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On Lapalco, Benson sounds very much as he does in performance. The music runs far and wide from meditative to exuberant, driving to wispy, and at his heart, Benson exemplifies a kind of perpetual garage-band spirit but he manages to leave behind the negative baggage associated with that label...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brendan Benson Bounces Back | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

The pair skillfully manipulated their sound, here bringing up the underlying bass track, there turning up a wispy vocal. Anthems like one based around a spoken “Underground” sample were most successful in bringing a raucous crowd response. Deep Dish punctuated an otherwise continuously driving sound...

Author: By Stanley P. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deep Dish, No Cheese | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

We drove into the desert. Seven of Mirwali's soldiers lead the way, packed into a silver 4x4; five in the cabin, two in the back with a dozen rocket propelled grenades and two PK light machine guns. There is no trail across the vast, rocky plains, just tire tracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Heart of Baghran | 1/9/2002 | See Source »

The world's most famous lefty beard is Fidel Castro's moth-eaten, air-conditioned number, a brilliant and durable trademark that has never been sufficiently backed up by the man's hormones. Rule One: A wispy, unpersuasive beard, through which the facial skin is clearly visible, tends to subvert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al Gore, and Other Famous Bearded Men | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

In 1979, 18 months after the disappearance of Einhorn's blond and wispy, tragically beautiful 30-year-old lover, Philadelphia police climbed the stairs to his shabby second-floor apartment. In a steamer trunk no more than a few feet from the bed where Einhorn slept, homicide detective Michael Chitwood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Archive: The Ira Einhorn Case | 7/20/2001 | See Source »

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