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...band's MySpace profile that attracted the attention of Minty Fresh, a Chicago-based record label that is home to college-friendly bands like the Cardigans, Liz Phair, Veruca Salt and Tahiti 80. "The band's music possesses a charm, melodicism and style that we fell in love with immediately," says label head Jim Powers, who signed White Shoes and re-released their self-titled 2005 debut album in the U.S. in September. What American listeners will make of White Shoes' fey and shimmering songs - mostly recorded in Indonesian, with one or two in English - remains to be seen however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mod Squad | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...can’t make up its mind as to what kind of laptop advice to give. 14) Mather got pretty riled up over a painting near their dining hall. We hear it looked like a baby getting stabbed through a melon. 15) Adams went witch hunting over stolen salt shakers...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 House List Feuds | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...Romney’s good heart and work ethic, gained national fame when he led the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games. As expected, Romney transformed a $379 million deficit into a $56 million surplus. He also set an example. Foregoing a salary, Romney cut the fancy meals and expensive trips. He infamously served his executives pizza on paper plates—and charged them a dollar a slice. Pledging to strip government officials convicted of felonies of their pensions and to prohibit senior staff members’ relatives from lobbying the executive branch, a President Romney could polish...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Real Romney | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...excess, these candidates will drop out early (or already have) because of a similar flaw. Next is former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, who, as the son of a former Michigan governor grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, much like Dahl’s Veruca Salt. Romney is definitely the most blue-blooded and aristocratic of all candidates, and has shown a penchant for flip-flopping as the political wind changes, just as the greedy Veruca constantly changed her mind about what she wanted. The loud, brash, and hypercompetitive former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani most resembles...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Mike and the Chocolate Factory | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...spokesman for his faith." But that principled stance may simply stoke concerns that Romney is reticent because he is prohibited from disclosing details about his religious tradition. Romney did address one charge head-on, making clear that he would not be required to answer to church authorities in Salt Lake City. But that is not even the pervasive concern for him that it was for John Kennedy when he was required to declare in his landmark 1960 speech that the Pope would not influence his presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romney's Risky Faith Gambit | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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