International banking May 18, 2008
May 15th 2008From The Economist print edition. Banks are bound to fail from time to time. (The Economist)
Paradise lost May 16, 2008
INTERNATIONAL BANKING. May 15th 2008From The Economist print edition. (The Economist)
Bright colors, wide smiles for Boston Baroque May 6, 2008
Opting for Baron Gottfried van Swieten's original German libretto, rather than the translation back into the English sources that inspired him (the King James Bible and Milton's "Paradise Lost"), music director Martin Pearlman led a brisk, incisive reading that never let the logical flow succumb to longueurs. Haydn's assembly of individual movements into formally balanced sections was unusually clear. (Boston Globe)
Breath by Tim Winton May 4, 2008
It is this scene that prompts his exploration of his personal paradise lost. The trigger may be more brutal than Proust's madeleine, but Winton's subtle, elegant telling of that exploration holds the elements of innocence and experience, adventure and self-destruction, in a convincingly and delicately mysterious balance, making for a novel that lingers long in the mind. (Times Online)
Page turners Apr 19, 2008
This isn't to say imaginative interpretation was ruled out: in John Martin's mezzotints for Paradise Lost, say, or Manet's lithographs for Poe's "The Raven" (as translated by Mallarm;), the artist reinvents or reinvigorates the original. Gustave Dor;, William Morris and Aubrey Beardsley also produced striking work. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art Apr 14, 2008
Of course, we can't help denying the beauty and resonance of the Sistine Chapel, Handel's Messiah, Milton's Paradise Lost or the York mystery plays. But we like to tell ourselves that their creators were covert humanists, who wanted to make art and had no choice other than to make it within the confines of a church that held all the power and money. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
One Step Forward, One Step Back Apr 12, 2008
Inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, Milton's Paradise Lost, William Blake's poem Milton, and the city of Liverpool itself, this commission for the Year of Culture is architectural and meditative rather than immersing, as in the work of Punchdrunk, or narrative, as is often the case with Grid Iron. You bring yourself to it, your tarnished soul is gently massaged, and you emerge feeling shiny and brand new. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
As soon as you've read this, get up and floss Apr 10, 2008
Milton wrote on Apr 7, 2008 3:50 PM:" paradise lost ". REX wrote on Apr 7, 2008 12:27 PM:" Al Gore ". (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Sun, Sand & Drugs Mar 22, 2008
So is Goa paradise lost - once again. Four decades after catapulting to the world's tourism map for its excellent climate, palm-fringed beaches, cheap alcohol, whitewashed churches, brown-tiled, low-slung homes, clean villages and easy availability of drugs, the place was - and remains - India Lite, as someone called it. (India Times, India)
Tension in GoaWhy is there a sense of unease on India's most famous beach? Mar 18, 2008
Anjuna: Hippie paradise lost. By Soutik Biswas BBC News, Anjuna, Goa. (BBC News -- UK)
Thanks for the Memory Mar 18, 2008
At first, we though of using the title "Paradise Lost" but then realized it had been used before and, anyway, it will never really be lost as long as anyone can still remember how it was. Then we almost opted for the song, "Those Were the Days My Friends" that goes like this. (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Anjuna: Hippie paradise lost Mar 18, 2008
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Pulp factions Mar 16, 2008
Even discounting for the lapsarian myths that tend to grow up around any paradise lost, this really was a golden age, and it glows all the more brightly in memory because of its ugly and abrupt collapse in a Gotterdammerung of bonfires, legislation, and social disrepute. "The Ten-Cent Plague" is David Hajdu's affectionate yet outraged account of this important but little-remembered segment of cultural history. (Boston Globe)
Best in spring Mar 16, 2008
A strong season for contemporary music continues in Birmingham on 14 April, when Oliver Knussen conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in Good Dream She Has, a new setting of texts from Milton's Paradise Lost by British composer Luke Bedford (CBSO Centre, Birmingham). The following evening sees the Royal Opera stage the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur. (Guardian Unlimited)
WYD, brought to you by Telstra, Qantas and Tooheys Mar 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Mike CarltonMarch 15, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
