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In Rainbows

It was always all about the coda. First, the acoustic. Then, DJ Latenight's studio magic: white noise, blips and beeps, digital stardust. Next, Mike Butterworth's electric. Then his voice, haunted, distant "Ooohs." The riff crescendos, repeating the same squealing...
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The Great Escape

108 years ago next week, Henry Houdini premiered his "Great Escape." The famed magician was handcuffed and shackled, then nailed into a crate which was roped and weighed down with two hundred pounds of lead. The crate was then lowered into the East River from a tug;...
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Digging For Fire

"Sometimes, two things are true at the same time. The world is grim and hilarious; the future is bright and unthinkable; you are sad, but you are dancing; you are home, but it is not the same." For weeks, as I tumbled this poetic truism over and over and over in my...
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The Apogee Of Coronavirus

There are magical moments every morning these days. This is one. The girls are seated and still (for now) in their makeshift classrooms: plastic folding tables and antique chairs salvaged from the basement. They're tapping away at their Chromebooks. Elsie is smiling...
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Better Best To Rearrange

Apr 15, 2007 |

"Cartagena? Angel, you are hell and gone from Cartagena!" Michael Douglas issued that reality check to Kathleen Turner...

The Way We’re Made

Apr 12, 2007 |

Making a great playlist is hard to do. First, you need to nail the music. Pissed off? Try a little Rage Against The...

A Load For Free

Apr 11, 2007 |

It was my third to last load: a sixty-seven pound air conditioner. I had stripped to jeans and a t-shirt, was...