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...Waugh had been a) a woman and b) a terrible writer. Waugh was a true wit and a master stylist who loved and despised his subjects (the English upper classes) with such a hopeless passion that he ended up capturing them completely. Bushnell does something very similar with rich people in New York City. Just without the wit or the style...
...time when writers and artists could live there--a few still do--but now the apartments start at $1 million-plus, making it strictly the domain of the wealthy. ("Money wants what it can't buy," Bushnell writes, "class and talent.") The friction between those two worlds--rich and poor, crass and cultured, New York present and New York past--gives the book its heat. Well, that...
...rising generation of postfeminist girl-women. But Philip still yearns for an old flame: Schiffer, an Oscar-winning actress whose new TV show is turning out to be a smash hit. Among these characters moves gentle, sophisticated, thwarted Billy Litchfield, a kind of freelance Guy Friday to rich people, who is very nice but way too poor to actually live in One Fifth...
...performances still feature high-quality jazz, including Goldsound, a quartet of heavy hitters who will be playing a deconstructive jazz version of music by 90s indie rock band Pavement. “From a music point of view I think it’s going to be incredibly rich,” executive producer Larry Simpson said. Though the festival’s main objective is to provide unbridled entertainment, organizers are confident that the bacchanalia it encourages does not hinder the appreciation of the music at the heart of the festival. “The festival...
...Staples Singers. Smither, a Louisiana native, has continued the blues tradition and is a still regular performer at the club, while Ollabelle, a New York-based group, represents the new generation of folk musicians. From the beginning, Harvard students were actively involved with the club and benefited from its rich music scene. Regular performers at the club included the Charles River Valley Boys, Tom Rush ’63, and Eric Sackheim ’56. “When we first started the original Club 47, we had a lot of Harvard students and Harvard graduates who were involved...