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MUSIC . . . THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH: "Misery loves country," says TIME's Richard Corliss. But even in a musical genre that tries to put a pang in every twang, Patty Loveless stands out. "Loveless has a purity, a disdain for emotional compromise, that sets her above the standard ingratiators." Patty sings the truth and serves it up raw. So it makes sense that her gorgeous, pulverizing new CD is called 'The Trouble with the Truth.' And what is the trouble? As the title song, by Gary Nicholson, tells us: 'It has ruined the taste of the sweetest lies,/ Burned through...
...strong prairie twang, Dole builds his pitch. "I know the difference between Michelangelo and Mapplethorpe," he says, "and your tax dollars shouldn't subsidize Mapplethorpe." The applause is real but uncertain. "Where's he going?" wonders a woman in the crowd. "What's that all about?" It's a common reaction...
...between the beer going down and the macadamia nuts coming back up, emerges a voice worth listening to. Out of a mind cluttered with pop culture icons and high brow trivia--James Dean, Lucky Charms, Cezanne--come the big big modern philosophical questions, refurbished with Nelson's own pessimistic twang. "Who the fuck am I?" he asks...
...elected, will you defend Hurlbut " I asked Kris N. Thiessen '96. "DEE-fend," boomed, affecting a political in a southern twang. "Of course. But, let me add a clause to that: I will defend all of Harvard University--especially the dorms which I represent...
...effects of those nerves were on display at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert began promisingly enough, with Cliburn firmly projecting Honest Abe's noble sentiments in a Texas twang. And once he wrapped his huge hands around the thundering opening chords of the Tchaikovsky, it appeared that Cliburn really was back. The formidable technique was still there, and the distinctive ringing tone. Cliburn really is a throwback to the piano's Golden Age of blazing virtuosity and emotional extravagance. He remains one of the handful of players -- and just about the only American -- who can conjure up the world...