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...studying with one of the great American furniture makers, James Krenov.) Sometimes his pieces resemble hybrids of basketry and cooperage. A beautiful example is Brunhilde, 1998-2000, an open-form cage of intricately fitted cedar slats, a mysterious baglike structure that seems to inflate with breath--like a Wagnerian soprano, says Puryear, filling her lungs for the big aria. And then there are the purely organic forms, which derive from nests, seedpods, flower stems, birds' bones or marine protozoa. An example is his big red-cedar-and-pine piece, Plenty's Boast, 1994-95. As the title suggests, it could...
...first glance, the story lines of Mafia hit men, power and treachery seem as if they will follow crime-tale formulas, but The Sopranos turns out to be as unpredictable as real life. Its popular and critical acclaim reflects Chase's ability to flesh out lifelike characters and his knack for assembling a cast with the energy to play them. He makes viewers identify with made men by making them human. You empathize with Tony Soprano whether he's whacking a guy in the afternoon or arguing with his abrasive Ivy League daughter at dinner, because Chase gets the details...
...service called HBO Interactive, due out this summer. For 10 extra bucks a month, you can watch anything that's on HBO any given week, whenever you want, however many times you want. Microsoft, Showtime and @Home have similar "Video on Demand" projects in the works. Just remember: Tony Soprano don't take orders from nobody...
...there were a cause in sight, or a national commitment, I might be able to get my bearings. But I feel like a guy who has come home to the wrong house, sort of like Tony Soprano as he drives past the pig statue on the roof of the butcher shop on the way to his mansionette on the hill with the marble this overlaying the teak that. He knows where he is, technically, but he is also a lost soul, which accounts, I think, for his appeal...
George Bush could learn something from Tony Soprano - and it's not that he should have whacked Jim Jeffords before he got out of line. There's an old Mafia saying that goes like this: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer...