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...Mike has an unbelievable ear for normal conversation," notes Johnson. "He is obsessed with the details and nuances of the way people talk. If you go anywhere with Mike in his car in Austin, he'll pop in a tape of some recorded conversation, some prank phone call." Adds Judge's friend, movie director Richard Linklater (Slacker): "Mike just has that gift of being tapped in. He has all these great facial expressions and voices. Ask him to re-create a lunch he had with David Geffen...
...Odyssey (Viking). In thrilling fashion, Robert Fagles' verse translation retells an epic tale 2,700 years old that some would argue is the mother of all novels. In recounting Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War, Fagles finds a contemporary English style that beckons to the ear as well as the eye. Rewardingly for an age so often rendered in rap and heavy metal, he makes Homer sing...
...reworking of the way the U.C goes about its business is in order; it doesn't have the ear of the administration or the support of the students", Porter says...
...drugs is not dying or going to jail or getting thrown out of school. The No. 1 risk for kids--and this has been consistent for 10 years--is disappointing their mothers and fathers. Parents will find that hard to believe because they think, "It goes in one ear and out the other ear." What I'm saying is not feel-good advice. Kids who report having parents who talk to them frequently have lower experimentation rates with drugs...
...SuperSonic Ear $20; Wild Planet Toys; ages 5 and up The idea is for kids to use this groovy parabolic-dish gun and headset to listen in on sounds of nature--caterpillars munching, woodland creatures scuttling--they wouldn't normally be able to hear. Neat concept. There's potential for danger--like accidentally pointing the dish at speakers while big brother is playing Metallica. But used sensibly (on nature--Yeah, right!), it could be lots...