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...from the shocked naïveté of a jilted lover (“You cheated me and I can’t believe it”) to the origins of artistic inspiration (“I could steal a melody / Of this I am allowed”). The mood of her music covers a similarly broad spectrum, from the downright creepy ballad “Tower Song” to the more rock-pop feel of “Comin’ to Town.” Wainwright’s strangely poetic and profoundly female way of expressing...
...case against calm in Demworld begins with the idea that Obama isn't guaranteed the White House just because the fundamentals tilt his way. Whatever the mood, Democratic veterans warn, campaigns matter. And McCain's campaign has been much more aggressive about trying to define the debate and seize news cycles; when MSNBC's Joe Scarborough was asked during the initial lipstick-on-a-pig spat what the media would talk about in two days, he replied, "Whatever the McCain campaign wants us to talk about, because the McCain campaign is assertive." The media have dutifully fact-checked the McCain...
...clear whether it's dawn or dusk. Early last century, as the planet veered inexorably toward global conflict, Shanghai opened its doors to the world's refugees - Russians fleeing the Bolsheviks, Jews escaping the Nazis, even Chinese communists dodging warlords - and threw one helluva party. The festive mood survives to this day, as the city in September celebrated the opening of three major art fairs, one of which, ShContemporary, showcased not only top contemporary Chinese artists, but also emerging talents from 26 different countries. ShContemporary ranks as Asia's first international art fair, and the fact that it takes place...
...Because of the city's previous incarnation as a center of global capitalism, the Shanghainese today ranks as China's most ardent conspicuous consumers, equally voracious when buying local or global. Nevertheless, given the somber economic mood worldwide, Shanghai has tried to reign in the excess a bit. October's annual Millionaire Fair, where the moneyed classes can pick up everything from a gold-plated toilet to a private jet, has been rebranded simply as The Fair. But the metropolis still thrums with a determined decadence, a stance borne of having to hibernate during the height of communist fervor. Practically...
People in Houston are in a pretty good mood. There's a definite "we're all in this together" spirit. Out on the street, everyone's talking about their own preparations, who they know who's evacuated. I ran into a couple that evacuated from Surfside in Freeport. They'd planned to stay there through it all, then got nervous...