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...critics and largely ignored by audiences upon release. Written as a knee-jerk reaction to the crime and moral depravity unfolding just beyond Duffy’s front door, his cinematic ode to vigilante justice took years to garner a solid following. Slowly seeping into the lexicon of frat houses across the nation via limited re-releases and DVD distribution, the bullet-riddled spiritual journey of the MacManus twins eventually drummed up a large enough fan base to warrant the production of “The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,” an equally entertaining?...
...those who have gone. We should appreciate people while they're still alive. Keep in touch with old friends, visit the elderly, and love your children. Even in death, most people wouldn't want certain private information to be revealed to their families. Timmy's not archiving his frat parties for Mom and Dad, should he die suddenly. It's more endearing to recall your moments with Grandma than to remember her online status. The pastor doesn't read Jane's profile; he gives a eulogy that paints a profile of her life. Howard Jay Meyer, NEW YORK...
Last weekend I made a trip that I had been putting off for months. My good friend at UMass Amherst often encourages me to escape the Cambridge bubble and journey across the state to spend a weekend at his frat, but I just as often decline, terrified that a few days away from Harvard spells a death sentence for schoolwork. This time, though, I was out of excuses...
...Yeah right. How could I possibly swing a Harvard sports column about my trip to UMass? But I figured it could be fun. I had always wanted to see how a classic frat on a huge campus approached the hallowed tradition of tailgating...
...consumers in the late '50s, folk music was the Kingston Trio, with their frat-boy élan and their repertoire purloined from Seeger and other traditionalists. Then one man suggested that the genre could be bigger. "The American public is like Sleeping Beauty, waiting to be kissed awake by the prince of folk music," said Albert Grossman, a Chicago entrepreneur, at the first Newport Folk Festival, in 1959. Bob Dylan, whose manager Grossman became in 1962, may have been that prince, but the raspy-voiced kid needed troubadours to sell his message to the masses. Grossman had seen Travers perform...