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...Lowdown: MacDonald's "Fat Bastard" persona is one we can all recognize: that particularly odious American mentality of indulgence and irresponsibility, of charging one's life on a credit card until the IRS comes a-knockin'. But the scheme MacDonald concocted to kill said bastard is uniquely his own, and the life he lived throughout the ordeal is as unbelievable as it sounds. How did MacDonald not die in the process? Just as fascinating are the glimpses of life in the U.S. in 2000. As MacDonald notes, "If I had been paying attention, I might have noticed that...
Last year the big toy company that rejected Horvath's designs came a knockin'. "They offered us a bunch of money, and of course we said no. The same person who said it could never work was one of the people," he says. "We were so happy that we'd held out and stuck to what we believed in. We didn't have a board meeting or marketing team help put it together." They are, however, considering a television show, and will publish a storybook in a few months. They're also expanding globally (75% of their business is domestic...
...Tuesday, April 12, 9pm, Vatican City What's a reporter to do when the anointed sources are on maximum lock-down? Keep on knockin'. And, at the same time, hustle for other ways to divine what those 115 men in red who will choose the next Pope are thinking and saying and doing behind their shuttered windows. We talk to aides; we talk to bishops; we talk to people who talk to Cardinals. Beyond the Cardinals' self-imposed press blackout during this week leading up to the conclave, we got a piece of bad news earlier today when a dinner...
Flashiness is something this industry has largely lost. The exception: Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz brought Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash onstage for a rendition of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. It may become Comdex's eulogy...
...dramatic climax and the pianist room to paint his sound-portrait. Of course there's a slew of arpeggios (eight, to the all-time record 11 in "Great Balls") and the satyr-singer's invocation of the magic moment "when your hips start rockin'/ Honey, and your knees start knockin'." For a transcendent 1min, 58 secs., find the song on the Jerry Lee CD "25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings...