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She’s Crafty

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It kind of smelled like burrito in the backroom at Akbar last Wednesday night. Folding tables and chairs filled the room, Belinda Carlisle’s “Mad About You” played over the sound system, and the bar was filled with corks, colored puffballs, pipe cleaners, google eyes, scissors, construction paper and glue. Everything......

She’s Crafty

Linda Immediato
It kind of smelled like burrito in the backroom at Akbar last Wednesday night. Folding tables and chairs filled the room, Belinda Carlisle’s “Mad About You” played over the sound system, and the bar was filled with corks, colored puffballs, pipe cleaners, google eyes, scissors, construction paper and glue. Everything......
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A (Really) Hard Day's Night

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It’s not that Gosling sounds like the Beatles. I can hear the influence, yes, but I think they sound more like power pop with Tourette’s: a little jaunty and hooky — with explosive outbursts that suggest real rock ambition. It’s not even that Gosling kind of looks like the Beatles,......
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His Smile Looked Really Out of Place

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SMOKEY, WHAT GOT IN YOUR EYES? I was so sad, man. I love Smokey Robinson. LOVE LOVE LOVE him. But he looks like the black Tom Jones. He didn’t blink at all. I feel bad for even pointing it out. But plastic surgery in this country is like a disease......

Dark Shadows

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What does a lothario or a femme fatale smell like? Would you say gluttony smells thick, sugared and bloated with sweetness — maybe a blend of dark chocolate, vanilla, butter cream and hops with pralines, hazelnut, toffee and caramel? What about places? Do you imagine that Dublin smells of misty......

Dark Shadows

Linda Immediato
What does a lothario or a femme fatale smell like? Would you say gluttony smells thick, sugared and bloated with sweetness — maybe a blend of dark chocolate, vanilla, butter cream and hops with pralines, hazelnut, toffee and caramel? What about places? Do you imagine that Dublin smells of misty......
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Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

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yeah, yeah, yeah, The Police reunited and it felt so good (and Sting still looks so good). But the best thing about this year's Grammy Awards was the honoring of powerful women, and it's about frickin' time. I'm talking about Mary J. Blige, and of course the Dixie Chicks sweep—5......
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The Best Grammy Party I Got Invited To (but not really)

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SATURDAY, midnight, my bedroom When I saw the invite in my inbox to Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy shin-dig in Beverly Hills, I couldn't rsvp fast enough. This is the best party to go to by all accounts. It's where Alicia Keys, supposedly got discovered, it's where all the nominees— the......
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Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

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FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. Viper Room There was a lively and fashionable crowd at the Viper Room Friday night for MSO PR's soiree celebrating the launch of their new website. Grande dame of public relations, Alexandra Greenberg, introduced me to the MS in MSO, Mitch Schneider. Mitch (above, in black hat)......
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M. Is for Mystery

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M. WardEl Rey Theatre, Friday, February 2It was like spying on someone playing guitar in his bedroom: M. Ward paced the stage alone, plucking his instrument, wearing an oversize Army jacket and an old baseball cap — which was no match for his massive head of hair. Ward played four......