Five years ago, Canadian brother-sister duo Tennyson were often seen as a prodigy act. Keyboardist and producer Luke Pretty was 17 when the group began to tour and record; drummer Tess Pretty was only 15. Now that they’re 22 and 20, respectively, their performance is less of a novelty, but they retain the same charm. […]
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Michael Kinsley’s takedown of Double Down is a plea for plain English
You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.
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“How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!”
Or as Tennyson puts it later in “Ulysses“: “Though much is taken, much abides. . . ; that which we are, we are;” Numbers I came up with because I was curious and thought you might be too: “Brett Favre” plus “legacy” — Google hits: 132,000“Brett Favre” plus “legacy” plus “tarnished” — Google hits: 59,900 […]