April 2009
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“Ominous Cloud,” Broadcast (2003)
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The "New' Newsweek
Or the prototype cover, at least (left). Thought this image was top-secret, but since it showed up here, I figured I’d pass it on. Relaunch hits news stands (whatever they are) on May 18.
It is a cleaner take on the old, with more white space and bolder photographs. The launch will coincide with a relaunch of Newsweek.com that will remove wire copy and replace it with links to the best...
“Walk a Thin Line,” Fleetwood Mac...
Watch“Lisztomania” by Phoenix, from the upcoming “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” LP. On heavy rotation chez AMR despite the absence of any reference to Gustav Mahler.
The term “Lisztomania” was coined by the German romantic literary figure Heinrich Heine to describe the massive public response to Liszt’s virtuosic piano performances. At these performances, there...
'Authenticity Chic'
Peggy Noonan:
[This is] the future as a lot of people are hoping it will be: pared down, more natural, more stable, less full of enervating overstimulation, of what Walker Percy called the “trivial magic” of modern times…
The New York of the years 1750 to 2008—a city that existed for money and for all the arts and delights and beauties money brings—is for the first time...
“I Can’t Let Go,” The...
