where the local movie house is showing John Wayne’s “Red River” before closing down for good. The coming-of-age drama, starring Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, signals the end of an era, as teens embark on the bleak adulthood that’...
Kaunas is Lithuania’s second largest city (population 325 000) resting at the confluence of country’s two largest rivers, Neris and Nemunas. For centuries it has been smaller than Vilnius, but only a bit, therefore Vilnius vs. Kaunas rivalry is felt everywhere from basketball matches...
They call it "The Big Game". And it is in the San Francisco Bay Area. These two former Pac-12 rivals have played 124 times since 1892. Stanford holds the series lead 66-53-11. They play for the Stanford Axe (pictured). The rivalry will continue as both schools enter the Atlantic Co...
Across the stiffly creased white linen tablecloth I observed the particular affection between my mother and her sister, and the quiet rivalry between the brothers-in-law. A tender plant, grown under glass, needs “hardening off” gradually before it is planted out permanently into the uncertain c...
(Wash, another white male) and the Captain. Wash and Mal fight each other for Zoe’s attention and admiration, both relying on her submission to them to get them hard and manly. In fact there is a whole episode,War Stories, devoted to Wash and Mal’s ‘rivalry’. By the wordrivalry...
Narrative is always so important with pulling people into music. And this one definitely has unsavory parts to it, and parts that are pretty corny in retrospect. But the rivalry was very real, definitely for a few years in the early ‘00s. 8. Brand New, “Okay I Bel...
Never understood the hero worship or the fanatics that followed sports, but I understand there is need for that in society for many reasons. Yes, I played sports as a youngster and an adult, but that’s active participation in games and matches. I’ve met many sports and other ...
while Finn’s identity as a trained trooper — if not actually a clone — means that much of his own history is already written. Bizarrely, the film actually does introduce a character with some alleged connection toStar Warslore, played by Max von Sydow no less, but rather than make use...
has played with everyone (Loudon Wainwright III, Elvis Costello, Ricki Lee Jones, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bono, Marianne Faithful, and Ron Sexsmith) and in almost every style. But whether on his own projects or working for others, his sound is always distinctively his own.(3:45–5 ...
“I’ve got guys in my band that have been there for about 35 years. They’re great players, and we still enjoy doing the music. I don’t play music very well, so I’ve always surrounded myself with people who played a lot better than I did. I’m a loyal person, and I just...