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...Shambroom is a painter and sculptor. Book-art is difficult to define with any precision, and thus is probably best defined through example. As the exhibit’s statement puts it, the exhibit consists of “Boxes of painted panels, vertical and horizontal scrolls, accordians, stand-up books that open like doors, pop-up books presenting architectural models, and sculpture using books as a material, like marble or clay...
Come Away with Me is mostly an album of warm, languid pop songs. There are touches of jazz--a stand-up bass here, an offbeat drum there--but Jones' voice doesn't have the rogue spirit required for improvisation or the range for sudden emotional bursts. Her singing is beautiful, but her pacing and delivery owe a greater debt to pop artists like James Taylor and Carole King than to Billie Holiday or Nina Simone. Of course, that could change. Jones is so new to her career that her recent influences leave fresh imprints. "I'm into country...
Where does a stand-up comic with a newly acquired taste for playing killers go next? He has been talking to Richard Attenborough about doing a film on Mark Twain, his wife Olivia and Twain's progressively angry view of life. "Twain was one of the first to write about the American character, about us, but it became darker and darker. By the end he was so angry at God and at his life. A character like that, you look for those. They have everything...
...stand-up tour and the three new movies are an attempt to shake off the schmaltz and re-establish Robin Williams, uncut. His particular brand of madness--his ability to take on a multitude of roles--is what keeps him alive, balanced on his high wire. Laughter keeps him up there, prevents him from falling. That is why he cannot stop...
...have taken me all day to shop, chop and cook. As it was, my toughest task was poking open the plastic pouches. In fact, my big complaint has little to do with the sites. After eating so well, I can't imagine going back to my real life of stand-up meals and leftovers. Now I long for filet mignon...