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...person grieving expresses a certain rawness, a singular emotional intensity that, strangely, rarely surfaces in images of the 9/11 aftermath. Artists dealing with acts of terror are often content to represent a more general sense of national grief through abstract images, like the photographs of twisted debris that comprise Joel Meyerowitz’s photo-book “Aftermath.” Often, this results in gripping, affective art.But when someone explicitly grieves for a friend who died in the attacks, the moment is special, charged with the weighty energy that comes only with proximity to mortality. An artist...
...Don’t Feel Like Dancin’.” Featuring a piano riff co-written and performed by Elton John, the piece is as masterfully derivative and flamboyant as anything on the Sisters’ previous album, sounding like vintage ABBA, Billy Joel, and Bee-Gees all at once. It’s also reassuring to know the Sisters haven’t lost any of their sense of humor or their fascination for the sexually explicit. (It’s a small marvel “Ta-Dah” avoided the brand of a Parental...
...Does God want you to be rich?" delivered a one-dimensional view of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen. He leads his congregation toward a better life by focusing on positive thinking, helping others and improving physical well-being while keeping God and Christianity central. Osteen is a caring and driven man of God who inspires those around him. He's the reason I have developed a close relationship with God, for which I will be forever grateful...
...short address, his lawyer spoke for about 30 minutes, first outlining Yau’s charges against the New Yorker as explained in the letter, and then taking questions from the people watching. At one point, the lawyer quoted an e-mail sent to him by the mathematician Joel Smoller, in which he compares Nasar to the New York Times fabulist Jayson Blair. “It is difficult to communicate the damage done to Dr. Yau’s reputation by this article,” the lawyer concluded, adding that Yau sent the letter with...
Recognize those eyes? That knowing smile? That's the Piano Man's daughter ALEXA RAY JOEL, who's on tour to promote her first EP, Sketches. The offspring of Billy Joel and ex-wife Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray, 20, hasn't quite found her stage feet: she fainted onstage while performing in upstate New York in mid-September. But one of the advantages of coming from a famous family is that you always have plenty of material (like, for instance, your mom's headline-heavy divorce). And Alexa Ray isn't afraid to use it. Her tune...