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Sitting in the library of Lippman House, the Nieman Fellow headquarters, Orlean pronounces it “a real pleasant surprise to be back at school.” She wants to branch out and take science or linguistics this semester. “You get here and suddenly you just want to do a million things,” she says quietly but eagerly...
...Andrew remarked, it would have all made a perfectly pleasant spread—if it had been served around a large, juicy steak. I am still not about to charge off to Veggie Planet, located on Palmer Street, across from the Coop—carnivorous habits die hard. But, based on Emmons’ cooking at the CCAE, I could think of far worse places to go for a meal...
...omnipresence and memorable bio--her father is sitar legend Ravi Shankar, 83--a bit cloying. Skeptics were soon interpreting enthusiasm as hype and positing that Come Away with Me was merely a follow-up to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? sound track and Buena Vista Social Club--a pleasant little genre album that flattered its listeners' sense of eclecticism. Never mind that her success was the rare intersection of ubiquity and quality; to "real" music fans, the fact that nobody could find a reason not to like her was reason enough not to like her. The day after...
...shoots. For another, multiplatinum-sales phenomena like Come Away with Me have a logic all their own. Buying the first album by a beautiful, jazz-inflected underdog was an act of self-definition. Buying the second album by a charming, known commodity shows nothing more than an interest in pleasant songs expertly sung. Feels like Home is equally as good as its predecessor, yet for external reasons, it may seduce only half as many listeners. You get the sense that would suit Snorah just fine...
...majority of homes she stops by this Friday afternoon are empty. Xu drops a flyer in the door and checks off the house from her list. Those who actually make it to the door are pleasant, but don’t say much. Maybe they’re undecided, maybe they’re already Edwards supporters; in the worst-case scenario, they’re Republicans...