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...produce a narrative, preferably of the gut-wrenching variety (dropped out here, cheated on her there) with which the reader could connect. The literary sensation of 2000 was another memoir by an unknown?this time, an American journalist named Dave Eggers, who hit it big with a recap of his harrowing childhood called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. All at once, memoir writing became one of those things everybody was doing: celebrities such as Bill Clinton were writing memoirs to show they were just ordinary people, and ordinary people like McCourt and Eggers were writing memoirs and becoming celebrities...
...case you still want to buy L.A.M.B., here’s the recap: the album is completely derivative, and it doesn’t even do a good job of ripping off the music it tries to copy. Stefani wants to be the next Madonna with her sex-obsessed lyrics and electronic synth beats, but she loses the thing that got No Doubt its fans and made Stefani famous: her innocent-yet-knowing sexiness and clever lyrics. It’s a sellout as disappointing as Jewel’s or Liz Phair’s, and far less pleasant...
...want a quick overview of the Tigers recent history, just take the brief recap above, fill in a different Ivy team and then fill in a different heartbreaking way to lose. Makes a great game for dinner parties and bar mitzvahs...
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...least Yanni. But last Friday, Athens introduced a surprising new element to the show: class, or at least its cousin, restraint. History was referenced by way of crisp video from Olympia, but no actor-Pheidippides stumbled breathlessly into the stadium to recreate ancient Marathon. There was a graceful recap of three eras of Greek sculpture that did not include a singing Trojan horse. A hovering cube allowed those familiar with Pythagoras to feel intellectually flattered without patronizing those who were merely amazed. A glassy lake in the middle of the stadium floor suggested the importance of the sea in Greek...