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BOOKS ON TAP Don't be fooled by the pretentious name?L'estranger Literary Salon is Luang Prabang's coolest bar, perched on the second floor of a gorgeous teakwood shophouse overlooking the Nam Khan river in Thanon Kingkitsalat. Paper lanterns cast a gentle glow over cushions scattered invitingly about the polished wooden floor, as a mix of funk and trip-hoppy sounds filter from the speakers. Marvel at the collection of old National Geographics lining the upstairs walls or browse in the secondhand bookshop downstairs...
...recent books are devoted to video games, one, the [i have these titles in my notebook, just not on me right now] shows a young couple in their pajamas, bathed in the blue glow of a tv screen. She has spiky hair; the two of them look like they belong in a Volvo ad (drivers, not passangers.) Another book, [title here] catalogues the “golden age of video games”, reflecting perhaps the simultaneous vogue of the eighties and video game culture. The Final Fantasy music video played on MTV. Movies based on video games proliferate...
...grace, strength, presence and poise. Later in the summer, I wait by the side of the road for a bus back to La Paz Centro from Managua. As a van full of U.S. Marines drive by, they slow and salute their fellow American (me!) through the windows. I glow for weeks, despite the Marines’ clear ploy for female attention...
...nine months after President Clinton's impeachment, Sorkin's White House drama debuted on NBC. The aides were sexy, honorable and smart. The President was a folksy Nobel laureate with touches of F.D.R., Stephen Hawking, Will Rogers and the Buddha. The series was a hit, and in the glow of the characters' thousand-megawatt halos, TV's view of Washington--once typified by the evil FBI conspiracists on The X-Files--started to shift...
...Saturday, March 9, the warm glow of the interior of the First Church Congregational was intensified with a superb performance by the Musica Sacra choir. Included among the diverse pieces performed was a choral adaptation of Psalm 23 composed by famed Harvard Professor of Mathematics Noam D. Elkies. Elkies, a campus personality remarkable for the winning combination of his youth and achievements, sat quietly in the second row throughout the performance of his composition, standing only for a few unassuming seconds afterwards to offer the audience a short wave, a little kiss and an understated...