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...Vibe: A sleek mix of historical crumbliness with an urban, modern flair. Right off the red line so Pinker can take the T to Harvard...
This year's Starz sitcom Party Down (gearing up for a second season next year), about aspiring showbiz types working for a catering company in L.A., perfectly captures the Apatow vibe of improv-like, conversational comedy. Likewise, HBO's Bored to Death, a literary slacker-com about a writer (Jason Schwartzman) posing as a detective, has a voice and offbeat style that recall indie-film comedies - the kind, like Rushmore, that star Jason Schwartzman...
...Alisa has spent many months working on her eponymous, bilingual debut - and she definitely has a voice. Her first single, "Hound Dog," a cover of the early Elvis favorite, adds a throaty, R&B vibe to the song's rocking swagger. It's one part sweet and two parts sultry, giving the gender switch a sensual twist. Elsewhere, she shows a talent for duets, such as in the Mandarin ballad "Unexpected," counterpointing American-born Taiwan singer Will Pan's smooth tones in a manner that neither controls nor submits. (Asia's best bands...
...Shells,” begins with acoustic guitars tuning and warming up in the distance. Eventually, the guitars settle on a melody, but never on a rhythm, and the melody is repeated erratically. In the distance, a faint metronomic beeping and various guitar notes are delicately enhance the natural vibe. In between the seemingly improvised guitars is Vernon’s ethereal humming floating softly above. It sounds genuinely like what the first collaboration must have sounded like; the guitarist warming up in the corner and Vernon slowly taking notice and tenderly joining in, neither of them knowing where...
...what does she want to see achieved under health-care reform? In a word: affordability. With her tailored suits and her refined manner, Snowe gives off a sort of wellborn Northeast Establishment vibe. But her background is solidly working class. She was orphaned at 9 when her father, a Greek immigrant and cook, died of a heart attack a year after her mother succumbed to cancer. What drives her as much as anything else is the perspective that comes from representing a small, relatively poor state where the principal effect of well-intentioned, piecemeal efforts at health reform has been...