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McDougall led off in a 56.68 backstroke split, a new team record. Lead-off swims can count for records because swimmers respond to the sound of the gun, as opposed to the relay take-off, which allows swimmers to anticipate the incoming teammate...
...directed videos for shock-rocker Marilyn Manson (one featured him shaving his own armpit) and trip-hopper Tricky. And there was also prankster auteur Spike Jonze, the man behind Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" (a video that explodes into a technicolor musical), the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" (a take-off on '70s TV cop shows), and Weezer's "Buddy Holly" (a good-natured "Happy Days" sendup). Jonze also showed that videos could indeed lead to the big screen: After helming some MTV clips, he went on to direct the Oscar-nominated film "Being John Malkovich...
...Monday, September 4th, I sat in my economy class seat on a plane headed to Providence, Rhode Island. I quietly congratulated myself at having carried-on more bags than the limit specified and, as the plane prepared for take-off, I began to pour through the glossy new pages of the September issue of Glamour magazine. Now, nearly a month later, I can hardly recall that recent scene without its seeming strange, somehow disjointed from my present reality. The recent terrorist attack has made familiar parts of my life—from flying across the country to flipping excitedly through...
...last piece was a "tongue-in-cheek take-off of the traditional wedding gown," Mehlinger said--a dress made of 11 contact sheets dotted with fashion photographs...
...There were a few quality commercials, but my favorite was the E-Trade one with the chimp crying over the death of the dot-coms. The other E-Trade commercial with the dreaming security guard was also excellent. The Budweiser take-off of its own 'wassup' commercials ('what are you doing?') was cute, as was the Bud Light commercial of the guy who spills the beer on his girlfriend after dancing in the kitchen. The running of the squirrels and the Levi's donor jeans get unusually low marks, as do (as usual) all of Pepsi's attempts at humor...