Word: singer
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, 79, Nobel laureate, on his diet: "I did not become a vegetarian for my health. I did it for the health of the chickens...
...negative aspects" emphasized by Orwell. To this end, he has enlisted the talents of a curious assortment of the old-and new-wave garde, including Performance Artist Laurie Anderson, 36, Composers John Cage, 71, and Philip Glass, 46, Choreographer Merce Cunningham, 64, Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg, 57, Rock Singer Peter Gabriel, 33, and Cellist Charlotte Moorman, 44, once celebrated for her topless playing. Directed by Paik from the Pompidou Center in Paris and by George Plimpton, 56, acting as host at a studio in Manhattan, the one-hour live broadcast is described by Paik as a "celebration." Presumably, Big Brother...
That peak came between 1953 and 1962, when Sinatra was recording for Capitol Records. Teamed with arrangers such as Billy May, Gordon Jenkins and, especially, Nelson Riddle, Sinatra finally put to rest the "Swoonatra" image of his youth to become a singer of astonishing breadth, consummate technique and unrivaled intensity...
Above all, though, is Sinatra's urgent sincerity, which persuades the listener that for the moment at least, the singer and his song are one. In real life, Sinatra may bully hapless casino dealers and harass would-be biographers, but in concert with a chorus of moppets on High Hopes he seems a natural to lead next year's third-grade outing. And when Sinatra sings that definitive barroom lament, One for My Baby, even a teetotaler is tempted to light up a cigarette and order one more for the road. Now that is bel canto indeed...
Culture Club: Colour by Numbers (Virgin). Lead Singer Boy George may look like Peter Pan at a transvestite Mardi Gras, but this band purveys a straight and joyous brand...