'The Age of American Unreason' Mar 2, 2008
The passage from the English poet's epic, "Paradise Lost," however is meaningless without its context within that allegorical journey into 17th-century English politics. What the blind poet can add to Cosmo's regular features on sex, diet and hairstyles is something Jacoby won't tell us, however. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The devil's advocate Mar 1, 2008
To me the early poems are sumptuous, the sonnets witty, magnificent and moving by turns, and Paradise Lost as thrilling as a novel ... A third example of plain, clear, unadorned wording comes in the closing lines of Paradise Lost, where he describes Adam and Eve driven out of paradise and making their way into the new, empty world before them ... Paradise Lost has held me in thrall ever since I first read it in my teens. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Obituary: Ronald Segal Feb 26, 2008
A dissertation on Paradise Lost won him a fellowship to the University of Virginia, but he found Charlottesville a "museum world". Within six months, in 1956, he was back in Cape Town to launch the magazine Africa South. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
L.A. drama critics announce noms Feb 5, 2008
" West Coast EnsembleSCENIC DESIGNJoel Daavid, "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings"Robert G. Smith, "Bug," Lost Angels Theater Company at Coast PlayhouseGary Smoot, "Love Love's A Pornographer"LIGHTING DesignJoel Daavid, "In Arabia We'd All be Kings"Jeremy Pivnick, "Calling Aphrodite," International City TheaterSteven Young, "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings," Theater@Boston CourtCOSTUME DesignShon LeBlanc, "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"Maggie Morgan, "Sleeping Beauty Wakes"Paul Spadone,... (Variety)
Two dreamers reach for the stars Jan 26, 2008
Loosely-based on Milton's Paradise Lost, the show tells a story of war in the heavens between the angels and Lucifer's minions. The two friends wrote the musical's first incarnation 10 years ago during their first year out of university. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Mariachi Concert and dinner upcoming Jan 8, 2008
Novel Finalist, San Diego Book Awards); "Paradise Lost," "Blood Matters," the Nan Robinson series; and the "Booked for Travel" mysteries, written under the pseudonym Emily Toll. Her screenplay for the film "Doubleday" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Subject. (North County Times)
A literary feast awaits Jan 5, 2008
Pitcairn Paradise Lost (Fourth Estate, May) is the story of our little-understood island neighbour, home to the descendants of Fletcher Christian, which British journalist Kathy Marks explored while covering a rape trial. Chloe Hooper, praised for her first novel, A Child's Book Of True Crime, has turned to reportage in The Tall Man (Penguin, June), which begins with the inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Poetry in 2008 Dec 29, 2007
Like Burns, Milton's hold on the public imagination rests on a fragment (though in the case of Paradise Lost, a substantial fragment) of his output; Tomalin's selection reveals a more rounded poet, whose gift for dynamic imagery and rich, resplendent detail is just as potent away from the epic form. Also worth looking out for this month are new collections from Alison Brackenbury and Jen Hadfield. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Letters for Saturday, December 22, 2007 Dec 22, 2007
Auwe, is this paradise lost. Say, are the saimin and lilikoi pie still ono at Hamura s. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
‘A great place to live, retire’ Dec 21, 2007
Paradise Lost is the reality of Green Valley. However, given my age (78) and the reality of the situation, I m stuck, as are many my age and older. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Celebs Take Up Arkansas Murder Case Dec 20, 2007
A 1996 HBO documentary, "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills," galvanized many supporters, who say that it reinforced their belief that the defendants were falsely convicted because they listened to heavy metal music and dressed in black in a small Southern town with a strong Christian faith. "They were listening to Metallica. They were listening to the music they liked," said supporter Kody Bradshaw, 19, of Gurdon. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Celebrities press to free 3 convicted of killing Arkansas boys Dec 20, 2007
