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DIED. TOWNES VAN ZANDT, 52, country singer whose dark recordings about life's losers included Pancho and Lefty (recorded by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard); of a heart attack; in Smyrna, Tennessee. Born to wealth, Van Zandt spent part of his teens institutionalized for manic depression. At one point he became so poor he subsisted on dog food. But his songs influenced generations of country and rock singers, from Neil Young to the Cowboy Junkies...
...made passes at him in a tavern, “He was at first cold, and then violent, giving her head a sharp smack,” Morris writes. But Beethoven also carried the albatross of physical unattractiveness: he had a swarthy complexion, skin pits, and short legs. One singer rejected him, “because he was so ugly, and half crazy...
...band whose music is hardly visual. The video concerns a bald, portly, middle-aged man, living a soulless corporate life in a particularly depressing Bed, Bath, Linens, Things and Beyond. Following are shots of mattresses and men with ill-fitting dress shirts; general misery ensues, backed by lead singer Britt Daniel’s restrained 4/4 emotions. Later, said fat protagonist comes home, relaxes, eats, puts on women’s clothing… what? Yes, it seems that, as Daniel croons it, “no one knows the two sides of Monsieur Valentine...
...fist-clenched pocket occupants, hung looser. The shirts, soaked through, fluttered in the breeze of the subwoofers. Uniforms weathered by battle.THE BAND QUERIED“Why are you guys so fun?”“We’re from Australia,” answered the lead singer between sips of aftershow water.“And that defines you?”“In many ways, yes. It’s tough, though, when you use all these elements of spontaneity. But, you know, Australia doesn’t really have a national identity. It?...
...rhythm sections to visit Cambridge recently.Unfortunately, Versace’s off-putting stage presence distracted from his competent chops: he mouthed—with great enthusiasm—every note that he played on the keyboard. Statham, though his trombone skills were limited, turned out to be a great singer and performer, especially on the standout “I Don’t Need No Doctor,” which featured a burning double-time jazz-improv section. And yet, whenever Versace was not singing or playing, he tended to retreat to the wall behind the stage?...