Word: thoms
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...everyone thinks the look is smart, as this and the other skullcap styles tend to be too lightly padded. "It's like having a fake fire extinguisher," says David Thom of the Head Protection Research Laboratory. "Sure, it will keep you from scraping your skull, but it won't protect your brain." --By Clare Demerse
Although producers encouraged the contestants to have snappy comebacks ready, some were still caught off guard. Others say they were set up, as did Rose Thom, who was lambasted for a nigh-unrecognizable version of My Heart Will Go On. "I can sound just like Celine Dion if I want to," says Thom. "[The producers] said to be very unique and make the song what you want it to be. They didn't say anything about staying...
...Museum director Khun Samen resents the attention the bats receive?he would rather have the public focus on his collections, a centerpiece of which is the original Leper King statue from the Angkor Thom region, rare partly because the ancient sculpture is nude. Still, when travelers trade tips about the National Museum on the Internet, they usually describe how best to view the dusk drama. Which, of course, drives the administration batty...
...listen to while flying through Tokyo in 2030, or on a day trip to Mars with your lover. The riskiest part of the music, Barrow’s love-letter lyrics, is also the culprit on the lesser parts of the album. His is not the abstract poetry of Thom Yorke on Kid A, but the sort of cornier styling that fills Air’s latest work...
...last refuge where looks or personality are inconsequential beside the words on the page, she replies, with some heat, “That’s so stupid! It doesn’t have to matter; it can go either way. I mean, Radiohead: does anybody really care about Thom Yorke’s personality? I don’t think so. But everybody cares about Courtney Love’s personality, and Hole sells records. It doesn’t have to be any one way.” (Notably, Entertainment Weekly called Wurtzel “the Courtney...