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Seaside is reminiscent of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, or Key West minus the latter-day cult of decay. But the new town is no pattern-book copy. Its master plan is the work of a husband-wife architectural team from Miami, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The pair spent months examining Southern towns, intent on divining the largely unwritten rules that gave the streets their peculiar character and coherence. Former members of the glitzy neomodern firm Arquitectonica, Duany and Plater-Zyberk produced a set of building instructions for Seaside that require in effect a revival of prewar...
...Steroids on the Sox? Maybe. I'm sure there are 'roids, or human growth hormone, or good old-fashioned bennies being taken (the latter two still not tested for, and the next refuge for baseball scoundrels who are today decycling on their steroids programs). I was talking to Bill Leiderman, the owner of Mickey Mantle's on Central Park South, during his midday radio show that's broadcast from the restaurant, and he told me all the guys-the players-who come in for a drink say that pills are still a huge part of the game. "They need their...
...unique high-stakes and secret campaign for electing a pope rides a pendulum between the sacred and the profane. At this late hour, the latter seems predominant as bookies grow busier and politicking amongst the cardinals sharpens. Inside the Conclave, which begins on Monday, all of that is supposed to give way to each cardinal?s most holy obligation to seek out the right man to be the 264th successor to Peter. Still, the race today appears no more predictable than it did two weeks ago. But I?ll run the risk of declaring my Top 10 papal candidates, though...
...Television Rules the Nation” has a beat cool enough to keep the song interesting, as does “Technologic,” in which a creepy artificial midget-voice repeats a string of ominous techno-words over an ever-changing and equally eerie backing. The latter recalls the frantic acceleration of “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” off of their masterpiece album “Discovery...
...mundane and realistic story appear completely unbelievable. Sadly, “House of D”—David Duchovny’s (“The X-Files”) debut as both writer and director of a feature film—is an example of the latter...