Culture Vultures

The one I would choose would be Bruce Springsteen, he sounds so interesting.

If you could choose one (or two) who would they be and why?

Anyone else been watching Amampour's CNN trilogy series on the three religions' zealots and the global implications? Comments?

Anyone bought and listened to the much-publicized 20th-anniversary edition of the classic recording? Your opinions?

I'm looking for mysteries and thrillers that feature a certain plot device: the lethal stage weapon, e.g. the prop gun that turns out to be loaded with live rounds, the prop knife that turns out to be a real knife, etc.

I came across this in the last mystery I read and the one I am currently reading and I began to wonder how common and how old this device is and if it’s common enough to be called a cliché.

The two books are Ngaio Marsh’s Enter a Murdererand J.D. Robb’s Witness in Death. They were…

Knocked Up and Superbad, should we believe the hype?

He looked so handsome and dashing in Shakespeare in Love and A Midsummer Night's Dream, but just the other day I saw him in Separate Lies, and jeez.... the guy's a skeleton! His face looks like a skull.

Granted, not a very interesting subject, but it just struck me as odd.

Hi all,

I've been to a concert of Khaled once in Brussels, it was great! I'd like to go again (and again and again maybe) but I never come across any announcements... Does anyone know how to keep track of when and where (anywhere) this guy performs...?

Thanks in advance for any reply.

Ciao
Pieter

The government just paid $80,000 of our money to indemnify Jeff and Nicole Rank, who were handcuffed and jailed for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts in public. In the course of the litigation, a redacted version of the Presidential Advance Manual (the Bible for staging public appearances) became public.

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick analyzes the techniques used to surround the president with "extremely supportive" people while simultaneously insulating him from annoying free speech.

It's fascinating that…

Karl Rove's adoptive father.

I understand that the conductor is responsible for interpreting a piece of music and shaping how the orchestra will perform it. Still, I find myself wondering if he has much practical value DURING the performance at all. It seems that everything would have been decided, implemented and perfected during rehearsal, and that all that is left for him to do is making sure that everyone starts in unison.

I was at a concert the other night which had live video of the conductor and various players…