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Listening to music in an unfamiliar tongue can be more thrilling than listening to a song whose lyrics are instantly intelligible. Because if you can connect with another person beyond lyrics, beyond language, then you have engaged in a kind of telepathy. You have managed to escape the mundane realm of ordinary communication and entered a place where souls communicate directly. It's cooler than instant messaging. Cherif Mbaw, 33, is a Senegalese singer-guitarist living in Paris; the songs on his brilliant CD Kham Kham are in his native Wolof. But when Mbaw, with his beatific tenor, soars into...
While the men serve ace after numbing ace, the women have a powerful game that still allows for some volley. CBS commentator and former player Mary Carillo says of a recent tournament, "They were playing a brand of tennis that I was totally unfamiliar with. The pounding was so concussive and the running back and forth so athletic--everything about that match was so much more ballistic than I could have scared up. I played another sport...
...Those unfamiliar with Taylor, including ABC announcer Carol Lewis—who worried out loud whether Taylor could hold off Meissner—were left in awe with her toughness down the final straightaway. Taylor herself attributed her first sub-56 second race at NCAAs to the improvement in the second half of her race. That newfound ability to finish, according to Haggerty, is what transformed Taylor from a U.S. semifinalist to a World semifinalist in just one year...
Shepard writes material that actors covet, but that is different than easy-to-execute. If the acting in this production of West does not ultimately ring true, it remains an excellent play with a stylish production that is worth a look, especially for those unfamiliar with the piece...
...those unfamiliar with Clowes, watching "Ghost World" will be as divisive as reading the book. Some will "get it," falling in love with a picture that has alienation and savage cultural ridicule wrapped around a sincere emotional center. Others will exit the theater feeling mystified and vaguely insulted, thinking something like, "Were they making fun of Blockbuster Video...