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...published in the Paris Review and writes nonfiction for the New York Times Magazine. But listen to the commentaries he gives as a resident expert on The Daily Show and you'll discover that one of the deadliest potential consequences of global warming is an unfrozen-caveman crime wave. Crack the spine of his faux atlas, The Areas of My Expertise, and you'll learn of Frdric Chopin's ladybug obsession, Maine's state motto ("Remember the Maine!") and the Depression-era rebellion that resulted in Hobo Joe Junkpan's brief appointment as Secretary of the Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy Forging the Future: Tweedy, Literate and Very Dry | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...song and the band became bona fide emo gods to legions of equally pint-sized girls. The band’s new video, “Rough Landing, Holly,” is kind of like the “Ocean Avenue” video—but on crack. Director Marc Webb intended for a lot to be going on at once…but it’s a little too much. The opening is simple enough: frontman Eric Key is discovered in bed with a woman by her husband. Scandalous! In response to this, Key does what...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Popscreen: Yellowcard | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...Artist reached his creative apogee in the late eighties with his landmark double album, “Sign ‘O’ the Times”, and each of his subsequent releases has struggled to recreate that recording’s effortless songcraft, crack musicianship, and irrepressible joie de vivre. Prince’s high-profile disputes with the label executives at Warner Brothers Records, and his failed bid for release from his multi-album contract, are usually blamed for the precipitous drop in quality of his early nineties recordings. But the truth is, the Purple One just...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prince | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...players present, carding rounds of 80, 83, and 72 on the par-72 layout. Shore continued to build on his solid fall, when he finished second on the team in stroke average. “Being a freshman, it’s kind of hard to crack into the lineup sometimes,” senior D.J. Hynes said, “and he’s really stepped in and helped us out.” Hynes himself was the team’s second-highest finisher, reaching the clubhouse with rounds...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frosh Take Center Stage at Invitational | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...rallies may be provoking a backlash among Republican opponents of the bill. Republican Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Congressman who has been one of the leaders in the House?s push to curb illegal immigration, told the Denver Post the rallies only made him more determined to crack down on illegal immigrants. "All these folks who are here illegally know they can protest brazenly," he said. "It's really a mockery of our immigration system." He added that the protests make him even more determined to pass a House bill that does not provide for a guest worker program and would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Immigration Protests Creating a Backlash? | 3/29/2006 | See Source »

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