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...HAVE GUESSED from the title, Modest Mouse is fueled by pessimism, so losing in the Best Alternative Album category probably didn't come as a surprise. The key to the band's appeal, though, is an unexpected lack of bitterness. Bad things happen--oh, well, the band says on Float On, its first radio hit in a decade-long career. Isaac Brock's squawked-out vocals and an appearance by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band turn the downward spiral into something arch, melodic and ever...
That finesse becomes apparent in the pieces’ stronger emotional appeal. For instance, the most recent piece, “Witnesses,” was created by choreographer Laura Glenn in reaction to the events of Sept.11. The dancers’ motions powerfully evoke the horror and tragedy of that moment in American history...
...very different temperaments and interests. Only one among us, Chris, was a bonafide gaming guy, and his years of button mashing didn't give him an unnatural advantage over anyone else. Excited as I was about my own attraction to the Wii, I was stunned by its universal appeal...
...according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. The average age of nuns today is 69. But over the past decade or so, expressing their religious beliefs openly has become hip for many young people, a trend intensified among Catholic women by the charismatic appeal of Pope John Paul II's youth rallies and his interpretation of modern feminism as a way for women to express Christian values...
...consensus statement has drawn a slew of high-profile signatories, including four Nobel laureates and a sitting justice on the South African Supreme Court of Appeal...