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...Besides Joy Division, the other obvious comparison of Editors is to Interpol, both of whom sing dark and detached tales amidst reverb-loaded guitars and squeaky clean production. But whereas Interpol, especially on “Turn on the Bright Lights,” threaten to sprawl into bloated, albeit atmospheric, songs, Editors maintain the same calculated, tight sound throughout. Alas, like Interpol, Editors suffer from mediocre and repetitively bleak lyrics. Because their vocal range and guitar style is already rather limited, lyrical diversity could have provided Editors with much-needed variety, but instead the tedious lyrics only compound...
...uninspired assortment of regurgitated sounds. Each song calls to mind another band that’s already been there and done it with much more panache. For example, “Cash Machine,” the album’s first song, sounds a bit like the Clash, albeit a Clash with way too much studio time and a narcoleptic Joe Strummer. The lyrics are Gang of Four-lite, providing a faint-hearted critique of capitalism that doesn’t extend far beyond a complaint that not having money sucks. Dance-rockers Radio 4 provide the basis...
...Bangkok has been rocked by street protests drawing tens of thousands clamoring for him to step down. By calling an election, Thaksin is turning to the people to pass judgment on him, and their verdict would likely be to return him and his party to power, albeit with a smaller majority. But the boycott by the opposition?which first wants the constitution changed to strengthen the checks and balances on the Prime Minister?threatens to undermine the election result...
...Class of 2007 and subsequent graduating classes, so current students can use departmental courses to round out the last of their distribution requirements. Undergraduates must be freed from the shackles of the Core as soon as possible, and in order for the current juniors to take advantage, albeit briefly, of the new system, it must be approved this spring and implemented for the fall semester. (And if the general education proposal does not come up for a vote this term or is passed but is not made retroactive, then Core course offerings should be increased substantially.) This is the most...
...powerful illustration of how diversity of thought is not tolerated on the left and especially not within the cocoon that engulfs the Harvard Faculty. Even though I share some of the shame that taints Harvard today, I do grant that at least the Faculty has delivered (albeit unintentionally) one vivid history lesson to Dr. Summers—he now has first-hand knowledge of how Galileo must have felt...