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...vernacular. So one wonders how long it will be before impressionable youth start hobbling around on crutches. That is how Jackson arrived last week at a courthouse in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he is being sued for $21 million by a concert promoter who contends that the singer broke his contract by canceling two shows. Jackson explained that his bandaged foot was the result of a spider bite--but not one inflicted by one of his pet tarantulas. Possibly still woozy from the experience, he made faces and hand gestures on the stand, though he was lucid enough to allege...
...conversation, Jarcho moves with ease between her literature tutorial on departures from phallogocentric philosophy and enthusiastic discussions of lingerie and “tortoise-y math rock.” The last came up as a result of Jarcho’s sometime involvement as drummer, singer and songwriter in a band called Ensimismada, which played famed New York venues like CBGB and the Mercury Lounge. Jarcho translates the band’s Spanish name as “self-involved or lost in thought,” something she says applies to herself...
...singer Seal has those scars on his face because he was bitten by a seal. “Heretofore, I shall carry the name of that beast whose jaws have forever marked me,” he said...
Battling years of grime with cotton swabs, gentle solvents and boundless patience, a group of Harvard conservators has begun restoring one of American painter John Singer Sargent’s most complex works...
...donate to the U.N’s Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (www.apathy-is-lethal.org), which is using all the money it gets to save lives. Or we can donate to OXFAM, another worthy organization that fights suffering and death in Africa and around the world. Singer recommends UNICEF, which specifically helps mothers and children. When you’re considering that new North Face fleece this winter, think about how much more your $200 could do elsewhere...