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...duo’s sound is not ground-breaking, and may even sound similar at times to various other artists, but is not elementally derivative. Madchild, who also doubles as producer and head of the group’s label, Battle Axe Records, has a nasal timbre that sounds like a blending of Cypress Hill’s B-Real, and everyone’s favorite caustic caucasian, Marshall Mathers. Prevail’s tone is deeper—perhaps how Dr. Dre’s little brother might sound on the mic. These points noted, the combination is effective...
...faculty, and also because of what Ross G. Douthat ’02 labeled “The Harvard Syndrome” in his Nov. 5 column in The Crimson. Douthat referred to jealousy and corresponding feelings of antipathy by people outside Harvard, each with their own personal axe to grind against our fair University. In reality, people in positions of authority (employers, fellowship committees, etc.) indicate by their actions that they do not consider our grades any less impressive than similar grades attained by students at other colleges—in fact, quite the contrary. As evidence, one need...
...voice, one that remains as haunting and powerful as it was when Black Sabbath emerged from the slums of Birmingham, England over 30 years ago. Zakk Wylde, guitar God responsible for much of the music on Osborne’s last three albums, returns to lend his axe to the effort. While his unique funk/chunk distortion and timbre are evident, the lack of gratuitous pitch harmonic riffing, Wylde’s trademark, reveals one fact some may find disturbing—that the songs were written by committee. Mixer Tim Palmer (who has worked with pop-rock stars...
...mail or voice systems. Pilots were informed that there had been terrorist attacks, were instructed to deny all access to the cockpit and get the plane down as quickly as possible. In one cockpit, a pilot checked that the door was locked. Then he made sure that the 'crash axe' that is carried in all cockpits was in place...
...wake up each morning not knowing if he would still have a job at the end of the day. For him, it was just a matter of going to work, closing deals and praying that whatever business he brought in would save him from the executioner’s axe, for at least another day. Soon it became a joke—“I have to get to work by 8:30 this morning to get fired,” he would constantly say. Three weeks ago, the joke became reality...