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...knives. Whether that knowledge is of a practical variety is open to interpretation: it’s possible that Benji Madden has knifed a hipster or two in his day (the song is not kind to that fey breed), but I doubt it. In the video, lead singer Joel Madden looks like he wandered onto the set fresh off a hard day’s work on Wall Street and started singing without even removing his coat. Despite Joel doing his diabolical best with the painful vocal processing to claim the title, Benji, with his tattoos and piercings, is clearly...
...trend is even more striking this fall. Choreographer Twyla Tharp, who had a surprise hit four years ago with Movin' Out, her dance interpretation of Billy Joel music, is attempting a similar feat with The Times They Are A-Changin', based on the songs of Bob Dylan. A more problematic show with a murky story line, it is set in a grungy-chic circus that is more distracting than illuminating. But there's no mistaking that it's a musical with a personal vision--not to mention one of the best sound tracks on Broadway...
...exonerate him of the charges. Earlier in the week, an attorney for the New Life Church said that Haggard's stepping aside was purely pro forma and not an admission of wrongdoing until the investigation was concluded. But even before the investigative board reportedly formally recommended removal, Dr. Joel Hunter, pastor of the 12,000-member Northland Church in Orlando, told TIME that Haggard's resignation was permanent. "We're going to be standing with him and walking with him through the process," Hunter says. Haggard had intimated that the allegations may be an electioneering ploy. He supports Amendment...
Hell, even Billy Joel got in on the act with his trumped-out prole anthems “Allentown” and “The Downeaster Alexa,” conjuring up infinitely absurd images of Joel working in a steel mill, or relying on “the rod and the reel” to feed his family. Predating the Killers’ similar appropriation by several decades, Joel’s irony may have been unintended, but the best of the genre, and its musical ancestors, relied on a self-conscious tension between catchiness and acerbity...
...variation. Act II, in general, is the most traditional portion of the performance, characterized by long synchronized sequences with several rows of dancers. The corps commands less of the stage than in the first act, but nonetheless compels the audience with their astonishing synchronization. Of all characters, however, Joel Prouty as Sancho Panza and Mindaugas Bauzys as Don Quixote are the audience’s favorites. While their parts are not as technically exhausting as some others, their theatrical approach makes the audience want to see more. The dancers seem to have the most fun in the first act where...