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...goofs. Surprisingly, this sweet comedy comes from the crusty David Letterman (through his company Worldwide Pants). Dave's involvement is limited, but Ed deftly captures the genial, absurd side--the sunny underbelly--of his humor, as when a friend bets Ed, apropos of nothing, that he can't meow loud enough to make an old man turn around...
There's a lesson here. Next time you're "cybersurfing" the "Web" and spot a new word, don't say it out loud. They might hear you, brainiac...
...TIME: With Steve Martin?s name on the dustjacket, some readers will be expecting comedy. Your shorter fiction is laugh-out-loud funny ? as I can testify, by citing complaints from people near me when I?ve read it. "Shopgirl" is different, of course. If you were to tape-record someone reading this book in an otherwise silent room, then play back the tape, what would you hear...
...very orange, and very loud, and I'm not sure you can say much else about it. But one thing you can say about it is that it filled the house every single night. It was great. It was great to perform in because people came to see you-whether they liked the show or not is a different issue, but people came. The rugby team, for the love of God, came...
Radiohead's sophomore release, the 1995 album The Bends, left previously skeptical critics pleasantly surprised. Having graduated from the mere thrills of self-aware existence and loud guitars, Radiohead used The Bends to explore themes of suburban ennui through subtler means. Chilling ballads and tortured rock songs backed with acoustic and electric instruments proved Yorke and the boys to be prolific musicians, while the album's commercial success established Radiohead as one of the most creative and experimental mainstream bands of the mid-nineties, not applicable to the Blur-vs.-Oasis Battle of the Brit Bands. "High and Dry," "Just...