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Joanna Newsom plays the harp, writes esoteric songs that contain words like Tulgeywood and sings in a high-pitched warble that manages to sound both beautiful and pained at the same time. It took the 28-year-old songwriter four years to release Have One on Me, the three-disc follow-up to her critically acclaimed sophomore album Ys. Newsom talks to TIME about the process of creating a monstrous album, why she wishes she was a better composer and what happened when she lost her voice. (Watch "Out Now: Spoon, Vampire Weekend and VV Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joanna Newsom | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Nowhere is the urgency to deal with debt greater than in Europe, where it has become the most serious test of the 11-year-old euro-based monetary system. While euro-zone nations use the same currency, there is no mechanism in place to financially aid wayward members. That's how a crisis in Greece, which represents a mere 2.8% of the zone's GDP, can have such an outsized impact. The ultimate fear is that Greece will default, dragging down the euro with it. "A lot of the euro's problems today are rooted in those members having failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighed Down | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...plans. So far, he's held firm. A recent poll showed that two-thirds of Greeks believe the Prime Minister's measures are necessary; only 41% think they go far enough. "The government has seen the problem and is trying to do something," says Helen Tourkogeorgou, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mother in Athens. "The crisis has opened its eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighed Down | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Admiral Asteroid, Conqueror of the Cosmic All." Early on, he convinced county fairgoers that his discs flew on an invisible wire: 100 feet for $1; the disc was free! I bought one of his legendary Pluto Platters--the archetype for all modern plastic flying discs--as a 10-year-old in the spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fred Morrison | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...generated, young skaters may continue to train elsewhere, a huge burden for those who may have talent but can't afford a transoceanic move and may therefore give up skating dreams altogether. "I've thought about it but haven't made any plans," said Kwak, Kim's 16-year-old teammate, who finished 13th. "Compared to other countries, we have fewer skaters and fewer coaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Kim's Gold, Asian Skaters Come Into Their Own | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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