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...under the slogan "Thailand for the Thais." Today, the country seems mesmerized again by nationalism. Schools and colleges have been ordered by the Ministry of Education to display the flag more prominently and play the national anthem at a higher volume. "Thai-ness" is once again a useful political concept: in early February, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's populist nationalism lifted his party?Thai Rak Thai, or Thais Love Thais?to a landslide election victory, and made criticism of his policies seem unpatriotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thais That Bind | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

Indeed, a sense of the “uncomfortable” is a key concept for the Three Tall Women production. While the first act has moments of levity, the second is unremittingly harsh, culminating in the proclamation that death is the happiest moment of life. If you see Three Tall Women , expect to appreciate the insightful production, but not to enjoy...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Dark Humor Disturbs | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

...idea here is to practice the spin so many times that you regain control of the vehicle--by steering in the direction of the skid, waiting for the tires to regain traction, then turning the wheel back in the direction you want to travel. At least that's the concept. After the fifth attempt, my goal is simply to hold down my breakfast and get Mazzacane, normally a mild-mannered guy, to quit yelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fast Track | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

...guys wrote self-contained songs, mostly some variant of verse-chorus-verse, with discernible beginnings and ends. With the Mars Volta, at least so far, they have committed themselves to the idea of the album as one entity; both this album and De-Loused are said to be concept albums loosely based on experiences that occurred in the lives of former friends...

Author: By Amos Barshad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Music: Frances the Mute | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

Mine is a world where identity is a fluid and invisible concept, ever-changing and unreliable, and thus where the only true qualifications a person has are the creativity of his (or her!) art and the strength of his or her argument. And lest you think I’m a dreamer, I’d like to point out that my world, or at least some facsimile of it, exists—and you enter it every time you turn on your computer and open your web browser or instant messaging client...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: Gender-Free Zone | 3/1/2005 | See Source »

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