A 1996 HBO documentary, "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills," galvanized many supporters, who say that it reinforced their belief that the defendants were falsely convicted because they listened to heavy metal music and dressed in black in a small Southern town. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Supporters bring West Memphis case back to fore Dec 19, 2007
The two filmmakers, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, shot "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills," during the trials. The film, shown on HBO, includes taped strategy sessions by both prosecutors and defense attorneys for the teens. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Agonist Singer Recalls Painful Time On 'Canadian Idol'; Plus Philip Anselmo & More News That Rules, In Metal File Dec 8, 2007
According to a release, the disc features the "death/doom vibe of early Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride" and is the band's "rawest and heaviest work to date." Tracks include "The Fragile Breath," "In Winters Ash" and "Silent." Requiem - Fortissimo, the second installment of a trilogy, is the follow-up to Requiem - Mezzo Forte, which came out April 3. Look for a new album by Long Island, New York, hardcore-metal band This Is Hell on February 17. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Dixie Chick Urges Donations to Defense Fund for Murderers Dec 4, 2007
"I encourage everyone to see the HBO documentaries, 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Lost 2' for the whole history of the case.". Right now, Maines main goal is to raise money for the West Memphis 3. (Fox News)
Bean and gone Nov 23, 2007
And if you were a man of letters, you - along with Pope, Pepys, and Dryden - went to Will's, where you could join a debate on whether Milton should have written Paradise Lost in rhymed couplets instead of blank verse. These coffeehouses changed the course of English social history by demonstrating how pleasant it was to hang out in a place where (according to a 1674 set of Rules and Orders of the Coffee House) "Gentry, Tradesmen, all are welcome hither, / and may without affront sit down... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The Lobo threesome Nov 21, 2007
If you like this music, you might also enjoy: The Divine Conspiracy - Epica Ghost Opera - Kamelot Paradise Lost - Symphony X. Adema Kill the Headlights Available Now. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
Crime of passion Nov 18, 2007
It was like her body had decided, "That's it, it's OK to fall apart now." So my first six months at university, I was doing Paradise Lost by day, going to the pub with friends at night and going home at weekends and watching my mum deteriorate - eugh. So that's why Miranda and I think a lot about what happens to Kit when we go. (Guardian Unlimited)
Paradise lost in fiery California Oct 24, 2007
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Prince Harry leads Diana tributes Oct 24, 2007
Paradise lost in fiery California. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (Yahoo News -- Princess Diana)
Gore jokes over White House bid Oct 24, 2007
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Fantasy novels: a not-so-guilty pleasure Oct 14, 2007
While marketed as a childrens book, this reworking of Miltons Paradise Lost is deeply philosophical, without ever losing that essential core of wonder. I would also argue that Neal Stephensons Baroque cycle is a set of books as difficult to decipher as any contemporary work of postmodern literature. (Yale Herald, CT)
L.A. turns eclectic at Boston Court Oct 6, 2007
The young company recently world-premiered the anime-inspired epic musical "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings," and follows with the Oct. 13 opening of Carlos Murillo's intensely sexual "Dark Play or Stories for Boys," a hit at this year's Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Ky. Financier Z. Clark Branson decided in 2001 to put his inheritance and investments toward what Jessica Kubzansky (co-artistic director with Michael Michetti) calls "a passion for intimate theater." "He and... (Variety)
FLASH: 'BIONIC WOMAN' Ratings Plummet... Oct 5, 2007
"Overall though I liked Paradise Lost much better than the pilot. The dialog was less forced (although still prevalent between Jamie and Ruth in the car) and kept Jamies personal life to a minimum. Im excited to see how Bionic Woman continues to evolve in the coming weeks.". Posted by. (The Drudge Report)
Ovation picks nominees Sep 25, 2007
Boston Court's "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings" and the Douglas' "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" followed "Can-Can" with 10 noms each ... "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings" and "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" are competing for world premiere musical against "13" (Center Theatre Group/ Mark Taper Forum); "A Time For Love" (Rubicon Theatre Company); and "Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert" (Rubicon Theatre Company). (Variety)
