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...even moderately famous writers get the full biographical treatment. The last year saw new biographies of Antoine de St.-Exupery, Andre Breton, and William Morris, to name just a few. And truly major writers are guaranteed at least a handful of encyclopedia-length biographies--three new books on Thomas Mann appeared in the space of a few months last summer...
...AIMEE MANN DESERVES A PLACE of special honor in the somewhat crowded pantheon of great singer-songwriters who have never got their due. A decade ago--before Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos and the latest wave of female alternative rockers began road-testing designer-packaged angst--Mann was cracking the Top 10 with her band 'Til Tuesday and their million-selling debut single, Voices Carry. Her gorgeously crafted, McCartneyesque melodies and her lyrical bent for evening the score with slippery record execs and self-absorbed lovers not only made for refreshingly pungent pop, it also became the blueprint for today...
...hands they're shaking/ As they struggle with the undertaking/ of simple thought," she cracks on the title song. Lyrically, her acid tongue remains; musically, I'm with Stupid rates as one of the catchiest pop albums of the year, brimming with poised three-minute mini-masterpieces. Mann has the same skill that great tunesmiths like McCartney and Neil Young have: the knack for writing simple, beautiful, instantly engaging songs. She may never sell millions like today's heart-on-the-sleeve emoters, but it's an even better bet that none of them will ever write songs as captivating...
MUSIC . . . I'M WITH STUPID: Aimee Mann may never sell millions of albums like today's heart-on-the-sleeve emoters Alanis Morrissette and Tori Amos, but it's an even better bet that none of them will ever write songs as captivating as the ones on her new solo album. "Lyrically, her acid tongue remains; musically, 'I'm with Stupid' rates as one of the most catchy and inviting pop albums of the year," says TIME's David Thigpen. "Mann's way with a tune is only getting better -- cuts such as 'Choice in the Matter' and the solo...
...addition, senior Terrence Mann took fourth in the high jump with 2.06 meters--although he has just recently returned from an injury...