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...manages to keep itself afloat over some treacherous waters. The Ray Beam and Lily storyline, for example, stretches credulity with its portrait of a decadent rocker, while Lily's character remains an enigma. Robinson does best with the two stories that are at the extremes of personal drama: one quiet and understated, the other of increasingly violent paranoia. Caprice, the cute, funny and loveable waitress with an unfortunate case of low self esteem that results in poor choices of lovers practically walks off the page she seems so real. Equally compelling, Steve the nut, a highly intelligent ego-maniac with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tapestry of Modern Living | 11/4/2005 | See Source »

...tidy, two-floor apartment in a quiet neighborhood just a short walk from Harvard Yard, and his walls are decorated with his own landscape photography and expanses of shelves filled with books, art, and the occasional stuffed animal...

Author: By Kristin E. Blagg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DAY IN THE LIFE: How Steven Pinker Works | 11/4/2005 | See Source »

...door, through Ticketmaster, or by phone, (617) 492-BEAR, $8. (DFH)Thursday, Nov. 10Midday Organ Recital. The Harvard Organ Society presents its weekly midday concert. Harry Huff, the assistant organist, performs in the stately setting of Memorial Church. Audience members are invited to bring a lunch for quiet consumption during the recitals. Adolphus Busch Hall. 12:15 p.m. Free. (LAM)Neba Solo—The Music & Dance of Mali. Harvard’s African Expressive Culture Group present “the genius of the balafon,” Souleymane Traoré, aka Neba Solo, and group of ten African...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening 11/4 - 11/11 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...year-old Berklee student, was onstage when The Hotspot walked in. When he really got tearing on his guitar, his face took on a maniacal expression he’d shoot at his bandmates. Offstage, however, he transformed from a funky blues player back to a reserved, quiet fellow. It was easy to see what he liked about the Wednesday and Sunday night jams. “The people are friendly, and it’s a good place to get gigs,” Minami said. “I’m doing what I want to here...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hotspot: The Cantab Lounge | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...stress, Spritz slaps Noreen’s new boyfriend across the face with his gloves in an impulsive parody of bygone gentlemanly honor. Though primarily comic, this moment reflects the film’s general atmosphere of nostalgia incarnated in Spritz’s father, Robert. Verbinski makes a quiet critique of contemporary culture through the perspective of Robert, a fading Pulitzer-winning novelist. The world he sees as petty, cheap, throwaway, is reflected in Dave Spritz’s chipper weather reports, the fast food thrown at him, and the no-place settings he occupies (malls, hospitals, fancy hotels...

Author: By Jacob A. Kramer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Weather Man | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

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