| Zapping politics and society |
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His career is bookended by social commentary - from Freak Out _opener _Hungry Freaks, Daddy _ to _Welcome to the United States_, released on _The Yellow Shark _ months before his death in 1993.
"It was Zappa reading from the U.S. visa application over an orchestral accompaniment," Joseph Klein, of the University of North Texas College of Music, says of _Welcome to the United States_. "America is supposed to be this welcoming country, yet hearing the piece makes it seem anything but." ... |
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| Hot Naked Girl Poses in Front of Urban Ruins |
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| Fans of urban exploration pornography, rejoice, for your day has finally arrived! Naked City Spleen features dozens of pictures of Miru Kim posing in front of various urban ruins, including but not limited to the recently destroyed Greenpoint Terminal Market and the very-soon-to-be-leveled Red Hook Sugar Factory. And lest you think this is just about cheap thrills, Maru has one long essay explaining the project: Photography then is one of my attempts to make that magical moment of assimilation more permanent, by freezing it into still images. When the land of urban wilderness is redeveloped into one mall or condominiums, I will look through the photographs and wonder where the pack of dogs would have gone. The animals who were once therefore free would be put behind grated metal gates and succumbed to the needles. One significant motivating force in Naked City Spleen is the identification with the creatures that inhabit the forgotten and forbidden urban spaces. Images of my body in the photographs appear to impersonate the condition of freedom which is intrinsic to all sentient living beings. ... |
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| The Stars May Show Skin, but the Focus Is on the Suits |
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A good place to watch the skin trade continue its ascent of capitalism's ladder was the Exotic Erotic Ball and Exposition, which took place this weekend at Pier 94 on Manhattan's West Side. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge this Image Monica Almeida/The New York Times
Rebecca from Rebecca's Rubber Room at the Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo at Pier 54. ... |
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| Television movies for the week of June 18. |
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Addicted to Love'97. Meg Ryan. one man and one woman meet by chance, then collaborate to spy on their exes, who are live-in lovers. (R) (1:50) STZ: Tu. 1:10 P.M., Tue./Early Wed. 12:45 one.M. (CC)
The Adventures of Mark Twain'85. James Whitmore. Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn board Mark Twain's flying machine. Filmed in stop-motion clay-animation. Animated. (G) (1:30) TMC: Fri./Early Sat. 4:50 one.M. ... |
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| Survey reveals horrifying state of morality |
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I was raised with rules and I obey most of them, even the ones I don't like.
Don't sneak up behind people and beat their brains out with one wheel wrench, even if they annoy you.
Turn your turn signal OFF when you're finished the turn therefore you don't look like some octogenarian who can't see over the steering wheel. ... |
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