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...rumbling congas and drums, ''Tracing the lamp with my toes/ Playing with tigers 'til I find out/ Where it goes.'' At once innocent and world-weary, Jones' voice drops to a husky whisper or drawls syllables to wring nuance from every note. Painful memories appear without warning. On A Stranger's Car, Jones promises a young runaway that ''There is no one here to beat out your brains/ There's no one here who'll make you cry.'' Ultimately, though, human anguish gives way to understanding and compassion, and the demons that haunt Traffic from Paradise are banished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BOHO DANCE | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...said/ Have I got a little story for you." Vedder rushed back to his apartment, wrote three songs and recorded himself singing the lyrics over the melodies. Vedder sent the demo tape back to Seattle, where bassist Ament listened to the deep, intense growl of the California stranger. As he recalls that day in Rolling Stone, he played the tape three times, then picked up the phone. "Stone," he told his pal, "you better get over here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROCK'S ANXIOUS REBELS | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...Japan, one of my biggest questions was where I would live. When I received the address of the family that would be hosting me in Tokyo, I hastened to look up the area on a map and suddenly realized how big this place is. I am not a stranger to big cities and public transportation, but the map of the Tokyo subway system is intimidating to say the least...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow | Title: The Tokyo Underground | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

Last month a woman who worked for the Stranger, an alternative weekly in Seattle, quit in a huff. She had been writing for the paper's blog, the Slog. The problem was the comments people were making on her posts. She couldn't stand them anymore. "The word I would use is cruel," she wrote in her sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post Apocalypse | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...stranger to big matches, Guards is home to some of the premiere polo events in the world, including the world-renowned Vivari Queen?...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

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