Really, does John Sack's "And!" really stack up to some of the others? (And Esquire's web monkeys, here's a handy HTML cheat sheet, so you can code those tough diacriticals in them wacky foreign words.)
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"What follows is a column, and is opinion. All statements of fact have been attributed to sources. I have to say this because Taser is a highly litigious company that does not take kindly to criticism, as you shall see."
It's safe to assume that Bose held a press conference today. In fact, I know they did. I did not, however, attend. Walking these New York City streets is almost as much. The advertisements for their in-ear headphones are nearly unavoidable. The mailroom guy has seen them, your girlfriend's sister-in-law has seen them, your grandma's seen them, everybody's seen them. And, of course, they've not only infiltrated our great city, but have hit several other markets, worldwide. I forget the dollar amount they've dropped on advertising, but it's something absolutely ludicrous, as…
But Smith's "Gloria" is incantatory and mesmerizing—and filled with genuine r'n'r passion, so on the day she's inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, I'll give her props on that one.
In 1979, IIRC, I saw Smith at Portland's Paramount Theater. She ended her set with "Gloria," as usual, but she took it perhaps a bit too far into unknown territory. The other band members eventually left the stage, leaving Ms. Smith by…
That's just too weird to be true. Isn't it?