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...adorns Johnson’s work with bass, drums, keyboard and harmonica. The extra sonic dimension feels more like revelation than heresy; the ease with which Clapton and his band introduce these new layers testifies to the oceanic depth of the songs. From the slow and dirty grind of “Milkcow’s Calf Blues” to the exhilarating ragtime bounce of “They’re Red Hot,” in which Preston’s swaggering piano truly shines, Clapton’s interpretations are uniformly satisfying. And while...
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...have movie-idol looks and we don't make millions from crooning insipid love ballads to panting female audiences. But for a long time the iconic Canto-pop star saw his job in the same way most of us see ours: as a soul-deadening grind. Going back two decades, when he was starting in television, or to the mid-'80s, after he made his big leap into films, Lau was dogged by a sensation that he was sleepwalking through his performances. "In any movie," he says, "you showed your handsome face, maybe stood there in a smart pose...
...event, Roh himself quickly dropped the idea of exiting from office before his term was up. His enemies did not follow suit. Now the impeachment process must grind forward, and from the standpoint of the endangered democratic system, none of the possible outcomes are reassuring. On one hand, the court may rule that Roh has violated his oath of office and must step down?in which case a perilously low threshold for rejecting the legitimacy of the people's highest elected representative will have been established for all future leaders of South Korea. On the other hand, the court...
...Filming the series was a sweatshop grind. "We shot 18 to 20 hours a day," Zhao recalls. "There were two groups of actors. One shot during the day, one at night. Frequently I'd have to do both. A few times I worked so hard that I actually threw up from the exertion. But I was young then. I didn't get tired easily. And I never complained about the working conditions. I thought that's just how it was supposed to be. Now I know that's wrong. But at the time I had no clue. Whatever they...