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...George W. Bush is a different kind of leader. He runs the White House like a sleek business. The nerdy all-night debates in the Clinton West Wing Dormitory have ended. The adults are in charge now, we are told, and they are guided by simple, moderate principles that blend compassion with conservatism...
Maybe I was expecting a bit too much from a freebie. I ramped up to Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 ($99), the best-selling burning software for PCs. It had one truly tantalizing feature. You could blend tracks into one another like a true DJ. I dreamed of making nonstop party discs without a nanosecond of silence or fade-out. Alas, this is no good if you can't preview what the transitions are going to sound like--which, 9 times out of 10, Roxio's software failed...
...Maybe I was expecting a bit too much from a freebie. I ramped up to Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 ($99), the best-selling burning software for PCs. It had one truly tantalizing feature. You could blend tracks into one another like a true DJ. I dreamed of making nonstop party discs without a nanosecond of silence or fade-out. Alas, this is no good if you can't preview what the transitions are going to sound like--which, 9 times out of 10, Roxio's software failed...
...needle. Drop it on the record. DJ Craze is onstage at the 2000 DMC/Technics World DJ Championships. An announcer delivers the judges' decision: "DJ Craze--the first DJ in history to win one, two, three years consecutively!" Just as writers like Thomas Pynchon spin out novels that are a blend of literary references (it's no coincidence one of the main characters in The Crying of Lot 49 is a radio DJ), just as visual artists like Lee Krasner have created collages of bits of older paintings (she even used pieces of her husband Jackson Pollock's canvases), Craze...
...news") specializes in rustic chic: there are TVs, minibars, quadraphonic sound and a spa, but all are hidden in well-spaced thatched villas tucked in a beachfront jungle. Floors are sand or tiled, electronics are concealed and furniture is rough-hewn wood or rattan. Guests also dress to blend in. But then, why would you need to show off when just being there sets you above hoi polloi: the cheapest low-season rate is $391 for two people per day, and in the high season, $2,926. "Sometimes when guests drop down out of the sky, I feel like...