Word: cool
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...also pretty cool to record my verbal ramblings as .wav files, which could be uploaded later to my PC. And I was thoroughly impressed with the first appearance of Microsoft's Clear Type technology, which lets you read downloaded books in a font as crisp as any on a printed page. (Because of copyright hassles, most Clear Type books won't arrive until the end of the year. In the meantime, feast your eyes on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which are provided free with your machine, courtesy of Microsoft...
...Harper's kinda like that cool documentary that's playing on one screen downtown that you've been meaning to catch for weeks now but somehow haven't been able to squeeze into your schedule although you've seen Romeo Must Die three times already. Harper has the right look and sound to be a subterranean music hero (his sound mixes protest folk and feedback rock, and his hairdo is a cross between Bob Dylan's and Jimi Hendrix's). But his songcraft--which is sometimes more about edginess than hooks--has always looked better on paper than it sounds...
...West--an omen for Democrats who fear that he could siphon California votes from Al Gore and throw the state to George W. Bush. Nader plays especially well with the elderly over 70--worried about prescription-drug benefits--and with the young. "He's retro cool," says John Zogby, who conducted the poll. "The same way my kids like Led Zeppelin and Cream...
...salvage Robert from the doom of being by far the most boring character of the three. He reads Nietzsche, spouts a lot of Eastern philosophy and spends most of his time pining over his dead lover and contemplating suicide. He's the annoying parts of Hamlet without the really cool sword fight at the end. Fortunately, he seems to find himself by the second act; as he tries to come to terms with his loss, Robert discovers disturbing facets of his personality which had been buried in a shroud of mourning...
Schwartz's tone is rather neutral, venturing neither too cool or hot on any of the tracks, which consist of mainly his own compositions interspersed with standards like "Born to Be Blue". Surrounding himself...