If Måneskin win the Grammy for Best New Artist this Sunday, they have no idea what they’ll do. They’ll probably act on instinct in the moment, they suppose—a strategy that has yet to fail them in more than seven years as a band. But if they lose? “If we lose, I don’t want to be like”—singer Damiano David screws up his faces and claps sarcastically like Nancy Pelosi at the 2019 State of the Union—“‘Oh, yeah, yeah, they deserved it.’” Victoria de Angelis cuts in, feeding off her bandmate’s energy. “If we lose,” she declares, “we jump on stage, push the person down, and—” The bassist grabs an imaginary mic and bends over it, screaming. Then she breaks character and leans back, unleashing a hoarse cackle. “I want [an] honest reaction,” David says. “Stop faking it, like, ‘OK, it doesn’t matter.’ Yeah, it fucking matters. Of course it matters.” With David and de Angelis speaking to The Daily Beast over Zoom while crammed together on a tiny couch alongside their … [Read more...] about Your Hate for Måneskin Is Their ‘Gasoline’
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Franciscan Health redesignated as Acute Stroke Ready hospital
0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Health & Fitness As an Acute Stroke Ready hospital, Franciscan Health Olympia Fields serves as the first stop for those suspected of having a stroke Franciscan Health , Community Contributor Posted Reply Franciscan Health Olympia Fields has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the hospital announced today. “We serve a somewhat aging community and with that comes an increased risk of stroke,” said Vernell Johnson III, MD, chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields. “Our community needs to be able to go to a facility that can treat potential strokes immediately and with this designation, that is exactly what we provide for the patient.” Acute Stroke Ready hospitals serve as the first stop for patients suspected of … [Read more...] about Franciscan Health redesignated as Acute Stroke Ready hospital
Colossus Among Critics; Harold Bloom
See the article in its original context from September 25, 1994 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. IN EARLY SUMMER, I PAID TWO VISITS TO Harold Bloom, the eminent literary critic famous for his prodigious intellectual energy. On both occasions, he seemed intent on staging a deathbed scene. Collapsed on a reclining armchair, brow furrowed, mouth sour, the 64-year-old Bloom looked worse than pained. "The battle is lost," he whispered. "These resentniks have destroyed the canon." … [Read more...] about Colossus Among Critics; Harold Bloom
‘Her Loss’ Is Playtime for Drake and 21 Savage
One of the grim inevitabilities of new pop star albums is how they are parsed, chewed through and cracked into gossipy bites the moment they arrive. Within minutes of the release of “Her Loss,” the new collaborative album by Drake and 21 Savage, Twitter and hip-hop news and gossip sites were aflame: a stray reference to Serena Williams’s husband, nods to old rap industry quarrels, an ambiguous multiple entendre referencing Megan Thee Stallion. Drake knows this will be chum, of course. It’s not fan service like Taylor Swift’s Easter eggs, but it reflects an understanding that for many listeners, and perhaps especially for those who may not bother to listen at all, the metanarrative matters. And yes, this is one way to measure an album’s success: how much chatter it engenders. Even the marketing strategy for “Her Loss” — which featured elaborate imitations of Vogue magazine and mock appearances on NPR’s Tiny Desk series and “The Howard Stern Show” — suggested an awareness of the … [Read more...] about ‘Her Loss’ Is Playtime for Drake and 21 Savage
Golf in the elements: Hovland, Spieth brace for nasty conditions at Pebble
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 PEBBLE BEACH — Viktor Hovland grew up in Norway, played college golf at Oklahoma State and spent the past two weeks in Oklahoma, braving 30-degree temperatures to work on his game. So he can handle a little rain and wind at Pebble Beach. That’s the forecast for Saturday’s third round of the AT&T Pro-Am, especially in the afternoon. Tournament officials moved up tee times by one hour — the first group now goes off at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8:30 — in an effort to beat the worst weather. The winds are expected to reach gusts of 20 to 30 mph, a recipe for high scores at Pebble, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula’s Shore Course. Hovland, the world’s No. 11-ranked player, figures his recent preparation in Oklahoma gives him an edge. “If you can hit the ball well with a bunch of layers on, and know where the ball is going, that’s good practice for playing in tournaments with similar … [Read more...] about Golf in the elements: Hovland, Spieth brace for nasty conditions at Pebble
NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity is transforming pit crews with college and pro athletes
When Tyriq McCord joined NASCAR as a pit crew member a little more than three years ago, his knowledge of what made a car go fast stopped and started with the gas pedal. “I didn’t even know how to change the tire on my car,” he said. But he could bench-press 225 pounds and run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds and those were the kinds of skills Phil Horton was looking for. Advertisement A former athletic trainer in college football and with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, as the pit crew coach for stock-car racing’s Drive for Diversity development program Horton has recruited more than 100 former college and professional athletes, from lacrosse players to linebackers, to work as tire changers, tire carriers, jackmen — and women — and gasmen for teams in all three of NASCAR’s top three nationwide series. And while that has undoubtedly made NASCAR more diverse, it’s also made pit crews better and faster, which can mean millions of dollars in a sport where the average margin of … [Read more...] about NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity is transforming pit crews with college and pro athletes