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...into a canal. The boys kept the party going through the night, and rescued the Cup the next day. Two years later, the Montreal Wanderers gave the Cup to a photographer, who was tasked with documenting their title. Instead, the photog's mother turned Stanley into a fancy flowerpot. A few months later, Wanderers management retrieved the soiled prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stanley Cup | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...sounds more like her too. Despite the fact that Jones photographs like a goddess, in person she frequently wears large flowerpot hats, makes puns and has an adorably goofy laugh that she regularly hauls out at her own expense; she's kind of an exuberant dork. Jones often complains that Come Away with Me was "too mellow" and "too cool" and that Feels like Home sounds like a correction. The tempo is noticeably jauntier, and the band is more confident, even roguish, as it wanders in and out of jazz, country and bluegrass riffs. Jones also sounds significantly less precious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Come Away Again | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...niche through minimal instrumentation, precise rhythms and sing-songy atonality; it became known for its cover versions, which "de-evolved" classics like the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" into their bare structural elements. Remembered by most for their early contributions to music video in red flowerpot hats and by a handful for their role in early '80s art rock, the youthful, clever, oh-so-postmodern Ackronites known as Devo, now pushing 40, have decided to release an anthology. Pioneers Who Got Scalped traces the de-evolution of Devo from 1977 to the present, following their glory days...

Author: By Arts Editors, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Album Review: New Albums | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

Note to Panama: You'll find the keys under the flowerpot to the left of the front door... President Clinton and Madeleine Albright were conspicuous by their absence from Tuesday's formal ceremony transferring control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to the host country. Clinton and Albright - who had previously indicated she would attend - drew the ire of Panamanian leaders by their absence, leaving leadership of the U.S. delegation to former president Jimmy Carter, who negotiated the handover 22 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al Gore Keeps the President Away From Panama | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

Dartboard harbors suspicions that the mysterious "condom people" who long to make a mockery of Harvard life are just refilling the flowerpot. Perhaps they have just been validated. All we know is that 21 days does not a Condom Week make...

Author: By Paul S. Gutman, | Title: KEEPING US COVERED | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

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