Word: offbeaters
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Just released in the States, it was last year’s best album; on it, Ms. Dynamite makes the crossover from underground garage emcee to dancehall diva. In fact, A Little Deeper only shows its two-step roots on the final two tracks, the offbeat and frenetic “Danger” and “Ramp.” Instead, most of the album offers track after track of MTV-worthy, melodic hip-hop gems. Dynamite’s been billed as the British Lauryn Hill, but this album blows away Hill’s recent self...
...renowned Greek physician Galen wrote about the beneficial health effects of yogurt back in the 2nd century A.D. It took nearly 1,800 years before Americans turned it into a health-food staple. While such old standbys as Dannon and Yoplait continue to feed most of the yogurt demand, offbeat yogurts--many of them made from different kinds of milk--have been popping up on gourmet and health-food store shelves. One longtime favorite of yogurt aficionados--the Greek-made Total, which has both cow's-milk and sheep's-milk varieties--was introduced in New York City ethnic groceries...
With the results from offbeat questions such as “You’re stuck in an elevator. What do you do?” the survey surprised students both by confirming existing matches and bringing opposites together...
...checking off specific tasks and milestones as you go. The site even sends e-mail reminders to help keep you on schedule. The tips can be surprisingly helpful and creative. For weight loss, the site suggests everything from the obvious (eat fewer calories than you burn) to the offbeat (consult a hypnotherapist). If you want to become a vegetarian, myGoals.com includes links to veggie websites and support groups. The site falls short, however, in its awkward, blank templates that users are supposed to fill out to achieve goals not already mapped by the site. And while the e-mail reminders...
...Rotten?appears contorted with pain. Takahashi, the 33-year-old founder of fashion house Under Cover, is shaking his head, tugging on his "Nagasaki Nightmare" T shirt and bitching about the spate of anxiety dreams he's been suffering lately. In one, he's at an unveiling of his offbeat outfits when the models mutate into dogs. In another, his latest collection of hand-sewn jeans and vests entitled "Scab" morphs into a Uniqlo horror of unadventurous banality. In yet another dream he's watching someone's head, probably his own, melt. "It's been like this for months," Takahashi...