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...Danielewski that was last year's literary sensation. Her blue-haired sibling says Poe's music is in no way a soundtrack for the book, but rather a parallel view of the same history. House of Leaves tells of a family whose house is five-sixteenths of an inch longer on the inside than on the outside. The house also contains a dark abyss into which people disappear for days. The eventual breakdown of the family reflects Danielewski's childhood, just as Poe's music does her own. A- -Krisa R. Benskin...
Making a rock 'n' roll album is a bit like running a road-race naked. For one, endurance is a must: the 18 days, 12 to 14 hours a day, take their toll on both body and spirit. Furthermore, one is constantly exposed. Every inch of tape is previewed, reviewed, whistled at and at times, rejected. It is, essentially, a nudie marathon. Of course, in more literal terms, studio time amounts to standing around, mostly clothed, playing and listening to minute musical parts over and over again. Not quite as glamorous as a nudie-marathon, you say? Settle down...
Moreover, the fan contests were utterly ridiculous. Shooting the puck from center ice into an 8-inch hole in the goal is near impossible. Doing it three times in a row for $50,000 is beyond absurd. Wayne Gretzky couldn't do that. And how can you only give $100 for doing it once...
These days the former Playmate wears ruby-red lipstick and four-inch heels to court, where two dozen attorneys scuttle and scat over the spoils. Although Smith's name wasn't in the old man's will, the California judge said she was entitled to spousal benefits anyway, and accused one brother of tampering with the will to keep the whole hill of beans for himself. A finding in her favor in Texas probate court, where she is arguing that the old man promised her half of everything in return for marrying him, could bolster her claim...
...Petruchio ("the tamer"), one for Kate ("the shrew"), one for Kate's sister Bianca and one for everyone else. This should be the perfect environment for the repartee between Kate and Petruchio, in the Shakespearean play that just might qualify for the record of most insults per square inch. But with lines like, "Thy husband is thy life, thy lord, thy keeper" in the conclusion, the director has some explaining to do to a modern audience. This production takes the approach that the play is more of a love story than a polemic on submission to one's husband...