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...both the volcanic mud from the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria (off the coast of Sicily), where Armani has a home, and by the Roman tradition of hot-spring bathing for relaxation. The spa's three private treatment rooms are finished in beige travertine stone and feature an Asian brass gong, which, when hammered with a mallet, emits relaxing vibes. Guests are provided with black kimonos in private dressing rooms that offer?what else??a complete set of Armani skin-care products and makeup for use after treatment. The initial foot bath, a Japanese tradition, features the famous Pantelleria-inspired...
...widespread across the U.S. that no survey show can ignore it. To accommodate this, for its first three weeks, the Biennial is spilling over to the Park Avenue Armory, a Victorian brick pile a few blocks from the museum that offers room after room of wood-paneled chambers with brass chandeliers and mounted moose heads. In other words, it's a party space. In one of the oaky rooms, the Los Angeles artist Eduardo Sarabia has opened a tequila bar. He made the blue-and-white-ceramic bar stand. He made the bottles. He even made the tequila. The press...
...tracks on “Ego Trippin’” are agenerous helping of Snoop, which is botha good and bad thing. There are a numberof good songs, such as “Press Play,” onwhich DJ Quik samples funk legends TheIsley Brothers. The brass and backgroundvocals mesh well with the dependably laconicSnoop Dogg drawl that we all knowand love. There’s also “Neva Have 2 Worry,”a surprisingly deep and mature pieceabout everywhere Snoop Dogg has beenin the game. Turns out, he’s changed...
...page report was only made public when maverick Dutch Green Party MEP Paul van Buitenen broke the rules to put a summary on his website. Van Buitenen, whose whistle-blowing in 1999 helped bring down the entire European Commission, says the Parliament's top brass knew about the fraud for years but decided not to take any action to tighten the rules. "But so far, the Parliament has not been prepared to come forward with concrete proposals to improve the current system," he says. "The Parliament cannot claim to be the conscience of Europe while this is happening...
...orchestra helped build an intimate atmosphere within Paine Hall.In the first movement, a lilting flute and clarinet duet soothed away the cares of the audience, and the strings and woodwinds melded together like milk and honey.Then the woodwinds leaped into action in the second movement, though the brass players offset their energy by playing somewhat off beat.The strings delivered a dramatic performance in the third movement, though the brass section again writhed as if in its dying throes.Balance was restored in the fourth movement, where the tune—inspired by the Russia of Stravinsky’s birth?...