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...filled with tales of loss, hard luck, and longing that leave much to listeners' imagination. Take, for example. the opener Margaret vs. Pauline, a story about two young women: one graceful, with "an ingot in her breast to burn cool and collected," the other unfocused and resentful, whose "jaw aches from wanting." The closing lyrics are as close as Case gets to explaining the fierce tension one woman feels for the other. ("Two girls walk down the same street/ One left a sweater sitting on the train and the other lost three fingers at the cannery.") Case's stories, however...
...show for the first time is like falling in love with a beautiful person who speaks another language: you miss the shadings but get the passion. Guiding your emotions is Ren? Dup?r?'s rich, throbbingly romantic music - easily the year's best new score. Sumptuous music, an engaging story, jaw-dropping visual grandeur... KA is what I said: great theater...
...with 10 million sensory endings that have the capability to detect changes in water temperature, pressure, osmotic gradients, and motion. According to Nweeia’s website, www.narwhal.org, the tusk is actually a tooth, shaped like a spiraled rod, which projects out of the male’s upper jaw through its lips and ranges six to nine feet in length. According to the site, it is very rare for a female to have a tusk. William Fitzhugh—director of The Arctic Studies Center (ASC), which is part of the Smithsonian Institution—explained the significance...
...falls for wristbands and Roombas, but Depp beats even chocolate—as the site reasons, “Without chocolate we, the hungry and sugar-toothed, would still have donuts, ice cream, and the rest of the candy aisle. Without Johnny Depp, moviegoers who appreciate a finely chiseled jaw and even finer acting would have who? Jude Law?”) Really, all your pop culture delights are better satisfied online. If you have a TV jones, TelevisionWithoutPity.com not only increases the insanity by providing moment-by-moment recaps of what you missed, but also slams what you watch...
FOOD FOR LESS Forget vip phone lines, advance reservations and jaw-dropping dinner bills. Some upscale restaurateurs have set up shop in more humble locations such as, uh, the sidewalk. Danny Meyer (of Blue Smoke, the Modern and Tabla fame) last year unveiled a ?roadside? food stand in New York City's Madison Square Park. The Shake Shack serves up affordable fare like cheeseburgers, crinkle-cut fries, hot dogs, frozen custard, beer and even breakfast?you can eat your warm heirloom apple fritter and Shack-a-ccino (total: $5.31) on a folding plastic chair under the shade...