Word: awkwardness
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...dialogue about it are true to the earth-shattering changes Beethoven’s Ninth brought to the world. The strengths of this film stop, though, with Harris’ performance and Beethoven’s masterpieces. Anna’s relationship with Beethoven is confusing and awkward, ultimately detracting more than it contributes. I am by no means faint of heart when it comes to sappy romance, but the connection between Beethoven and Anna simply made me uncomfortable. One particular scene of unappealing sexual tension finds the copyist “lovingly” sponge-bathing the naked, overweight...
...confused with Quincy Resident Tutor John C. McMillian. At WHRB headquarters in the basement of Pennypacker, the indie crowd mourned the loss of Reese & Ryan’s golden marriage with plenty of slam-dancing and skanking...or whatever that kind of awkward “dancing” that usually happens when one is drunk and listening to the Clash is called. FM suspects the lack of parties on Friday night was because everyone was out watching the Borat movie and not studying for midterms. High five! SATURDAY In light of events at Rebirth: the Christening...
...Sexy.” That’s right—not just tirelessly sexy, but tired of being sexy. And for good reason—their image is so perfectly contrived for the moment that it must be exhausting to keep up. Everything about them just begs for awkward worship from awkward fans. Doll-faced half-Japanese poster-girl singer? Check, and she goes by the name of “Lovefoxxx.” Debut on indie-darling label Sub Pop? Claro que sim. Lyrics with tongue-in-cheek references to Paris Hilton and Death from Above? Obvi...
Punk rockers in skinny jeans will serenade half-drunk, sweatshirt-wearing football fans in an awkward meeting of the campus music underground and the “Crimson Crazies” crowd at the Harvard-Yale tailgate on Nov. 18. The Harvard College Alliance for Rock and Roll (HCARAR) has snagged a spot at the tailgate, where it will host a five-act battle of the bands, Harvard versus Yale. Part of the tailgate concert’s appeal for HCARAR is introducing both campus’ scenes to a wider segment of the population. “It provides...
...Well, Awkward, I can tell you that this is a problem for us all, and unfortunately, there’s no clear-cut solution. Unless you want to end up talking about the supply-demand curve or duck gang bangs (true story, no joke), I’d advise you to be prepared with some conversational starters of your own. Faculty will talk at length, if you let them, but it doesn’t always go in a direction you’ll predict or endorse. If a repeat of this week’s lecture on aestheticism...