pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it's the wrong subject at the wrong time. He's been going nowhere fast for a long time, and while this may draw fleeting attention, it won't save his faltering career.

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.

To be quite honest, I haven't really been paying attention.

(City officials) met with the builder and the architect, and we reviewed the issues that were brought to our attention, ... Both the builder and the architect are very cooperative in looking at these problems and taking care of them. I'm confident that that will happen.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

I am connected to the past in a way that keeps me going forward. Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.