Posts Tagged ‘music’

Where’s The Beef? One Man’s Search For ‘Steak’

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating -- they simply didn't taste as good as he remembered.

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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'

Darkbolt daringly dodges dullness

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

One day, books will be written about Hans Darkbolt. No, really Peter Dovey, the groups lead singer, is writing a book. That book, a comic for which Dovey hopes his bands work can serve as musical accompaniment, is just one piece of the conceptual puzzle that starts with the groups unusual name

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Nonfiction review: ‘Hollywood: A Third Memoir’ by Larry McMurtry

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

"Hollywood" is by far the most enjoyable of McMurtry's short memoirs that began with "Books" and continued with "Literary Life."

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Nonfiction review: 'Hollywood: A Third Memoir' by Larry McMurtry

Harry Potter and the Order of the Vrabels

Monday, August 16th, 2010

  So we found ourselves with three days off and full-time weekend babysitting, so we did what I think most 35-year-old professional married couples would do when gifted with such a rare opportunity: Went promptly to Harry Potter land in Orlando. My idea was Chuck E.

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Books seized by Nazis returned to Greenwich woman

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

GREENWICH -- One of Inge Isler 's recollections from her childhood in Germany is the extensive library accumulated by her father -- a huge room in their home filled with books.

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Books seized by Nazis returned to Greenwich woman

Cracking it on the dark side

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Alex Barclay is a writer of smart, taut thrillers, one of a reasonably rare breed of such that fit snugly into the genre as if tailor-made for it, writes TONY CLAYTON-LEA

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Cracking it on the dark side

A tall stack of picture books perfect for young readers

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Tall stacks of new picture books teeter in my study. Wish me luck in reading them all before my grandchildren arrive to visit.

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‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling turns 45

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Here are 10 magical facts about the writer of the popular series.

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'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling turns 45

Craig signs deal for Dragon Tattoo

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Deadline Hollywood reports that Craig's deal has options for him to star in adaptations of the other two books in Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' and 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'.

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Man understands the teenage brain

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Rare man who understands the teenage brain

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Man understands the teenage brain