Word: flea
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...minutes, but flights tend to come only once a week. When they do, it feels like Christmas - mail from home is the only thing that keeps the soldiers at Maizan going. Today's haul saw troops whooping over new Sony Playstations, games, Oreos, cigarettes, Cheese Whiz and even a flea collar for Beebe, the camp dog. Sergeant Florian Barrie, from Watertown, New York, walked off with three cases of Mountain Dew sent by his mom and a friend. Expensive? Yes, but it's these little things that make life bearable in Maizan...
...example of character as fate. But with producer Rick Rubin pushing their buttons, the Peppers summoned up two discs and 28 tracks' worth of ambition, and sure enough, they can still write hits. The first disc, subtitled Jupiter, is wall-to-wall melodies that bob and weave on Flea's bass playing and Anthony Kiedis' vocal cords. (Lyrically he's still concerned with the abstract fantasia that is his California life, but no matter.) The second disc, Mars, is more experimental but still catchy enough to play straight through. Welcome back, fellas...
...when they made the “Give it Away” video—unfortunately, this song is a sleeping pill by comparison. Some of the video’s clips are throwaways, but there are more than a few highlights. Like when we find bassist Flea looking completely out of his element in a ’50s dark suit, playing an enormous double bass. The look on his face suggests that the two-piece is a bit more confining than his more typical strategically-placed tube sock, but the master of the funky electric bass looks like...
...could blame her for succumbing to the strummings of the stringed septet? Just to say the word ukulele forces a smile. The name is almost certainly Hawaiian?it allegedly comes from the islanders' word for "jumping flea," bestowed after a 19th century Portuguese sailor impressed locals with his instrument's capabilities. Marilyn Monroe ran wild with one in Some Like It Hot, British Prime Minister Tony Blair took one on his last summer vacation, and in 1946, British entertainer George Formby incensed South African apartheid architect Daniel Malan by refusing to play his uke for whites-only audiences. However, although...
...play a Vogue-sponsored benefit at the Met later this year. And who could blame her for succumbing to the strummings of the stringed septet? Just to say the word ukulele forces a smile. The name is almost certainly Hawaiian - it allegedly comes from the islanders' word for "jumping flea," bestowed after a 19th century Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection...