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...most objective standards, was doing pretty well. I lived in an old building in majestic Harlem, with a lovely son and partner, and made a show of wearing a suit and fedora to a job that merely requested jeans and a collar. I had a joint bank account and dental insurance. Yet, on any given day, if you'd asked me about my greatest accomplishment, it invariably began with my second life-the one in which I was a seven-foot blue elf whose hobbies included firing crossbows, trapping wild boars and reenacting the video for Michael Jackson's "Billie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

He’s almost exactly like me: same height, a little hunched over, a little pale, and immaculately fashionable. Golden tresses flow out of a tweed fedora...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Screwing Up My Shot With Beck | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...adorable set from an adorable man who comes from an adorable country, has an adorable accent, and plays with a band of six of the hottest women this reviewer has ever fantasized about. The performer in question was, of course, Sweden’s Jens Lekman.Wearing a silly fedora and telling the stories-behind-the-songs in order to make everyone feel welcome (a particular favorite was a tale about being roped into pretending to be the boyfriend of a lesbian in order to impress her parents), Jens and his band of Swedish beauties rollicked through plenty of delightful little...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blood, Sweat, and Hipsters in Chi-Town | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

...comic book, with a story called "Me, the Verdict," an acute burlesque of Spillane tropes. The highest compliment was paid by Fred Astaire, who in 1953's The Band Wagon devoted an entire ballet, called "The Girl Hunt," to the Hammer mystique. (A decade later, Spillane tipped his fedora to Astaire by titling a Hammer novel The Girl Hunters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

...Chicago,” 49 have been called back for consideration for the final cast of 22. The auditions are noticeably more intense. Instead of trying out for singing or acting or dancing separately, the directors give the actors full scenes from the show to perform.Everyone is wearing fedora hats, which just makes the scene that much more formal - and surreal. Hanley is extremely professional, making it a point to shake every actor’s hand and say, “We appreciate your time.” The actors who have been called back are grouped...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chris N. Hanley | 2/23/2006 | See Source »

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