Word: magnolia
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...often than not, they were. "You just sit down at Starbucks or the Chateau Marmont--a lot of directors like to meet there--and start talking," says Benjamin. "Paul Thomas Anderson and I were tripping for hours," he says, recalling his meeting with the director of Boogie Nights and Magnolia. The informal conversations covered a lot of different ground, but Benjamin always made a point of explaining that Andre 3000--the platinum blond superfreak put together from the spare parts of George Clinton, Rick James and Prince--is nothing like André Benjamin, the person named Esquire's best-dressed...
...arms--70 Soviet-made AK-47 rifles, 100,000 rounds of ammunition, rocket grenades, boots and other supplies--but two of the three dead crew members found inside were Americans. The pair were later identified as William J. Cooper, 61, of Reno, and Wallace Elaine Sawyer Jr., 41, of Magnolia, Ark. A day later searchers cornered Hasenfus hiding in an abandoned shack. Though he was armed with a pistol and a knife, he offered no resistance, and was marched off to a Sandinista base camp. The following day he was helicoptered to Managua, where, unshaven and haggard, he made...
...have to confess to being a bit obsessed with both Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric...
When I first listened to Songs: Ohia’s final album, entitled “Magnolia Electric Co.” (yes, it’s both the album’s title and the moniker for ex-Songs: Ohia lead singer Jason Molina’s new band), I listened to the opening track, “Farewell Transmission” for hours on repeat. By the time I was done, my roommates were no longer speaking to me, but at least I had the altogether satisfying company of Molina’s voice...
Though the Museum of Fine Arts setting for their recent concert demanded a mostly seated and consequently sedate audience, the Co. delivered a terrific set lasting nearly two hours. They played tunes from Songs’ “Magnolia Electric Co.” as well as from “Trials and Errors,” their own sloppy, excessively-jam-oriented-but-lovable debut live album. Finally, they introduced a few “brand spankin’ new ones” as Molina declared, some of which were culled from their just-released studio album...