Re-Opening the American Mind Sep 21, 2007
The political and religious issues he raises in "Paradise Lost" would animate any discussion of democracy, terrorism and war, but raising questions is not the aim of much that passes for higher education ... The political and religious issues he raises in "Paradise Lost" would animate any discussion of democracy, terrorism and war, but raising questions is not the aim of much that passes for higher education. (Townhall.com)
Diego Garcia Sep 7, 2007
Here's a mental exercise for you: picture a tropical paradise lost in an endless expanse of cerulean ocean. Glossy palm fronds twist gently in the temperate wind, as islanders harvest coconuts along the immaculate powder-white beaches. (Time.com)
Petrino's take on opener Aug 14, 2007
A beat writer's perspective. The entry titled "Petrino's post-Jets review," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Countdown To Stanford Football 2007 Aug 12, 2007
Nickname: Pat I would describe myself as a person as: Determined, emotional The reason I love football is: It is war without the aftermath I pattern my play after: Ray Lewis For me to improve as a person, I need to: Learn to accept everyone for who they are My favorite pre-game ritual is: Thanking God for giving me the opportunity to play My greatest athletic moment is: In high school, we were playing the No. 1 team in the state, and I had two interceptions which ended their last two drives My... (Gostanford.com)
The Stirling prize is just a glorified gameshow Jul 28, 2007
The only non-work-related book that I can think of that I'm reading is Paradise Lost, which I really should know better than I do. It's great, but it's going very, very slowly. (Guardian Unlimited)
Making James Bond funnier is a bad idea Jul 25, 2007
" Sarwan makes a century, West Indies make 418 in final innings to win match. A lesson to us all. I'm reading so much I don't know where to begin. The only non-work-related book that I can think of that I'm reading is Paradise Lost, which I really should know better than I do. It's great, but it's going very, very slowly. I savour each line, look up and when I look down again I seem to have gone about 300 lines backwards. I'm listening to the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset again and again, as I'm trying... (Guardian Unlimited)
Tanglewood tunes up for season Jul 7, 2007
They bring a typically erudite program entitled "Paradise Lost: Music of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the time of King Alfonso X of Castile, 1221-1284. ". Jim Hall, July 15: Hall is one of jazz guitar's master craftsmen. (Boston Globe)
Kelly Clarkson Loses Billboard #1 To Hannah Montana Jul 6, 2007
Symphony X's latest, Paradise Lost, moved more than 6,300 units to open at #123, followed at #136 by the Click Five's Modern Minds and Pastimes, which sold 5,800 copies. 3 Inches of Blood's new disc, Fire Up the Blades, finished at #147 with 5,300 scans, while Sin. (MTV.com)
Joseph Haydn's 'The Creation' Jun 18, 2007
The Austrian classical composer expressed his vision of the creation, as told in the Holy Bible and John Milton's poem Paradise Lost ... The words are based on the Holy Bible's Book of Genesis and a poem by the Englishman Lidley (or Linley), who also based his work on Milton's Paradise Lost. (Suite101.com)
Housing numbers differ Jun 7, 2007
It s Simple really, evreyone and thier brother turned flipper and now there is an oversupply and at the same time considerably less buyers, for many reasons Paradise lost 40% average tax increases in two years, double and even triple the insurance costs in the same time period, extreme over crowding of services and road ways, two devastating hurricane seasons in a row, running out of water and electricity, who in the hell wants to buy into this. The sales numbers are the non-speculative truth,... (The Palm Beach Post)
Teenage Angst, Surreal Odyssey, Vintage Bohemia: U.K. Film Review May 23, 2007
Bothersome Man'' has also been compared to John Milton's ``Paradise Lost,'' with Satan's existentialist creed that it is ``better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven'' (although serving in hell might be something to be avoided). Andreas's odyssey chimes with that of Harry Dean Stanton's character in Wim Wenders's ``Paris, Texas. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Who, what, when at Tanglewood May 20, 2007
