Word: thom
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...company that addresses the whole lifestyle of American men since Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren (unless, of course, you count the recent developments of the renowned Zegna family). Well, now there's not only Ford but also a raft of new American menswear designers breaking through?from Thom Browne in New York City to Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders in Los Angeles. Even Portland, Maine, has its own indigenous menswear look, thanks to Alex Carleton and his brand, Rogues Gallery. What's exciting about these guys is their approach to business. Unlike their iconic predecessors, they take inspiration from...
...Death Race 2000 was a snarky exploitation film put out by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. The director was Paul Bartel, best known for his elegant horror comedies Private Parts and Eating Raoul. The script, from a story by Ib Melchior, was by two Corman stalwarts, Robert Thom (Wild in the Street, Bloody Mama) and Charles B. Griffith, the seminal creator of early Corman monsterpieces, from It Conquered the World to The Little Shop of Horrors. As has happened in other Corman remakes, like Little Shop of Horrors, the original writers and director receive no screen credit...
...theater, the Ritz Bar are seen in their full functioning glory. Since the people in The Exiles rehearsed some of their scenes, the movie may not fit the precise definition of a documentary. But it is a precious document of a vanished culture. (The film is eloquently excerpted in Thom Anderson's excellent history of the city, Los Angeles Plays Itself...
...universe of hit reality series about workers no one puts in sitcoms anymore. The highest-rated show on the Discovery Channel, Deadliest Catch, follows crews of Alaskan crab fishermen fighting storms, monster waves and other boats to haul wriggling paydays from the cruel, icy deep. The show's producer, Thom Beers, has followed up with the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers (about long-haul drivers in the Arctic), Ax Men (loggers in Oregon) and truTV's Black Gold (oil riggers in Texas), debuting in June. Dirty Jobs profiles salvage workers, plumbers and cattle inseminators, while Tougher in Alaska lionizes...
...independent music stores have borne the brunt of illegal downloading as well as the rise in popularity of online music providers like Amazon.com and iTunes.The drop in music sales is what catalyzed Newbury’s shift toward novelty and niche culture. This, according to Harvard Square Assistant Manager Thom J. Flanagan, is what has allowed the chain to survive. “When I started going to record stores it was, you went in and you bought records, CDs, it was all music and none of the frills and the extra stuff. Now, people that come in...they want...