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Your article on the debut of the B-2 [KOSOVO CRISIS, April 26] struck me as closed-minded cheerleading from people living in a fantasy world. The B-2 bomber was called a dream machine that takes off "over soybean fields" and lands back near our "heartland homes." Such writing trivializes war, making it seem like just a job, and a pleasant one at that. Remember, war is hell. JOHN SLEVIN Bell Gardens, Calif...
Washington shot the movie on campus this July after Dr. Allen S. Counter, head of the Harvard Foundation, said that Washington promised to debut the film at Harvard. A close friend of the actor, Counter said he was surprised after finding out that Washington would be keeping his promise...
Mother Laura Bennett seems to miss the point of the kindergarten-stage debut. Sure, she gets to do everything six times, but her children are separate individuals with their own needs, and she is their one and only mother. It's important to know that motherhood is not always glamorous...
...home to college-friendly bands like the Cardigans, Liz Phair, Veruca Salt and Tahiti 80. "The band's music possesses a charm, melodicism and style that we fell in love with immediately," says label head Jim Powers, who signed White Shoes and re-released their self-titled 2005 debut album in the U.S. in September. What American listeners will make of White Shoes' fey and shimmering songs - mostly recorded in Indonesian, with one or two in English - remains to be seen however. Indonesia's biggest stars - platinum-selling bands such as Dewa and Gigi - have never had any impact...
...just possible, though, that White Shoes will be able to leverage its Internet buzz and get noticed by college trendsetters on the lookout for musical exotica. The debut album treads a daring line between cool and camp, filtering Paris of the 1960s, or swinging London, through an Asian prism. The tunes call to mind not only film soundtracks but also TV themes and tacky advertising jingles from consumerism's golden age. It's a deliciously anachronistic sound, underscored by the lack of digital instrumentation (the band's lineup includes three classically-trained musicians...