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...would want to drink at the Pequod. Instead, Gordon wanted a title associated with his native Seattle and went hunting for names in Washington state mountains. He liked the sound of a turn-of-the-century coal mine by the name of Starbo, which reminded Terry's literary penchant of Starbuck. Melville would cringe at the association...

Author: By V.p. Demenil, | Title: Rising Star: A Brand Name History | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

Although Mark Linkous, lead singer of Sparklehorse, lives in a secluded farmhouse in Virginia and has a penchant for wearing white Stetsons onstage, the group is considerably better known in Europe than in the U.S. Portuguese, French, German and British web sites lauding the band's first album Viva dixie submarine transmission plot and its latest effort, Good Morning Spider, attest to this. They have toured Europe successfully, and Spider has been rated album of the year for 1998 by The London Sunday Times, also muscling its way into Top Ten lists of various magazines. The show last weekend...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Although Mark Linkous, lead singer of Sparklehorse, lives in a secluded farmhouse in Virginia and has a penchant for wearing white Stetsons onstage, the group is considerably better known in Europe than in the U.S. Portuguese, French, German and British web sites lauding the band's first album Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot and its latest effort, Good Morning Spider, attest to this. They have toured Europe successfully, and Spider has been rated album of the year for 1998 by The London Sunday Times, also muscling its way into Top Ten lists of various magazines. The show last weekend was part of the band...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...Russell's wife, Mary Bell, is played by Angelina Jolie (George Wallace, Gia). Mary seems to be a transformation of Angelina's former role in _Hackers_, only instead of computer viruses, she has a penchant for vodka. An uncanny, scantily-clad, lusty young woman, Mary has a seductive quality that is all too familiar, quite irritating as well...

Author: By Angela Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Air Up There | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...would want to drink at the Pequod. Instead, Gordon wanted a title associated with his native Seattle and went hunting for names in Washington state mountains. He liked the sound of a turn-of-the-century coal mine by the name of Starbo, which reminded Terry's literary penchant of Starbuck. Melville would cringe at the association...

Author: By V. P. Demenil, | Title: RISING STAR | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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