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...Flavor Flav? He’s, like, one of the worst rappers ever.” “That’s not the point!” screeched a woman dressed in a red robe and gold chains. For fans of the man born William Drayton, talent never was the point. The hundreds waiting in the cold had bought Flav’s new album, “Hollywood,” but that was because Newbury Comics made purchasing the CD a prerequisite for a spot in line. Their $13 wasn’t for the music...
...driving beat, and both are such strong instrumentalists that, as they become possessed by the meter itself, they seem to be calling on some long-lost rhythmic truth. Sounding older, deeper, and more organic than others who’ve borrowed so heavily from the blues, they combine formidable talent with a soulfulness that many find lacking in groups like Led Zeppelin. Auerbach coaxed his myriad licks and blues scales out of the same Gibson SG all night, fingering and manning the whammy bar with such dexterity that his hands seemed not to match up with the sounds...
This social talent landed Patrick in the exclusive Fly Club, but Breaux insists that the final club was not a major part of Patrick’s life and that he wasn’t a “big social club...
...Senate is coming down to just a handful of races: Montana, Missouri and Virginia. They are still hopeful that Democratic candidate James Webb will knock off Republican Senator George Allen in Virginia, in a race too close to call. But with challenger Claire McCaskill trailing incumbent Republican Senator Jim Talent in Missouri, it is looking unlikely that the Democrats can pick up the six seats they need to reach...
...After a bruising final spate of campaigning that included half a dozen debates, a major push by both parties to court women and rural voters, and ads by Michael J. Fox for McCaskill and a host of celebrities for Talent, the Missouri Senate race remains deadlocked. It has now become a test of the two parties Get Out The Vote operations, with the G.O.P. pouring volunteers into neighborhoods and drawing on the party's vaunted voter list, while the Dems scramble to mobilize urban voters in St. Louis and Kansas City. Democrats have to hope that two ballot initiatives...