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Harry Shearer, the comedian, writer, actor (This Is Spinal Tap) and ubiquitous voice on The Simpsons, ventures into political satire in his new album, Songs of the Bushmen (Courgette Records). The CD takes musical potshots at Administration figures ranging from Condi Rice to Karl Rove, but what has got at least some people upset is its cover: the President with a bone through his nose, an image that prompted radio and billboard powerhouse Clear Channel to ban billboard ads for the album. Shearer talked with TIME's Richard Zoglin about the controversy, the state of political satire and the chances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Shearer on Political Satire | 7/18/2008 | See Source »

...going to have a Spinal Tap reunion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Shearer on Political Satire | 7/18/2008 | See Source »

...began telling me what she was experiencing, it became clear that this might be something other than spinal woes. For one thing, she had had a fever a few days earlier and was feeling run-down. She also remembered having severe itchiness in the areas where she now had pain. Her other doctors initially worried that she was having a heart attack or that she had an ulcer, though antacids brought no relief. I asked her to describe the pain. "Stabbing," she said. The clincher was a band of reddened skin - extending from the middle of her back around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rash Redux | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Since then, Israel has been on the lam, even after the authorities took his girlfriend, Debra Ryan, into custody for abetting the escape. Given Israel’s long history of medical problems (he was scheduled to undergo spinal surgery only days after his disappearance), it seems unlikely that he can evade the law for long. But then again, the most wanted man in the world is a six-foot-six-inch father of 24 who is rumored to be on dialysis, so perhaps this is going to take a while...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Take the Money and Run | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...heavy object and fell down. I woke up two days later at Birchenough Bridge hospital." Moyo's wife Tendai, 37, had found him bleeding and unconscious in the road and taken him to hospital on an oxcart. Both his legs and his back were broken, and his spinal cord was partly severed; he is now paralyzed below the waist. Local observers have little doubt that pro-government militias are to blame. "Moyo is a well-known MDC activist, a strong organizer, very popular," says a neighbor, Simon. "They knew that crippling him would also cripple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Mugabe: A Despot's Cruel Resolve | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

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