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...tweak perceptions,” the artist Maya Lin says of her work. True to form, Lin had the audience questioning its own assumptions about her and her art last night at the Carpenter Center, where she spoke with Bass Professor of English Louis Menand.First, there was her appearance. Casually dressed in brown corduroy pants, black glasses, and a loose-fitting sweater, Lin answered with a soft-spoken demeanor that belied an intensely serious artistic sensibility as she guided the audience through a rigorous examination of her recent work.Best-known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while a senior...
...music. The jump-out-of-your-seat first single, “Hung Up,” which borrows its unshakable hook from ABBA, is one of the great dance tracks of the year. “Let It Will Be” features sweeping symphonies and a thumping bass a la “Die Another Day”; synth-heavy “Forbidden Love” recalls Cher’s smash hit “Believe”; and “Get Together” bears a resemblance to Stonebridge?...
...Sinead O’Connor with Sly & Robbie. O’Connor will perform selections from her latest CD “Throw Down Your Arms”, a collection of covers of classic reggae songs. The duo of drummer Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and bass player Robbie Shakespeare will accompany. Avalon. 8 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $35. (MEE)Dinosaur, Jr. This two-night live performance features native Massachusetts band Dinosaur, Jr., best known for returning the use of a lead guitar to indie rock. Both concerts also include performances by Sunburned Hand...
...their studio counterparts, the palpable enthusiasm with which they are played brings out their finer points. Nels Cline is astonishing on lead guitar, Pat Sansone (keys/guitar) and Mikael Jorgensen (keys/laptop) are quietly innovative, Glen Kotche is rhythmically and melodically dynamic behind the drums and John Stirratt is powerful on bass and harmony.The true genius of the live-album format is revealed in the many moments where Wilco’s performance transcends their pre-recorded material. At the end of opener “Misunderstood,” Tweedy boldly forces his voice up an octave to declare...
Having taken only one art history course while at Harvard, Schuker said that interdisciplinary classes taught by Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Eric Rentschler and Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand have “inspired her to study art in times of heightened politics...