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...true even of the ferocious triptychs he made after the suicide of his lover George Dyer, a onetime London hood who killed himself in their hotel room on the eve of Bacon's first big retrospective, in Paris in 1971. In those pictures Bacon didn't simply unload his grief. He used it to find his way to the even bleaker abbreviations of a pitiless world he produced in the 1970s. Dyer's grotesque end--he was found dead on the toilet from a drug overdose--stands behind these paintings, but they speak to you about more universal miseries. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tragic Hero: A Majestic Francis Bacon Show | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...know any of the players’ names, just yell out “Go Rocco!” at some point and you’ll pass for a Fenway regular. Finally, don’t bring your glove if you’re over 10. The grief won’t be worth the help it might provide in the unlikely event that a ball heads your way. Now take yourself out to the ballgame. Your friends are going to be green (monsters) with envy...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fenway for First-Timers | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...power in that it is so simple.”Constructed from real interviews, case files, and public records, “The Exonerated” clearly explores the appalling consequences of false accusation. It appeals to a variety of emotions as diverse as the cast itself, balancing both grief and humor in the plot. “Even though it is a touching play that even moves me to tears in certain parts, it’s not intended to depress or have you come away with a particular thought about the penal system,” Ragin says...

Author: By Minji Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'The Exonorated' Explores Death Penalty | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...lofty strings and a steel guitar solo, work to create this sense of closure. The pensive nature of the song as a mournful yet serene ending to the album is truly expressed as harmonies sung by the other characters are added on top of Meloy’s grief-stricken melody.Several songs are not as versatile as the aforementioned cuts, contrivances seemingly designed only to set up a given mood, build the suspense, or introduce a new character. For instance, “A Bower Scene” consists of a single guitar riff that seems to be more like...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Decemberists | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...moments of thinking, "Oh boy, these people really need to get a life." But for the most part, the meetings were very moving. These people were devastated. As a magazine and newspaper reporter I covered wars and murders, and yet still I was pretty affected by the grief that the people in that room felt, the attachments they had to their animals and the sense of loss that they endured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do We Love Our Dogs More than People? | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

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