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...ball could fly, but Top-Flite had become so synonymous with clunky range balls that getting golfers to try the new D2s would be harder than getting a tee time at Pebble. So the marketing team came up with RFID, not to track inventory but as a clever intro: Rock-Flite Is Dead. Armed with balls stamped with these letters, Callaway approached players like John Freeman, head pro at Edgewood in Big Bend, Wis. "After shooting a 64, I was asking, 'What ball was it?'" says Freeman. "They e-mailed back and said it was a Top-Flite. It kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golf Game: Top-Flite Gets Macho | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...channel's 10 highest-rated shows. Shows like Secrets That Sell!, Designed to Sell, Bought & Sold, Get It Sold--notice a pattern?--offer a guide to tapping, Jed Clampett--style, the gusher of wealth sitting under your property. "What will people do to sell?" asks the intro of Buy Me. "How far will buyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Economics on TV | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...follows with piano chords and an electronic beat slow enough that the song comes dangerously close to “easy listening.” The song is ultimately rescued in typical Air fashion with echoing choral “ahhs” and synth. The ominous intro to “Photograph” is reminiscent of “The Virgin Suicides” and maintains intensity without an overstated volume or tempo. “Mer du Japon,” a further exploration of Air’s quite apparent Asian fetish, is closer...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Air | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...guitars and pianos, synthesizers, an MPC 200XL sampler, and his own vocals on nearly every track—no small feat. But the energy of RJD2’s unique compilations wears off after about the fourth track, once it becomes apparent that nearly every song has the same intro. First there’s about ten to 20 seconds of lethargic high-pitched electronic tones; then come the backbeat and drums; and finally, ten to 20 seconds later, the vocals. “Beyond,” “Murs Beat...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: RJD2 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...Sadly, comic book artists have long regarded themselves as second-class citizens in the world of storytelling," wrote Frank Miller, who did the Sin City graphic novels (and co-directed the film version), in his intro to the fourth volume of The Spirit Archives. He says the result has been "a field that is constantly looking to other media for validation. ?See? We use REAL PAINTING, just like FINE ARTISTS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Mad Need a Museum? | 2/3/2007 | See Source »

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