Nov 19th, 2008 · You'll soon be seeing volunteers for The Salvation Army out with their red kettles, asking for donations. They've had trouble before because so many people only have plastic on hand. Now, five bell-ringers in El Paso County, Colo., will be the first to accept credit and debit cards along with coins and bills. So if you just never seem to have any spare change on hand — consider that excuse a ghost of Christmas past.
Nov 26th, 2007 · Canadian soprano, Measha Brueggergosman has been busy. She has two albums out this fall. Brueggergosman describes the cabaret songs on her new album as "classical music letting its hair down."
Jan 22nd, 2007 · The Shins' fine new Wincing the Night Away is built of the same solid stuff that made its predecessors famous: lush pop melodies, rich harmonies, vaguely obtuse lyrics, and sly, sideways hooks. It also features a gorgeous, brightly swooning ringer in "Phantom Limb."
Sep 22nd, 2006 · Cell-phone haters will really hate a concert coming up in Chicago next month. During the debut performance of his "Concertino for Cellular Phones and Orchestra," jazz composer David Baker wants members of audience and the orchestra to turn on their cell phones. They can even turn up the volume on their ringers. Baker hopes the effect will illustrate how cell phones bring both order and chaos to our lives.
Dec 28th, 2005 · He's been called the King of Venereal Horror. He directed the films M. Butterfly, The Fly, Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch, all of which tell a story of sexually deviant behavior. In the film Crash he continued the theme, combining sex and car wrecks. His new film A History of Violence is a psychological thriller about one man's potential for violence.
Jan 23rd, 2005 · A Soccer Mom's Concerns January 23, 2005 · Randy Cohen, New York Times Sunday Magazine ethicist, has some advice for a soccer mom on how to deal with a ringer on her son's team. The team had a losing record, so the coach brought in a bigger, older kid to play under an assumed name.
Dec 15th, 2004 · the Salvation Army is struggling to find volunteers to stand in the cold and encourage shoppers to spare a little change. To make up for the dearth of human bell ringers, the charity is installing cardboard cutouts of people called "standees" in select stores. The cut-outs come equipped with cardboard kettles, and, yes, cardboard bells too.
Oct 25th, 2004 · Day to Day slightly confused correspondent Brian Unger reports on the legions of poll watchers who will be in place on Election Day in his home state of Ohio. The poll watchers will be looking for people who don't look like Ohioans -- Unger has some advice for how to spot ringers in the Buckeye State.