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Harvard references abound on “The Simpsons,” television’s definitive animated comedy. And it’s all because of the members of a mysterious “Castle” located on the corner of Bow, Plympton, and Mount Auburn Streets. A semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon churns out comedy writers as efficiently as it prints copies...
...Koizumi is still basking in his party's landslide election victory last September, and he is one of Bush's few solid-gold allies. So the overnight stay in the former imperial capital of Kyoto-one of the few cities left where geishas, ancient temples and rickshaws abound-was a way for Bush to draft off of Koizumi's triumph. It was also an opportunity to touch down on friendly turf before plunging into the chaos of an international economic summit in Busan, South Korea, a honeymooners' paradise now on lockdown by police massing on every downtown corner with riot...
Dining hall tables abound with tales of overheard fire door sex. One friend of mine had to move her bed after her neighbor and his girlfriend discovered a new position that entailed ramming furniture into the wall. In another unrelated case last year, a friend of mine went so far as to shout sex advice through the fire door (“I don’t think she’s enjoying that!”). Moment of full and embarrassing disclosure: I once discovered that a friend was hooking up with my then-boyfriend’s neighbor...
...unique literary sensibility to each of the group’s records. Perhaps because of Berman’s strange proclivities, the Silver Jews have never achieved the (comparative) popularity of some of their alt-country contemporaries: Wilco and Ryan Adams especially. Berman savors the absurd, and his songs abound with bizarre characterizations and nonsensical turns of phrase. Berman’s genius is his ability to invest these caricatures with pathos and existential import: the freaks and geeks that populate Berman songs are transformed into emblems of desire and resignation. The band’s new album...
...relayering of sound, the album is packed with flashy, infectious tracks. Each song crackles with energy, underscored by Gab’s distinctly dense machine-gun flow. But there is something lacking; an album, especially today, can’t get by on sonic perfection alone. Well-produced albums abound, bedroom productions snap with digital precision, and even “mix-tapes” (now almost exclusively on CD) don’t have that basement low-fi growl anymore. The talent honed in dozens of dimly-lit teenage bedrooms is spilling out into independent labels, with amateur recordings...