A male model named Leon with One-Direction hair and powder-blue briefs explained to me that one of his online fans had just told him he was enjoying watching all the broadcasts because, “It’s like seeing all of the characters from my favorite TV shows in a crossover episo...
The success ofBack To Blackalso seems to have firmly cemented the Dap-Kings in Ronson’s Rolodex, with the group’s drummer Homer Steinweiss, multi-instrumentalist Leon Michaels, trumpeterDave Guy, and guitarist/producerTom Brenneckappearing on many of his projects; the Dap-Kings' horns got...
our lives, as brothers, as fathers, and as friends. It's interesting that there is that parallel [of so many harmonies on the album], maybe intentionally or unintentionally. We just wanted to spotlight the things that were important to who we are and the kind of mu...
"It's 1972 and Leon is young and strong and an absolute powerhouse, on top of the piano and wailing on the guitar. It's 'an artificially induced religious experience,' that's what Leon called it in the concert," said Jeffery Haas, the producer of the film "The Best of the Leon Rus...
New York is an interesting city. It doesn't care about its natives, in a way that is unique. Gentrification happens everywhere, but the way that it happens in a city like New York is that people who are born and raised here are like unicorns. And there are a lot of things that happ...
A Spruance-class destroyer requires a crew of 330. An Oliver Hazard Perry frigate requires 200 personnel. Because so many of its systems are automated, the DDG 1000's crew will number 140. This reduces the ship's operational costs, but it also has benefits for crew members, who will enjo...
4. How many times per year do you take vacations, and how long are they? Darren Rowse: We try to do a combination of different types of vacations as a family. We would typically have 3-4 weekends away (often we’d do it over 3-4 days) each year. We usually would also take a ...
Many idealistic Chinese, Lu says, long for simpler times, as they were under Mao. "In private conversation, when people are complaining about corruption, about moral decline, they miss Mao," says Lu. "They think, 'I would rather go back to Mao's generation. We were poor, but people we...
Many of your songs have deep emotion at their core. For example, onFireworks and Rollerblades, you have a song called "Cry" and the lyrics go, "Cry cry cry/ Go ahead and ruin someone else's life." These are heavy sentiments. Does a weight come off your chest when you ...
Donald Trump’s supporters at the state Republican Party’s election night event in Buckhead are cheering each time results showing Trump ahead come up on the screens playing Fox News. The race is still too close to call, but people are clearly feeling confi...