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...etched unchangingly into their faces. It’s a very creepy and powerful effect, especially when coupled with the woman’s rag-like clothing. Here’s the story: the wife waits on the shore as her gnarled fisherman husband is eaten by a spiny fish after the two duel in a maelstrom (conveyed by hands with cut-out lighting bolts attached). All the while, Feist gasps out soft narrative lyrics interspersed with an eerie harmony. After her husband is swallowed, the wife dons a retro-science fiction swim apparatus to search for him. Although...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Feist | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...years seemed unbreakable. Stark, a family therapist, had nursed her husband through a harrowing liver transplant, and he had patiently encouraged her as she wrote her first book. Then, one day in 2006, returning from a three-week book tour, Stark told her husband she had picked up fish for dinner. He responded, "It's over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Couch Online: Does Tele-Therapy Work? | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...Despite sometimes losing his work to whitewash or a power hose, Banksy's career seems to be continuing on its upward trajectory. His latest work is an installation called "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill," a commentary on the human-animal relationship that features walking chicken nuggets, swimming fish sticks and hot dogs that slither like snakes. It has been captivating the New York City art scene this month and closes Oct. 31. Although he works undercover, it doesn't look like Banksy can escape the spotlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banksy Defends His Guerrilla Graffiti Art | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...more coordinated international regulation. The crisis affecting Iceland has its roots in the catastrophic consequences of an oversized banking industry in a country without the financial muscle to become a lender of last resort amidst a liquidity crisis. Although the country had been known for generations as an isolated fishing outpost off Europe, in the last few decades the national economy veered from fish to finance. According to official figures, the fishing industry shrunk from 16 percent to 6 percent of GDP between 1986 and 2006. Banking, insurance, and property, meanwhile, came to represent 26 percent...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Gone With the (Arctic) Wind | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...with a car battery.Perhaps this should be expected. Switzerland already has animal protection laws ad absurdum. Last month, a set of laws went into effect that require canine owners to take a four-hour course before buying a dog, anglers to take a course on how to catch fish humanely, and pet owners to protect goldfish privacy by not having tanks be transparent on all sides. Only in a country that has discussions on goldfish privacy can the inherent dignity of plants be seriously considered.Nonetheless, how can a group of well-educated individuals produce an ethical stance as silly...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Considering the Lilies of the Field | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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