Word: backgrounders
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...into guitar crescendos and epic sonics that seem plucked straight from U2’s “Joshua Tree.” Consider him a revisionist, not a plagiarist. Bird’s music often complements a simple melody in the foreground with complex string arrangements in the background. However, in some songs, he tends to oversimplify. In “Plasticities,” Bird matches his voice with the guitar, note-for-note. Although it aligns with his style of mixing the simple with the mega-sonic, here it comes off as too basic. Bird frequently does...
...OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS by Michael Pollan A bunch of grapes, an egg, a ham bone, and a curiously shaped mushroom spotlighted against a black background: this dramatic still-life, coupled with austere gold lettering and the words “natural history,” succeeds in making this food look as plastic and unappetizing as humanly possible. STEALING BUDDHA’S DINNER: A MEMOIR by Bich Mihn Nguyen With cute pastel pink lettering and a tantalizing candy dish containing a Nestle’s Drumstick, Skittles, a candy necklace...
...Shoo Be Doo” brings Gray’s voice to the forefront throughout the verses, and shows how a funky beat and tried-and-true song form can be made original by a unique artist. However, the production is a bit distracting—the instrumental background sounds like the demo tracks that come with any entry-level keyboard. “Strange Behavior” is a must-listen, if only for this reason: what other song talks about killing for insurance money? And what’s more, does it with style? The lyrical comedy...
...Crimson spoke with Asner about his thoughts on playing Bryan as well as his views on evolution and creationism.The Harvard Crimson: William Jennings Bryan was known for being maybe the most charismatic public speaker of his time. How do you take all of his background into consideration when you’re preparing to get in character?Ed Asner: He was a supposed great orator; he could command crowds for hours at a time. One of the things that draws me to Bryan is that he was such an admirable man before he became so personally situated on this dilemma.He...
...White House says it is trying to recover the e-mails. "Some official e-mails may have been potentially lost," says Scott Stanzel, a deputy White House spokesman, "We will do everything practical to retrieve them." Stanzel and other Administration officials, speaking on background, say the accounts were established in an attempt to stay on the right side of the Hatch Act, which requires rigorous separation of official government activity from overt political work, like fundraising. "[Some] White House staff members have duties that require them to interface regularly with political organizations," Stanzel says, and therefore they needed separate equipment...