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Amid the alliterative sentences and one phrase paragraphs characteristic of Ellroy’s furious style are photographs of L.A. personalities and other people who had an influence on Ellroy’s life. Ellroy was particularly enthusiastic to point out the inclusion of Kaya Christian, November 1967 Playboy Playmate of the month...
...student loosely strings together a series of standardized talking points. A form of blind liberalism has taken over our campuses, and it is massacring any form of intellectual diversity. Rather than assume their place in the (perhaps mythical) intellectual elite, students prefer to stick to pithy turns of phrase without substance or reason...
...original material is nothing short of embarrassing, reaching its nadir in an overly-long sequence of “Adelaide” that draws new meaning to the phrase “musical masturbation” as it alternates between depressing piano solos and composed moments of Folds panting. Even the most devout fans of Folds should pass up this disc and wait for the dork-chic piano man to offer up something more substantive. Those who purchase the EP will forget its melodies and instead find themselves singing along with Whatever’s “Song...
...DIED. RODNEY DANGERFIELD, 82, necktie-tugging, bug-eyed U.S. comedian known for his self-deprecating one-liners and his catch phrase, "I don't get no respect"; in Los Angeles. After struggling as a young stand-up comic under the name Jack Roy, he quit show business and sold aluminum siding for 12 years. But in 1967, he returned with a new stage name and earned his first big break on The Ed Sullivan Show. Dangerfield's hard-luck shtick made him a TV staple in the '70s and '80s, and he starred in the slapstick screen comedies Caddyshack...
...insists that Asian American X makes stereotyping impossible. “When you pick up this book you realize that there’s no single stereotype or image or phrase that captures what it means to be Asian American,” he said. “That’s why it’s Asian American X. ‘X’ is a variable...