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...Lampoon last published a book parody in 1969 called “Bored of the Rings,” a retelling of the title novel in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy...
...Fountainhead, an epic novel chronicling the struggles of an architect named Howard Roark against conventional values, was her breakout work. In her race to get the sprawling 700-page book to press, she began taking the amphetamine Benzedrine to fuel her efforts. "Rand used it to power her last months of work on the novel, including several 24-hour sessions correcting page proofs," writes Burns. The book brought Rand financial security and fame...
...Cecil B. DeMille who turned Moses into a symbol of American power in the Cold War. The 1956 epic The Ten Commandments, which in its inflation-adjusted total ranks as the fifth highest grossing movie of all time, opened with DeMille appearing onscreen. "The theme of this picture is whether men ought to be ruled by God's law or whether they are to be ruled by the whims of a dictator," he said. "The same battle continues throughout the world today." To drive home his point, DeMille cast mostly Americans as Israelites and Europeans as Egyptians...
...well known as the works of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, or Beethoven are (and nobody can possibly underestimate the contributions of these musical giants), a body of equally powerful music exists in the repertoire of the wind ensemble. Percy Grainger’s epic “Lincolnshire Posy” emerged from his personal travels in the English countryside, where he collected folk songs and transformed them into a rich, layered multi-movement piece. Each movement adopts the personality and unique melody of a folk singer but is adapted for a modern ensemble...
...tomorrow the Boston Red Sox will play. Fans of both teams will fret over those games, but with one eye they’ll inevitably be looking ahead to the next round—when Boston and New York will almost inevitably meet in what looks to be an epic clash...