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...Undergrads’” biggest failure is that it relies on college stereotypes so stale that most middle school students will be tempted to tune out. “Daria” can be appreciated by anyone, but perhaps the greatest reason for the show’s success is that it only becomes funnier if one is immersed in high school life and the paradoxes that are so fundamentally a part of it. But instead of digging for the deeper comic ironies inherent in dorm life, “Undergrads” is content to recycle...
...this column, see www.somanintheknow.com...because certain subjects are too risqué for newsprint. Bigger, longer, uncut…Bought the new A-Teens CD, Teen Spirit. A*Teens, remember, were those boobs who released a whole album of Abba covers. Well, the new record has some wonderfully catchy tunes. But these lyrics! Here are some sample lines: “My grades go down from A’s to B’s. / I’m way behind in history / My head is full of fantasies / Of you and me together,” “Firefly...
Everywhere else, Americans rush from their high-pressure jobs and tune in to the authoritatively mellow voice of an instructor, gently urging them to solder a union (the literal translation of the Sanskrit word yoga) between mind and body. These Type A strivers want to become Type B seekers, to lose their blues in an asana (pose), to graduate from distress to de-stress. Fifteen million Americans include some form of yoga in their fitness regimen--twice as many as did five years ago; 75% of all U.S. health clubs offer yoga classes. Many in those classes are looking...
...singing, I still wouldn't mind complete silence in those final minutes of rest, but I'm starting to see it as Leah's goodwilled send-off into the day. And every week I find myself eternally grateful that at the very least, Leah can carry a tune...
...mind. In 1999 she was summoned to the Twin Cities by the Artist Who Is Now Called Prince but Who at That Point Was Going by That Weird Symbol. He wanted her to play guitar on a song he had just written, so he played her the tune (just once), told her simply, "It's in G," and began to record, expecting DiFranco to improvise something on the spot. Says DiFranco: "I thought I could either start crying and run or try and hang on with the song." She did more than hang on--the resulting ballad, I Love...