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Spectacle Report: New Year's Eve

Article: Spectacle Report: New Year's Eve

Posted December 30th, 2008, 11:12 AM by

Whether you’re spending New Year’s Eve in black tie or in your bathrobe, you could do a lot worse in the entertainment department than watching Elvis and the great Tony Bennett. (Although if you are in your bathrobe, you may want to put on an ascot or heels – or both.) Now, unbelievably, an octogenarian,…

Elvis Costello and Standards

Article: Elvis Costello and Standards

Posted December 23rd, 2008, 12:12 AM by

What is a “standard?” The dictionary on my desk, as its fifth definition for the word, says that it is “a piece of music that has remained popular for many years.” Which is actually a pretty good, non-partisan description from an old dictionary, since the word is almost always applied to a specific body of…