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...supposed to be a day off for the 1st Platoon. Some of the 300 men at Shkin are watching TV in the fort mess hall, chowing down on grits and eggs. A few are lifting weights. Specialist Richard Solloway is grumbling to anyone who will listen that Hugh Hefner turned down Solloway's request for the platoon to tour the Playboy Mansion on the next home leave...
Thank you for the even-handed article about Clay Aiken [MUSIC, Oct. 13], a young singer who doesn't fit the mold of someone the record industry believes should be popular. Aiken is refreshing to listen to. He is articulate and humble, two attributes lacking in most young, prefabricated pop stars. I like his style, and I'm looking forward to seeing him around for a long time. CHERYL RILEY Rochester...
...secret room, all the better to tell the lady where she goes wrong. The idea is to bring a woman's gay best friend to the small screen. "Because we tell them when their bum looks big in those jeans or if they're dating a loser. And they listen and trust us because we have no ulterior motives," says Richard Hastings, the show's creator. "Gay men can just tell a woman the truth, like, 'You're being a real bitch.' If a straight man said the same thing, it would be offensive." The two heroes may be homos...
...confessed music snob. I like my music informed by history, complex and multi-layered. I like to listen to my music, not just hear it and move on. Put another way, I am the antithesis of the Britney Spears market. This was never my intention; but by the time I had realized it, it was too late to do anything about it, if there ever was anything that could be done. Personally, I think it may be genetic—an inbuilt allergy to supremely forgettable songs. An untrammeled enjoyment of pop music requires the ability to stop bad songs...
Music snobs have a lot going for them—or at least they think they do. We get a lot of respect from other music snobs and always have an obscure band name to drop should the conversation flag. We get to listen to some really good music that most people don’t know exists, which is both pleasant in itself and provides a bewitching feeling of smarter-than-thou when a roommate throws on the same Dave Matthews album. But like many elite institutions, snobbery can breed weakness through its dedication to listening to everything, rather...