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...worst poseur romance move of them all: that uncomfortable “post-hook-up” thing, where some people just don’t know when’s when. This is only exacerbated by the fact that you’re sleeping on a Twin XL mattress, and you are all too aware that there is somebody sleeping next to you as you try to drift into sweet dreamland. You’re better off trading in Harvard Square for Kenmore or Davis, or heck, just go to Wellesley. But this misses the point entirely...
...Make that 13. Last year the Dutch DJ Junkie XL (Tom Holkenburg) slapped a ferocious backbeat on "A Little Less Conversation," a sassy but obscure Mac Davis-Billy Strange composition that Elvis recorded in 1968. The Presley Estate sharply agreed to let Junkie apply his remix to a Nike commercial, on the Ed Sullivan from-the-waist-up condition he change his name to JXL. The result: a #1 single in 22 countries, and the singer's first chart-topper of the 21st century. The cut is included on "30 #1 Hits," and most Presley fans approve...
...between Presley and the Beatles in the Guinness Book of World Records for most No. 1 hits in England. Now Presley moves ahead, 18-17. The Presley estate sanctioned the update, but betrayed some sensitivity about the King's fondness for prescription drugs. JXL is normally known as Junkie XL, but the estate asked that in this case he abbreviate the "Junkie...
...fringe art of turntablism within a more immediate song-based context. For the most part, this yields fabulous results. The first four tracks are unstoppable. After a dizzying intro, rapper Large Professor spits raw battle salvos over spine-cracking drums and a sick guitar lick on “XL,” followed by a whirling display of beat juggling and a multi-movement beatbox piece. The guest emcees are also a major step up from their previous album, featuring the inimitable Biz Markie on a Tom Tom Club remake, and the combined verbal torrent of Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit...
...EPA’s own research project, called Project XL, involves implementing new hazardous waste management standards on an experimental basis at three New England schools: Boston College, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and the University of Vermont...