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...musicals (and an even smaller handful of straight plays) each season could never do on their own. For another, they let critics show off their taste and theatrical erudition: doling out ritual praise to the classics of the canon, comparing and contrasting the new production with the Definitive 1975 Version That I Saw But You Didn't. And they give stars a chance to demonstrate their acting chops, stretch their talents - and, of course, keep working...
...Karaoke Channel Online (a Web version of the Karaoke Channel on cable) is a nifty service that streams professional-grade karaoke - with scrolling lyrics, instrumental and sing-along modes, and a community you can share your recorded masterpieces with - for $9.95 a month. (Only a fanatic or high-end home-karaoke-bar owner would pay that, of course; do-it-yourselfers can pay $14.95 per day, which is good for a party.) The site is the brainchild of Alexandre Taillefer, a fellow entrepreneur, who, not too long ago, got into the karaoke biz after hosting a sing-along party...
...Like Obama, Bill Clinton campaigned for the White House on a platform of middle-class tax cuts and a free-market-friendly approach to public policy. The government doesn't "spend" tax money in the New Democrats' lexicon. It "invests" in the future. And like Obama, Clinton saw another version of himself painted by the opposition: a pot-smoking, war-protesting, bureaucrat-loving, income-redistributing radical...
...pass a Wall Street rescue plan. House Republicans cut him loose and defeated the bill, sending the stock market crashing and swinging the momentum to Obama. A steady parade of prominent Republicans jumped ship. McCain's aides and supporters began the ritual finger-pointing that is the political version of hospice care, while Palin and others dear to the gop base subtly started jockeying for advantage...
Likewise, Vicki Robin, author of the 1992 New York Times best seller Your Money or Your Life, which preaches a more fulfilling life through simplicity and frugality, had Penguin accelerate the publishing date for an updated version of the book from one year to three months. It will come out in December. "As the due date got closer, it became clearer to the publisher they wanted to get it out faster," says Robin, who was working on the rewrite when the Fannie Mae bailout hit. As for Robins' muse: "I'm slightly mystical and believe the universe asked...