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...coming joost revolution, led by Skype veterans Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, may move TV to the Internet, but that is no reason to call Microsoft's popular WebTV service, which does the opposite, a dud [March 12]. Of Joost, Jeremy Caplan said, "Simplicity is the magic," but nothing is simpler than WebTV. Sure, Microsoft dropped the ball by discontinuing WebTV. But we old-timers--I am almost 83--love it. Lloyd Saletan, New York City...
...McCain veterans insist their candidate hasn't changed, just his prospects. "The key difference is, hopefully, this is a winning campaign," says his chief strategist John Weaver. Trying to rekindle the old magic, they rearranged his schedule to put him back on the Straight Talk Express bus this month. But that could distract him from another goal in this critical period: building up his campaign coffers so that he has the financial muscle of a front-runner when the tallies are released for the first reporting period, which ends March...
...also the laughably large new panes of plate glass that amounted to architectural magician's tricks, erasing the old boundary between indoors and out. And the unearthly rays of light beaming from burning lime that transformed any actor on a stage into a shining angelic or demonic figure; the magic-lantern shows of Halley's comet; the new, exceptionally yellow yellow paints and bright red printer's inks, all mixed up by chemists in laboratories; the telegraph wires that sparked and blushed against the night skies like grapevines beset by St. Elmo's fire...
...hits—strange words from the man who lends his voice to maniacal baby Stewie and Brian, a talking dog with an alcohol problem, on “Family Guy.” But whether “The Winner” will create the same comic magic as “Family Guy” remains to be seen. MacFarlane’s last offering, “American Dad!,” failed to spark the same kind of buzz as its animated older brother. In many ways, “American...
With the release of his third full-length album, Patrick Wolf may be going through something of an identity crisis: at times dance-inducing, at times heartbreaking, and occasionally ridiculous, the music of “The Magic Position” is a decidedly mixed bag. The artist describes his music as “Folktronica,” which seems apt enough—the melodic mix of electronic and traditional instrumentation is really where the album shines. Lyrics about enchantment and stars further ground this image, but the dance-music influence still maintains a respectable presence. The execution...