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Pink Martini, a jazz/world band led by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale ’92, has given Forbes the perfect venue to do just that. Lauderdale spent his undergraduate years at Adams House, where he was famous for wearing expensive women’s evening gowns to the dining hall and throwing extravagant shindigs—one of which forced the closing of the former house pool. He’s parlayed that exuberance into 14 beautifully composed songs on 2004’s “Hang On Little Tomato.” The album is instrumentally immaculate, orchestrally...
...kids were still having breakfast when she began. First was "Perfect Paul," the 3-year-old who had been her most joyful and least trouble. He died in seconds, held violently underwater by the mother whose hands had carefully washed his hair so that the soap would not sting his eyes. She carried his soaked body to her bed, tucking him beneath a maroon blanket, his head on the pillows. After Paul, she drowned Luke, 2, and moved on to John, 5. Next she killed their baby sister Mary, whom she had distracted with a bottle so she wouldn...
...stars--k.d. lang, the Red Hot Chili Peppers--on a succession of red carpets, nudging ol' Tone's style toward MTV without sacrificing his half-century of musical substance. Tony has been flying on the fumes of hipness ever since, and Danny sees the big eight-O as the perfect moment for another boost of publicity rocket fuel. "I've had my eye on this since his 75th," says the younger Bennett. "Most people's concept of 80 is you can't get up the stairs, but Tony still sings like he's 20, and he has fans...
...accept the withered look of their playground, which consumes no more liters of water than an average household in a year. "At first sight, it's shocking. But at least you feel like a part of nature. It's not an artificial surface you're playing on. It's perfect," says Juan Martïn, who just joined the reduced-water golf course. He certainly doesn't view Quijorna's crunchy landscape as a handicap. tel: (34-628) 64 34 11; www. quijornagolf.com
Gartside masterminded “Cupid & Psyche ’85,” an intellectual attack on the language of love songs wrapped in explosive, complicated dance beats. The lead single, “Perfect Way,” received heavy airplay on MTV, and for good reason...