"Paradise Lost: Music of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the Time of King Alfonso X of Castille, 1221-1284.". 7/15: Andre Previn, piano; Jim Hall, guitar; David Finck, bass. (Boston Globe)
Posey makes the most of 'Fay Grim' May 19, 2007
The ghost of Borges and other literary pranksters flit through when someone raises the notion that the "Confessions" might be written in code, with "Paradise Lost " as concordance. But "Fay Grim" also exudes a sense of exhaustion that wells up out of the film and spills over onto the seats. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Beach in Jupiter succumbs to erosion May 13, 2007
"This is paradise lost, and it's just the beginning," Davis said. Sponsored Links. (The Palm Beach Post)
Taking note of Mansurian May 6, 2007
"The first one is the religious, Christian aspect, the issue of pain and spirituality, the pain of Christ being crucified and the guilt that comes from it and our relationship to God. The second one is our instinctive search for paradise lost. That's what makes music.". Because he shifted between Armenian and Russian, Mansurian was speaking through several interpreters at the Lark Musical Society offices. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Tolkien, dark and lovely May 6, 2007
Instead, there is grand, epic storytelling and a reminder, if one was needed, of Tolkien's genius in creating an imaginary world that reflects and deepens a sense of our own mythic past, the now-forgotten battles and legends that gave birth to the Aeneid, the Old Testament and Paradise Lost. Years from now, when our present day is as remote from men and women (or cyborgs) as the events of the First Age were to the Council of Elrond, people still may tell tales out of Middle Earth. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Lost horizons May 5, 2007
Paradise Lost by John Milton. The Sigiriya Graffiti by various poets. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Chill October Apr 29, 2007
Proust writes something about the only paradise being the paradise lost. Mightnt we recommend the contrapositive, that all that is found is hell. (Yale Herald, CT)
A man for all ages Apr 14, 2007
Shakespeare was Milton's key precedent for the writing of Paradise Lost (1667) in blank verse rather than rhyme. Even later 17th-century poets who were committed to rhyme, such as John Dryden, acknowledged the power of his dramatic blank verse; as a homage to "the Divine Shakespeare", Dryden abandoned rhyme in All for Love (1678), his reworking of the Cleopatra story. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
"Going without Lonely Planet felt like packing no underwearpotentially liberating, but a little unnerving."CAN WIKI TRAVEL?By Tim Wu Apr 9, 2007
Testing out Wikitravel. - By Tim Wu - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Songs of experience Apr 7, 2007
Their enduring images of beauty are staging posts in the continuing human search for a "paradise lost" - for the moments in which Piper said we "can see in things something significant beyond ordinary significance: something that for a moment seems to contain the whole world; and when that moment is passed, carries over some comment on life or experience besides the comment on appearances". Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art is at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, until... (Guardian Unlimited)
Pet Paradise cemetery turns into Paradise lost Apr 6, 2007
"Paradise lost," says Schneider. If not lost exactly, the Jackson pet cemetery seems condemned for now to a kind of purgatory of seedy idleness, where markers, tombstones and whole graves have disappeared under pine straw and grass, or into thin air, and where, in one corner of the property, people have been illegally dumping trash and junk. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Invisible threads Mar 24, 2007
He says of the poems about his sister in Horse Latitudes that when she died he thought he "probably wouldn't write about it. I couldn't see any obvious way to write anything, but the forces within oneself eventually announce themselves." "Turkey Buzzards", began as a "description of some aspects of the lives of turkey buzzards. And that was sufficient. There is no reason that couldn't be a poem as it was. But I realised somewhere in the middle there was this relation to my sister. Poetry comes... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
I'm fighting to win: Debnam Mar 19, 2007
Paradise lost: driven away by wheels of progress. text/html-documenthttp://www. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Paradise lost: driven away by wheels of progress Mar 19, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Catharine MunroMarch 19, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
