Artists Are the Worst People (San Diego Reader)
“He’s restored that villa to a fare-thee-well. That’s the trouble with Americans; all that money and no taste.” This story begins with an ending: an estate sale in a Hillcrest apartment, scanning the rooms of the deceased, picking through what was left behind.
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'Towelhead': Girl Trouble, By Kurt Loder (MTV Music Television)
Kurt Loder reviews "Towelhead," Alan Ball's awkward tale of underage sex.
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One-Night Stands (East Bay Express)
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul In their compelling and beautiful documentary, writer-director Fatih Akin ( Head-On ) and musician Alexander Hacke (of the German avant-garde band Einstürzende Neubauten) visit the salons, clubs, and back alleys of Istanbul, the great, oft-troubled metropolis at the mouth of the Bosporus.
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Against the evidence (The New Statesman)
Throughout the 1960s, the tobacco industry famously spent millions promoting a small group of vociferous "sceptics" who, in the face of overwhelming evidence, continued to deny the link between smoking and cancer. The strategy paid off.
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Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model: Oprah (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Many women in Saudi Arabia feel a bond with Oprah Winfrey, who speaks about topics rarely aired there.
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Belle and Sebastian Unveil New Album (Spin)
Seminal Scottish indie-pop outfit Belle and Sebastian may still be on hiatus, but luckily for fans, indie powerhouse label Matador has announced plans to release a collection of the band's BBC sessions for your listening pleasure, NME.com reports. More on SPIN.com: >> Review: Belle and Sebastian, Fans Only (Matador) >> Review: Belle & Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress' ...
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Belle and Sebastian Collect BBC Sessions on New Comp (Pitchfork)
The many lads and lasses of Belle and Sebastian put quite a bit of time in on BBC Radio over the years, laying down well-loved (and well-bootlegged) versions of some of their biggest smashes for broadcast over the airwaves. Several choice selections from their time on the Beeb in the years 1996-2001 have been collected on The BBC Sessions , due from Matador November 18. Though not ...
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Religion and science do mix (The New Statesman)
I asked a much-acclaimed headteacher the other day about the secret of his success. Consistency, he said. Schools did best when they had consistent approaches to behaviour, teaching and learning. People thought consistency was dull; in fact, it was exciting, even sexy.
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The Almanac -- weekly (Moldova.org)
Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 266th day of 2008 with 100 to follow.Autumn begins at 11:44 a.m. Eastern time.The moon is waning. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus.Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include English statesman and wit Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl of Chesterfield, in 1694; English chemist and ...
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How greedy diva Mucca set out to cash in on BRAND HEATHER but always blew it (News Of The World)
TWO-FACED Heather Mills always vowed publicly she was no greedy money-grabber—but in private her constant catchprase was: “How much they gonna pay us?”
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