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...rather than the conspicuously aggravated, dope-addled CBGBs crowd of twenty-five years ago. My guess is The Strokes would sooner die than hold forth with a Patti Smith-style poetry-reading-over-extended-jam-session, a jazzy, Tom Verlaine guitar solo, or one of the Ramones' ceaseless power-chord assaults, the way a nostalgia act might. Gen Y kids that they are, they're way too self-contained, insufficiently grandiose for that sort of thing. And thank God - it's that approach to the post-punk tradition that makes them original...
...impossible to watch Assassins without considering Sept. 11. Audiences today will probably wince more at hearing Byck describe his intent to crash a plane into Nixon’s White House, and accusations of civil liberties curtailment may strike an especially resonant chord. Even the set design, resplendent with American flags, campaign posters and news clippings reminds that this is a show about American values and affronts to them...
...model KATE DILLON. The idea sprang from the success of an issue last year featuring women of various ages. "We're trying to show women there are clothes for them within the Vogue world whether they are curvy, tall or short," says Wintour. The short part might strike a chord with Dillon's photo-shoot companion, model DAVID SANDERCOTT, but as Wintour points out, "He's in great shape...
...multiple short stories that also relate to each other. Spiegelman added that what he is most "in awe" of right now is the "weird dialogue" going on between the work of Clowes and Ware. "What is natural for Dan Clowes - narrative development of characters - has found a responsive chord in Chris, leading [Ware] to do more with his characters. Conversely, Chris's very natural feeling for form seems to have affected what Dan does...
Whatever praise New York City's Ramones deserved for more or less inventing punk rock, they could never be accused of versatility. The band found its groove--fast, heavy, black-humored three-chord assaults--and luxuriated in it for almost a quarter century. But before his death last year, the singer, Joey, got relatively experimental on his first and last solo album. Relatively is the key word here: he fits five, sometimes six chords into a single song, and (gasp) evinces a heartfelt concern for social issues. But the first track, a cover of What a Wonderful World, makes...