Word: foos
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...that there was no reason for panic. But after the failure of investment bank Lehman Brothers, the sale of Merrill Lynch, and the bailout of home-mortage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, hundreds of Singaporeans were taking no chances. Standing in the crowd outside AIA's offices, Karen Foo, 29, said she was only dimly aware of the underlying assets in the investment trust her insurance policy is linked to, but she was determined to sell the financial instrument at the earliest opportunity. "I'm a little worried," Foo said with a tight smile...
...move and are frozen to the spot. One bunny pulls a wagon with a boom box that blares "Little Bunny Foo Foo," and a bunny brass band, with a tuba and trombone, marches by. I glance at my cousin and see the light sparkling from his eyes. "See?" says the oldest man at Burning Man. At last he'd found his inspiration. "This is the kind of thing you could never explain...
...have an acoustic, folk-inspired sound. When considered as a whole, the two halves form a distinctive album that is about partying with abandon in one moment and picking up the pieces of your life in the next. Gil Norton, whose past credits include efforts by the Foo Fighters, produced the first half, while Brian Deck, who has worked with Iron & Wine, is responsible for the second half. Norton’s influence is apparent in the album’s unsparing opening track “1492,” a song about moral disintegration—something Duritz?...
...back home, demeaning labor cattle calls and desperate housing improvisations in the U.S. (including makeshift rooms over loud, 24-hour racquetball courts in Queens). It's a milieu ripe with characters like a stuttering S&M photographer played with delightful understatement by Golden Globe nominee John Leguizamo (To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar); and a gorgeous street vendor and aspiring salsa singer played by Ana de la Reguera (Jack Black's heartthrob in Nacho Libre...
...something to love on “Lust, Lust, Lust,” the latest release from co-ed Danish duo the Raveonettes. Fittingly for a group that takes its name from the Buddy Holly hit “Rave On,” Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo pay homage to the ’60s-era American pop inspirations that are frequently cited but rarely revived. The band incorporates instrumental nods to their beloved Holly and Lou Reed along with close vocal harmonies that recall the pre-pubescent crooning of the Everly Brothers and the cheerful banter...