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...those people out there who have everhoped that they might one day join mobs of skinny,acne-plagued teenagers dressed in black to danceand worship satanic figures, tonight your dreamscome true. Marilyn Manson, tortured souland all, will perform his hits tonight in aconcert banned in most Midwestern states. 7:30p.m., Tsongas Arena, Lowell, 617-931-2000. Tickets...
...future avant-gardist had for a mentor a man who hated abstract art. But when Pollock came under Benton's tutelage, he wasn't aiming at abstraction. Benton's way of composing, with its heftily twisting figures and buckling, scoop-and-bump space, was based on 16th century Mannerism--Midwestern El Greco and Tintoretto; he even adapted the Mannerist device of reducing the figures to geometrical dolls, sometimes modeling them in clay. This vehemence, locked up as a system, appealed to Pollock as a container for his own emotional flailing. Though some painters show early signs of genius...
DIED. FRANK YANKOVIC, 83, a.k.a. America's Polka King, maestro of Midwestern dance halls for seven decades who won the first ever Grammy for the folksy musical genre; in New Port Richey, Fla. Yankovic pumped his first accordion at age nine and soon took his signature Slovenian-style polka show on the road. Devoted fans, some known to have ripped off his clothes, won his devotion in return: he played so many one-night stands that he missed the birth of all 10 of his kids...
When Pam, a lab research assistant at a Midwestern company, was called in for her annual review recently, her boss was sympathetic about the sharp decline in her job performance. He knew that Pam, a recovering alcoholic, had been battling manic depression and grieving over a death in her family. What he didn't know, however, was that Pam had been spending up to six hours of her workday sending e-mail to friends and playing electronic games. The consequences of Pam's compulsion extend beyond the work time lost. "Sometimes I forget where I'm at, and I might...
...example of this is the Jerry Springer show, which has certainly found quite a following wherever it is shown while still retaining a distinctly rural, Midwestern feel. In general, however, it is the mass culture of our major cities that is exported via our speedy communications technology to all corners of the country. Kids in the interior of Alaska might now watch Beavis and Butthead rather than learn their native culture and history. Tragic? Yes, but also a by-product of a process I would be loathe to stop...