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...changing lights and blinders (reminiscent of a Kiss concert) behind the bandstand. Death Cab took the stage with no memorable flair; their hope for humility was almost respectable.Words to describe the show and the music that followed hardly offer a fair portrait of the evening. The band only struck off-key chords a half-dozen times. But they were choreographed with kaleidoscopic lighting. The songs were splayed out well and encores were accordingly well-placed; a good mix of old and new kept the crowd awake, heads bobbing, colors flashing. But it is difficult to describe the epic songs, reasonably...
...edge by admitting that making the prequels was “like any creative endeavor—there’s a lot of ego, a lot of shit you’ve gotta put up with.”But he’s certainly not an awe-struck Star Wars fanatic, either. “The first time I saw ‘Star Wars [Episode IV: A New Hope],’ I wasn’t a sci-fi freak or anything,” he recalls, and he doesn’t seem to have...
...says with a smile. “Everyone at school loved it and wanted me to make bandanna ties for them.” Shemtov spotted an opportunity. After painstakingly making a number of sample ties at home, he pitched them to a manufacturing company and soon struck a deal with Takashimaya, an upscale Japanese department store in Midtown. Right then and there, the store bought his line, which includes a pink and green “double tie,” a kimono tie, and a bold metallic mesh tie. In the last year, the local overachiever has gone...
Dear FM’s Amateur Ethicist, I bought a friend a number of gift vouchers to About Hair. Recently, I learned of the prostitution allegations Cambridge police have levied against the shop, and I’ve been struck with guilt. Should I tell him about the shop’s dirty goings-on? Should I be concerned for him or his safety? I feel really embarrassed about the situation. Thanks, Ms. Worried at the Breakfast Table Dear Ms. WBT, I understand that you’re concerned that you patronized a shop that may have broken...
SENTENCING REORDERED. For MATTHEW LIMON, 23, who was convicted in 2000 of having sex with a 14-year-old boy and sentenced to 17 years in prison; by the Kansas Supreme Court, which unanimously struck down a state law setting harsher punishments for underage homosexual sex than for underage heterosexual sex; in Topeka. The court ordered equal sentencing, saying "moral disapproval" did not justify the treatment of Limon, who would have received a maximum of 15 months in jail if he had had sex with an underage female...