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...rather than crash the drunken house party mentioned in the lyrics. The result would sound something like “11th Dimension,” the first single from Casablancas’ premiere solo album “Phrazes For the Young.” Featuring a bubbling electronic beat layered with disco sheen and synths torn from the Human League’s new wave cornerstone “Don’t You Want Me,” “11th Dimension” does not resemble anything ever produced by the Strokes, which reflects the larger...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julian Casblancas | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...uninspired “Glass” recalls “On the Other Side” from the Strokes’ 2006 release “First Impressions of Earth” with a syncopated beat and slowly progressing guitar chords. As Casablancas wails muddled lyrics such as, “I don’t believe it / I won’t believe it,” his usually appealing nasal, alien-sounding baritone starts to strain, proving that he truly sounds better as a singer at faster tempos...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julian Casblancas | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...music begins, heightening as each of the “statues” is brought to life with powerful “fouette” jumps and fluid promenades on black boxes-turned-platforms. The subdivisions of the beat are inaudible, but the dancers move with a rhythmic cohesion built on a collective understanding of musicality and awareness of each others’ bodies...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Jersey, Republican Chris Christie - who beat a primary candidate running to his right - also won independent voters by big margins. The state has not given a majority of its votes to a Republican candidate for governor in 24 years. Christie didn't break 50% either, in part because of a third-party candidate but also because he ran a vague campaign that left voters unconvinced that he offered real solutions to the state's serious economic and budgetary woes. He won anyway because voters thought the Democratic incumbent, Jon Corzine, had already failed to deal with those problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebirth of the Republican Middle | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...Akpan] scored a brilliant goal,” Clark said. “He always makes a little run. It’s a bit of class to actually beat...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Breaks Slump To Assist Harvard’s 2-1 Victory at Home | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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