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That said, Zorba is a perfect vehicle for aging stars. North Shore originally cast real-life couple Olympia Dukakis (Mr. Holland’s Opus) and Louis Zorich (Paul Reiser’s father on Mad About You), but both left the production because of scheduling conflicts. The show, however, misses nothing with the stars it does possess...
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana were to the Olympia indie-cum-grunge scene what Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols were to punk rock—what began as an esoteric musical offshoot of political turmoil (in the case of punk, economic and social turmoil in late-1970’s Britain; in the case of indie, rebellion against traditional gender roles in music and disdain towards the mass marketing of an art form) was deliberately sold as bandwagon rebellion. As Bart Simpson said while the Smashing Pumpkins played in front of him at Lollapalooza, “making teenagers depressed...
...welcome mat" sweepstakes. The grand prize? A seven-day, seven-night visit from the local, state or national pol of your choice. A big fan of Dennis Hastert? Just think: You could be cooking him breakfast for a whole week! Can?t get enough of Olympia Snowe? You may feel differently after drawing her bath every night...
...music. That sense is a source of the vehemence in the trio's sound, which--on albums released on the small Pacific Northwest labels Chainsaw and Kill Rock Stars--has become at once bigger and more agile, harsher and more unpredictable, since the band formed in 1994 in Olympia, Wash. The world is organized so as not to have to listen to songs as frightening and fast as Youth Decay, from last year's album All Hands on the Bad One, and there are thousands of people living in the world desperate to hear a song so unafraid...
That requires compromise. Both sides will have to budge on liability caps, and Democrats will have to accept language more clearly exempting employers from suits. Republican moderate Olympia Snowe is leading the way on that issue, and Daschle supports her. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is floating a proposal to allow a limited number of patient suits in state courts...