Word: debutants
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...most fans at Saturday’s show had probably signed on sometime in the last few months, and the band’s set-list seemed tailored to their desires. Whereas something from their debut album might’ve gone under-appreciated, songs like “All the Wine” from “Alligator” were greeted with the ecstatic howls usually reserved for ancient rarities or decade-old classics. When the band eased into the slower “About Today” (thus reaching all the way back to 2004?...
Remember how gypsy music was supposedly making a comeback? Praised in the blogosphere after their 2006 debut, Beirut was lumped into the same Eastern Invasion category as Gogol Bordello, simply because both bands cited gypsy influences. However, Beirut eschews Bordello’s hedonism and registers as a slightly more ethnic Neutral Milk Hotel. “The Flying Club Cup,” Beirut’s second album, seeks inspiration further west of their old sonic haunts and finds it in France. The influence is evident, superficially in the pretentious Francophone chatter at the beginning of songs...
...Marie Claire.” They were all fun to talk about, fun to read, but none of them really addressed the issues of the college student, and I thought, “What if I started a magazine that filled that niche?”"Upon its debut, “Freeze” was received warmly by women across campus, but financial issues put the fate of the magazine in question. This was only one of the several reasons Sebastian listed while explaining the magazine’s upcoming move to an exclusively online format."There were three...
...Conan Doyle - by now an eye doctor - outlined his first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which he described as "a simple tale of mystery to make a little extra money." Its main character, initially called Sherringford Hope and later rechristened Sherlock Holmes, was based largely on Bell. But Holmes' debut went almost unnoticed, and the struggling doctor devoted nearly all of his spare time to writing long historical novels in the vein of Sir Walter Scott - novels that he was convinced would make his reputation. It wasn't to be. In 1888, Holmes reappeared in A Scandal in Bohemia...
...would-be novelist: write what you know. Tip for a first-time director: show what you've seen. Ben Affleck has been living in the tabloids for so long, it might seem as if he had been born there. But no, he's a Boston kid, and for his debut in the auteur sweepstakes, he wisely chose a Dennis Lehane suspense novel set in the down-and-dirty Boston suburb of Dorchester...