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...stage of Sanders Theater morphed into an ideological wrestling ring yesterday afternoon as University President Lawrence H. Summers, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman sparred in round one of their much-anticipated core class on globalization...
...genius for a multicultural age, a man for all seasons who died before his time, a shapeshifter who never fit into established musical formats. There are so many varied moments in his work: the stately guitar of "Redemption Song," the spritely horns of "Is this Love", the soothing, seductive bass of "Stir it Up." "Babylon System" wakes you up like strong bitter coffee; "Turn Your Lights Down Low" goes down sweet, like mango juice. For every moment in life, there seems to be a Marley song that fits...
...much so, in fact, that the actual 50-year-old standards on the album, like Billy Myles’ jazzy “My Love Is,” fit in very snugly. That track is pure velvet, an upright-bass-supported masterpiece that channels pure melancholy joy. I’m a sucker for good lyrics, and Myles’ words are simple, desperate and content all at the same time. When Golightly croons perfect lines like “My love is a deep blue sea / So deep that I’ll never be free...
...primer for the uninitiated: the Pixies (Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis on guitar and vocals, Kim Deal on bass, Joey Santiago on lead guitar and David Lovering on drums) formed in Boston in 1986, put out five albums of genius pop/punk, influenced essentially every guitar-based band of the ’90s (Kurt Cobain once admitted that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is just a Pixies rip-off) and gave real meaning to the word “alternative,” then imploded acrimoniously in 1993. Deal rejoined her previous band, the Breeders, Black...
...rock scene ever got to an anthem—as well as the catchiest (and only) love song ever written about Buñuel and Dalí’s Un chien andalou—immediately animated the crowd. The sound was clean, loud and well-mixed. The bass anchored, the drums propelled, the guitars sang and Black’s voice mauled. The Pixies were back together. This is what the crowd had waited 12 years to hear...