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WWZN, 1510 on the AM dial, is a Boston all-sports station and currently serves as the radio home of the Boston Celtics...
...probably do even better than its predecessor, though on first listen they have little in common. This time the songs are more loosely constructed, with Tweedy's delicate dirges giving way to roaring, rambling guitar solos. There are no hit singles here--"You can't hear it on the radio," Tweedy acknowledges on the final track, The Late Greats--but the album may still be the year's most addictive rock release. "One of the underlying principles of the band is the idea that there is no formula," Tweedy says, "that it's O.K. to throw everything out the window...
...playing the role of the errant romantic genius, though he did manage to produce Under Milk Wood, his enduringly popular play for voices, in his last years. After a teenage stint on a newspaper in his native Wales, the only paid work he found was giving talks on BBC radio, writing film scripts during World War II and going on his ruinous tours. But what a performer he was. In person he could be hilariously entertaining, at least until he vomited or passed out. Onstage, no matter how much he had had to drink, he unfailingly gave powerful readings...
...vest and raving hoarsely into a microphone. Bennett is actually a car salesman--not just any car salesman, mind you, but the Slasher. Hired by local car lots--at $12,000 a pop--he flies across the country to set up inventory-clearing extravaganzas, his arrival heralded by obnoxious radio commercials. ("Armed with a savings chainsaw! Slicing high prices!") Like an itinerant evangelist, he rolls into town, sets up his tent and spends 72 hours infusing the customers with the fiery spirit of automobilism...
...fleet of 21 Segways and are attracting 150 customers a week, who pay $69.95 for the three-hour tour. It starts with a quick safety and riding lesson for those who have never used a Segway, then covers five to seven miles of town, with running commentary via a radio on the handlebars. On a recent trip to Minneapolis, Katrina Patterson, 37, of San Jose, Calif., booked a tour for her family, including two young sons. "Because they were on a Segway, they actually listened," she says with a laugh. "It was the highlight of their trip...