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Prose does not hide that Caravaggio killed people during the tavern-fights which he loved to instigate, and that his competitive spirit??particularly with other artists—earned him an incredible collection of enemies. But somehow these behaviors get lost in the magnificent descriptions of the artist’s work. Somehow, in Francine Prose’s biography, the violence of the character is camouflaged in the tumult of Renaissance Italy...
...Lulu,” originally released in two parts, “Earth Spirit?? (1895) and “Pandora’s Box” (1902), has historically been shrouded in scandalous sexuality. In fact, when the play premiered in 1904 in Nuremberg, Wedekind and his publisher were met with federal charges for disseminating obscene material. Performances in Germany were banned shortly thereafter...
Alaska Klub Co-Heads Rennell and Leif E. Fenno ’07 say they hope to “bring some frontier spirit?? to Harvard. Post-victory, the Men’s Rugby Team had another frontier to face—the first-prize hangover that would be inevitable after consuming their spoils, 1049 ounces of beer...
...Deal on bass, Joey Santiago on lead guitar and David Lovering on drums) formed in Boston in 1986, put out five albums of genius pop/punk, influenced essentially every guitar-based band of the ’90s (Kurt Cobain once admitted that “Smells Like Teen Spirit?? is just a Pixies rip-off) and gave real meaning to the word “alternative,” then imploded acrimoniously in 1993. Deal rejoined her previous band, the Breeders, Black and Santiago continued to make music together and Lovering worked as a professional magician...
...that spirit??and without any earthly idea who will win the election—our time is probably best spent looking past the next four days, and on to the next four years. Despite the inevitable media group-think that will deify the victor’s electoral savvy and kick the loser’s reputation into the gutter, both George W. Bush and John Kerry ran campaigns from which politicians of both parties will draw important lessons...