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...most of the pop isn’t bathos. McDonald covers a pair of songs by ’70s songwriter Laura Nyro (“To a Child” and “Tom Cat Goodbye”) and a tango by Rufus Wainwright (“Damned Ladies”), none of which feel like a waste of McDonald’s talent...
...Let’s Get it On.” The play’s book, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, abridges and bastardizes Hornby’s work; the cast, directed by Walter Bobbie, lacks any semblance of vocal or acting talent; and the original score by Tom Kitt channels Meatloaf more than Marvin Gaye. Calling “High Fidelity” a disaster would be giving too generous an appellation to the two-and-a-half-hour train wreck that opened in Boston...
...about the potential for international performances, he responds, “hopefully, hopefully,” and outlines a bright future for Scrapomatic, saying that he and Olsen have written nearly “two more records of original stuff.” He cites committed artists such as Tom Waits and Taj Mahal as primary influences, noting of the latter that “he has managed to find a place for himself in the American music scene and in his own way has been a touchstone for bigger groups…Paul and I both love...
...Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats The controversial former House leader thought he could help the G.O.P. by getting out of this year's race. But his departure has thrown his home district into election chaos -- and very likely into the Democrats' hands
...Running from the GOP in New Jersey In a race that may hold the key to control of the Senate, Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. hopes to knock off a Democratic incumbent by keeping a distance from his own party