONDAYS, 9 P.M. E.T.; PREMIERES SEPT. 25 Forget bird flu; in thisthriller, there's a pandemic of superpowers. A cheerleader who can't be injured, a drug addict whose visions come true and many others discover their abilities in separate stories that promise to converge. The eerie mood of mystery recalls Lost, as does the big cast of characters (so many that the extra-long pilot does not introduce all of them). The writing is uneven--a plot about a Japanese geek who can teleport is engaging; others are flat or clichd--but the idea...