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...number of the sonnet that inspired it. The staging is simple yet effective. As the vignette begins, the stage is partially lit, with two characters in the foreground and others behind, all connected by ropes that they hold fast. As a web of deception and disloyalty is gradually woven, the ropes become increasingly tangled. This symbolism works surprisingly well because of the scene’s deliberate unraveling...

Author: By Julie S. Greenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Fire' Flickers but Fails to Ignite | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Forget the down jacket, the long underwear and the extra-thick scarf. Designed for extreme cold, the North Face MET5 jacket can keep you warm all by itself, thanks to a network of microscopic, waterproof heating elements woven into the fabric. Working a control unit stashed near the chest, you can dial the heat up to 114[degrees]F. Small lithium-ion batteries keep the juice flowing for up to five hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...Soul in “Flight Tonight.” Still later, an innocent cruise arrives at a deranged world of psychotic schoolchildren, cowboys and Indians and talking parrots, in the turntablist cut-up anthem “Frontier Psychiatrist.” With all its painstakingly woven samples—over 900, including the first-ever legal Madonna sample (from “Holiday,” no less)—Since I Left You is the definitive Endtroducing… of dance music. Like DJ Sjadow’s bleak hip-hop masterpiece, it is a postmodern...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Electronica from Down Under | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

Matching his woven knee-length gown with Nike sneakers and wraparound shades, Tempa was the picture of Bhutanese cool. "I prefer a T shirt and jeans," he said as he met us at Paro airport. "But the King says we have to wear traditional dress until 8 o'clock." As we drove to the capital Thimphu, it became clearer from his conversation?the latest Hollywood releases, Prince Charles, Britney?that a quarter century after opening its borders to the outside world, Bhutan is losing some of its splendid isolation. But while satellite TV may be superseding story-telling, and Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel Watch: Escape in Time To the Kingdom of Bhutan | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...four-on-the-floor beat, the Jaxx add an array of unexpected elements. Contributing to the mix are destabilizing rhythms gleaned from the likes of Timbaland, catchy melodic hooks and actual song structures, as well as a punk-like immediacy achieved with their startlingly original usage of noisy, densely woven samples. Unlike so many musical failures, Basement Jaxx are neither dogmatic purists nor contrived, self-conscious genre blenders; they have simply thrown out all rules but one—that music was meant to be fun. With their gleefully irreverent, high-energy approach—like-minded house producer Armand...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Basement Jaxx Rock The Whole House | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

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