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...Brent Bozell spun off the Parents Television Council in 1995 from his Media Research Center, a watchdog group that monitors media bias. The cop drama NYPD Blue had recently debuted to controversy (and huge ratings), and, as Bozell puts it, "suddenly it became artistic to see Dennis Franz's rear end." In 1998 the PTC launched a membership drive that Bozell says netted 500,000 members. (The group now claims a million.) "We awoke a sleeping giant," he says...
Shalom Auslander’s writing has already drawn comparisons to Philip Roth, Woody Allen—and even Franz Kafka. Since Auslander’s first collection of short stories, Beware of God, won’t hit stores until April 1, the hype may be premature—but it’s not unwarranted...
...Harvard Concert Commission is currently courting a list of 26 groups including Franz Ferdinand, Wyclef Jean, and George Clinton. The list is subject to change during the bidding period...
Hearing chamber music is the aural equivalent of a theatrical experience. Without a conductor, the players assume independent roles, taking turns delivering their “lines” as solos. Take, for example, Franz Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet, a passionate work that features the cello as a tragic heroine. Without the utterance of a single word, the instruments engage in heated arguments or profess their lyrical love for one another...
...more European take—complete with British Invasion harmonies—on modern rock. The first track, after all, is called “Le Garage,” (French for, you guessed it, “The Garage”). Last year they hit the road with Franz Ferdinand, and not much later they’ve got their own headlining tour, attempting to conquer the U.S. after winning so many hearts in the U.K. For the brightest of British buzz, no other show this week will suffice...