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...none lend the institutional imprimatur of a prestigious law school such as Harvard or NYU—which might explain the large number of applicants it received in its first year. Applicants will be selected in a two-part process that considers the student’s academic record, background, and financial need. The final stage of the application process closed Sunday. The inaugural program will be held at Harvard Law School this summer. Next year, the students will be housed at NYU, and the program will alternate locations each year after that. —Staff writer Elias...
...French national sensibility. It features pastoral and water imagery which is reflected in the fluid, symmetrical movement of the dancers, as well as the effective costume and design choices. The curtain is drawn to reveal a stylized woodland scene. White curtains set off the deep emerald green background, and the cast of female dancers, in their long green tulle skirts, match their environment perfectly. The first half focuses on port de bras, with the dancers dividing into pairs and mirroring each other, again emphasizing the dreamy, aquatic nature of the piece. The formal nature of the movements is perfectly articulated...
...plays the poor-little-rich-rapper card while simultaneously re-enacting his latest acid trip. The video opens with West in sunglasses and a color-block sweater—think Will Smith on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”—against a dark background which unexpectedly starbursts into sensory-overload. Wildly colorful images are digitized and distorted, stuttering choppily from frame to pixilated frame. Weak-stomached watchers beware: you may find “Welcome to Nausea” to be a more accurate title. All the while, in a thinly-veiled attempt...
...bassist Adam Clayton sound at home rumbling through the verses and blowing out the choruses in the old familiar way. But as No Line trudges on, it slumps under the weight of its own need to surprise. Eno invented the bleeps and whirs that are mixed into the background of so many rock albums, and used as seasoning, his effects still have the power to create mystery. (On the title track, it sounds as if Bono is duetting with a quasar - very cool.) The problem is that too often Eno's tricks are the steak. Melody - the most surprising effect...
...Weirdo sells new and used music, DVDs, books, and magazines. “I would like Weirdo to be a home for people who like weird stuff, who have eclectic taste and are curious about new sounds,” Sawyer said. With Japanese psychedelic rock blazing in the background, the store’s shelf labels reveal a wide span of genres—including world, classical, and rock and noise. “The name is Weirdo for a very good reason,” Sawyer said. Following the demise of various record stores in Cambridge?...