Here's a whimsical video, dating back forty years, from his teen-age days fronting the Spencer Davis Group.
Mr. Mugianis, who in clips from his drug-addicted days fronting a rock band looks as if he could have easily ended up in a morgue, credits ibogaine with saving his life, and he is nothing if not sincere.
In the age of urban renewal, real estate was king, and down went the beloved old building in favor of an empty concrete plaza (considered the acme of architectural grace in those days) fronting a soulless middle-class housing development.
From his rebellious days fronting Prince and the Revolution, through his self-revelatory New Power Generation phase, to his recent elder mentor status with 3RDEYEGIRL, Prince challenged conventions of how bands ought to look or sound.
Richie satisfied those with long memories by reaching back to his days fronting the Commodores; "Three Times a Lady" had a stately elegance, while "Brick House" was brief but vivid.
It didn't help that the photos showed the surrogate, literally barefoot and pregnant on her seen-better-days front porch, and then showed Ms. Kuczynski, standing in front of her own columned Southampton veranda, with a uniformed African-American baby nurse at the ready.
Since that time, more than a dozen staff-written articles have appeared in The Times, most notably one by Mr. Purdy on Nov. 5 on the Business Day front, with the headline "As Scandal Flared, BBC's Leaders Missed Red Flags".
DONNA ROTH Princeton Junction, N.J., April 18 , 2013To the Editor: Re "Gun Control Drive Blocked in Senate; Obama, in Defeat, Sees 'Shameful Day' " (front page, April 18): This week could hardly offer a starker contrast between heroism and cowardice.
