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...Following a brief intermission, the program traveled back 100 years to Ernst von Dohnányi’s “Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1.” Joined by pianist Joel G. Fan ’91, the Ying Quartet displayed their multifaceted musicality once again...
...have to be an 8-year-old to feel a little hesitant about the idea of spending 30 seconds alone with Michael Jackson. But here in Japan, fans were lining up - and paying up - for face time with the King of Pop. Earlier this month Jackson came to Tokyo for a series of "fan appreciation events," including a VIP party on March 8 for which guests shelled out $3,500 a ticket to enjoy a buffet dinner, a concert by Japanese Jackson impersonators rather than by the King himself, and a brief one-on-one moment with Jackson...
...more so than Smelly. A Tokyo-based performance artist who idolizes Jackson, Smelly takes his stage name from an old nickname of Jackson's. Smelly has been a fan for 22 years, and he doesn't let Jackson's personal troubles - or lack of recent musical output - dent his worship. "Michael's private life is in shambles," says Smelly. "But that is life, which shows on the stage and in his music. Despair, egoism and karma are revealed and there for everybody to see. Compared to Michael, other musicians are hicks...
...poster show for gore but also a bte noire of Iraq-war opponents, who say that it rationalizes state brutality. They seized on a New Yorker article in which Army officers complained that West Point students cited 24 as an argument for torture. (G.O.P. Senator John McCain, a 24 fan, has made the same criticism...
...allowed to say on that show is ‘shit’ and a couple blasphemous-type words.” Still, he notes, “having constraints gives you different ideas about things...it gives you a way to work differently.” NEVER FEAR, FANS McMahon’s stint with “Nip/Tuck” is certain to last at least another two years. Although production time on each episode is an alarmingly short seven days (as opposed to the standard 10-14) and the work is “consistently draining...