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...maladapted, I just mean that listening to the soft, faux-baton crooning of the song, and then seeing this same Joanna Newsom-esque popadry set before a backdrop of shape-shifting, color-altering starscapes and dream sequences, feels sort of like seeing Agent Smith muttering Elvish in a fever-dream to Frodo Baggins. Only sort of, but weird is weird...
...eight times in a row, is attributable mostly to his trumpet playing at Preservation Hall, where they call him Dr. Jazz. "I'm native born in New Orleans, live in the French Quarter, been here all my life," he says. "We've recovered from the Civil War, from yellow-fever epidemics, from hurricanes--the hurricane of 1915, and the hurricane of 1947 that like to have wiped out the city. Then Betsy...
...started out as a painkiller and fever reducer, but in recent decades we have learned that aspirin can also reduce the risk of heart attacks and help prevent strokes. Last week I was surprised to read in the Journal of the American Medical Association that high doses of aspirin taken for long periods of time can prevent colorectal cancer...
...When last you and I met in this electronic space to hash over affaires du Sox, the season was brand spanking new, the championship rings were just out of their boxes, Fever Pitch was hitting the theaters and the ?World Champion Red Sox? were launching their defense. The mood, as it had been for six months, was one of giddiness, gaiety, jollity-eternal sunshine, no fear of failure. Don?t get me wrong, here: We?re still cheerful (we?re in first place, after...
...Fever Pitch is a useful marker. Jimmy and Drew were everywhere-they were on the Today show all week long, and so were the Farrellys. Weren?t they? Letterman. Leno. The EW cover with Johnny. Big smiles everywhere. And everyone said the movie was sweet and lovely and you had to see it. But not everyone did, and it closed pretty quickly, and life went on. It?s mid-July now, and you just know Fever Pitch is going to be out on DVD-a lesser experience-any second. Drew and the Farrellys are off to make their next, more...