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Each track becomes a miniature movement unto itself—witness “Inoculate the Innocuous.” But wherever the Unicorns may roam, they anchor every song with beautiful melodies that ensure repeated listens. This mingling of experimentation and accessibility is the secret of the album’s effectiveness. The casual listener smiling at the sugary harmonies of “Sea Ghost” or nodding along to the galloping “I Was Born (A Unicorn)” will only later come to appreciate the songs’ structural intricacies...
...LADY AND THE UNICORN By Tracy Chevalier Is life ever as neat as it looks in art? Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) ventures back into art history and returns with another spellbinding account of how a great work?the 15th century Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, now in the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris?came to be. Her characters take turns telling the (fictional) story of the weavings' genesis?and the tangled web of art and heart that results...
...teach everyone else a lesson about reality and fakery? It's his life, not theirs, that is changed. Inspired by a legendary literary hoax in Australia, the Booker winner's new novel delves satisfyingly into a world of lies, literary demons and artistic pretense. The Lady And The Unicorn By Tracy Chevalier Is life ever as neat as it looks in art? Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) ventures back into art history and returns with another spellbinding account of how a great work - the 15th century Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, now in the National Museum of the Middle...
...complementary effect may be even more robust in the coffee trade. After Starbucks proved that plenty of customers will pay $4 for a soy-caramel machiatto, many local shops profited from selling equally fancy fare. Michael Thomas, co-owner of the Unicorn Cafe in Evanston, Ill., says that after a Starbucks opened across the street from his place in 1992, the increased customer traffic in the neighborhood helped him post his best year ever; his yearly revenues are up 40% since then. "We always felt guilty about raising prices," he says, "but Starbucks helps us do that from time...
There is no telling what the dozen pretty young girls invited backstage after Incubus' Houston concert expected to find when they made it past security. It is a fair guess that they did not dress in low-riding denim and tummy-baring T shirts to take part in a unicorn-drawing contest. Too bad for them. At the behest of guitarist Mike Einziger's unicorn-obsessed girlfriend, a competition to draw the mythical creature was under way. Using a wooden food-service table as his canvas, lead singer Brandon Boyd has laid down a medieval unicorn with wings in thick...