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...always, desperation breeds innovation. Everywhere, people exchanged tips on how to survive: some took showers with their clothes on and then went to bed--wet. A colleague recommended sleeping with a frozen towel over your face. Other people descended into the catacombs, where 6 million skeletons were pleasantly cool. M??to France, the national weather service, posted hopelessly quaint tips: wet your draperies, and maybe even spritz a little perfume on them to sweeten...
...group of students wore navy blue t-shirts that displayed the traditional “M?? logo of the university’s athletic teams, which instead of “MICHIGAN,” bore the word “JUSTICE...
After licking the bowl clean of ginger sauce, it’s time for our entrees. My assistant opts for crabmeat fried rice ($6.65)—a m??lange of fried rice, crabmeat, onions, scallions, egg, green peas and tomatoes. Noting that the portion is large enough to feed the entire nation of Thailand by itself, I order pineapple fried rice ($6)—a fruitier combination that more closely aligns with my personality. Chicken, shrimp, pineapples, raisins, eggs and a touch of curry powder entice me to devour the large portion despite my recent weight-loss...
...m??lange of accompaniment styles, particularly the combination of poetry and melancholy song, created an unusual and interesting context for the performance. As the ear heard words of the poem or song, the eye immediately sought a connection with the dancers’ movement. But connections are not ordinarily difficult to find in the abstract world of dance, and “Interiors” was no exception with its dimly veiled aura and somewhat artificial development...
...album that topped many “Best of 2001” lists, critical darlings The Microphones have promptly returned with their follow-up. A considerably darker affair, Mount Eerie is a challenging five-song concept album of meditations on death. Central Microphone Phil Elvrum sculpts an appropriately chaotic m??lange with his frail, wavering voice, delicate guitar acoustics and haunting background vocals provided by labelmates Mirah and Calvin Johnson. Most prominent, however, are the constantly booming percussion and out-of-sync drum loops, which evoke (respectively) Mount Eerie and the narrator’s phobias surrounding...