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...biting song on the album, “Chocolate Makes You Happy,” is also one of the most surprising. Neither its title nor its relatively simple melody hints at its lyrical perversity: “Chocolate makes you happy / And it keeps you awake / As you unbutton your top pants button / Bewildered by the pain.” The song then moves from a seeming indictment of sweet-toothed hedonism to a depiction of the torment of an eating disorder...

Author: By Michael E. Danto, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Xiu Xiu | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...present throughout. Dr. Sugar bides Catherine to sit on his lap and tells her he’s got something for her in his pocket, then proceeds to inject her with “truth serum.” Characters moan during monologues, roll around on the floor, and unbutton their shirts, all of which is highly distracting from the actual plotline.The Loeb Ex is an intimate performance space, and with only a few yards separating the audience from the actors, all of the convulsions, screams, rolling on the floor, waving of arms, and moaning seem too much to digest...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Last Summer' Simply Horrifies | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

When the stress of classes and Harvard life is getting you down, there’s nothing like dropping a fat deuce. But when nature calls, you can’t just take off your pantaloons or unbutton your union suit anywhere (unless you have explosive diarrhea, in which case you have carte blanche to deuce on the floor). You want a place where you can take some time to relax and really enjoy the moment...

Author: By Chris Schnoberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Best Deuce in the Land | 4/28/2005 | See Source »

Still, who among us wouldn't feel shortchanged if we arrived for a checkup and were never even asked to unbutton our shirts? Dr. Christine Laine, a Philadelphia internist and senior deputy editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, understands that the odds of discovering a serious problem by listening to a healthy patient's heart and lungs during a checkup are slim, but she listens anyway. Laine says the ritualistic wielding of the stethoscope on bare skin fosters an emotional bond between patients and the person they're relying on for their medical well-being. "And anyway," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Yearly Checkups | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...start chatting. If you are like me--and like lots of people I saw at Remote the two times I visited--you just might end up saying and doing all kinds of things you never dared before. It feels safe when only a camera is staring back at you. "Unbutton your shirt," I tell Jesse over the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex, Drinks And Videotape | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

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