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...Martin Eisenstadt: One Man??s Wildly Inappropriate Adventures With the Last Republicans,” Eisenstadt’s memoir of his political life and his work on the 2008 Republican presidential campaign, is filled with just such pearls of political wisdom. Over the course of a whirlwind narrative, the book offers telling glimpses into the ill-fated McCain/Palin presidential run, including the dysfunctional dynamic between the two halves of the ticket. Eisenstadt also drops juicy quotes from key players across the political and journalistic spectrum, giving us access to meetings, manipulations and machinations that took place behind...
It’s hard not to look at Spoon’s new album, “Transference,” as something of a reaction to that success. “Before destruction a man??s heart is haughty,” Daniel, quoting Proverbs, begins the album. With his penchant for writing rock music about rock music, the intention to step back a bit seems clear. And throughout “Transference,” the elements that made its predecessor an instant classic—horns, conventional pop structure, songs with more that...
...that one can play essentially the same character in many films, provided that one is entertaining enough to get away with it. In Downey’s case, the intellectually brilliant, heavy-drinking and hard-hitting persona of American arms inventor Tony Stark of “Iron Man?? proves surprisingly adaptable to 19th century England. That is to say, all that is needed is a change of accent. This is not a deep role, but a fun one, and Downey recognizes this, delivering lines like “using musical theory, I have created order...
Despite Munro’s clear attempts to move outside her comfort zone—even making one story’s narrator a man??the stories of “Too Much Happiness” still firmly belong in Munro Land. And despite subject matter that includes a fair amount of sex, drugs, and violence, her stories still read with the same quiet calm, so much so that it often takes a couple minutes for the full weight of the subject matter to sink...
Washington recalls seeing vomit still trickling down the side of the man??s mouth into a pile by his face. His knuckles, Washington said, were “red like a lobster,” and he was wearing only a dark thin jacket with jeans and sneakers. The man??s eyes were still open, Washington added...