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...least formally—than even Bob Dylan. Where he weaved stories on an intricate but predictable meter, Newsom spins an ever-evolving sequence of rhyme schemes. In “Emily,” she paints an organic tale of a dying kingdom, and the swoop and pull of the orchestration (arranged by Van Dyke Parks) makes it sound like an apocalyptic dirge from another planet. “Monkey & Bear” is more in the vein of medieval balladry, its anthropomorphized title characters undertaking an epic journey with lute-like accompaniment. “Sawdust & Diamonds...
...Stewart singled out a woman who said, “I’m really taken aback, that [Clinton] lost it.”The camera cut to Stewart, who said, “Really? Who the fuck are you?!”“When you can pull it off, that’s when pop culture is…inspirational and healthy and wonderful,” Rees says of Stewart’s outburst and its ilk.Despite this strident, demanding stance, Rees does not seem preachy in conversation. He frequently brings up a struggle to avoid...
...congratulated the writers of the report, Hoffmann himself provided a pull-quote: “I want to haggle. We will haggle. We always haggle. But I think they [the Task Force] had it right.” I happen to think so, too. The future of this curriculum will lie in its integration to real life and not its disconnection from...
...until the team’s last tilt, a victory over Columbia in which he scored 22, they were generally successful. This year will be no different—but Goffredo is more prepared for the challenge.“I worked a lot this summer on my pull-up game and getting to the basket off the dribble,” Goffredo says. “I worked a lot on getting my own shot off, and we got a lot of good plays in to make [this happen].”And Housman will be at the center...
...good comedy is a little like madlibs. Knowing what to do with the empty spaces makes all the difference. It’s not just what actors can pull out of a script that makes a comedy funny; often, it’s what a cast can generate on its own—pure creative humor—that makes a play worth seeing...