Word: becking
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...grinding tension but never figures out how to release it, while Black Swan eddies around a chorus ("This is f___ed up, f___ed up") that hardly mines new emotional territory. You can sense Yorke's grasping for something, and with the help of producer Nigel Godrich, who oversaw Beck's midcareer-crisis record, Sea Change, he eventually finds it: clarity...
...Banning remittances "would be a serious retaliation," says Peter Beck of the International Crisis Group, "because those sanctions would hurt and North Korea knows it." So, Japan now has to decide how strenuously to enforce the threats it made before the launch. And the question of just how tightly to turn the economic screws may be one that Japan prefers to decide in consultation with the other key players in the crisis - the U.S., South Korea and China - in the days ahead. At a Wednesday press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said the missile test was "a serious problem...
...Japan's war dead. But Koizumi's appearances at the shrine have infuriated the Chinese and South Koreans, who view it as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. "It may seem like such a trivial thing, but Yasukuni has ballooned into a larger than life issue," says Peter Beck, director of the North East Asia Project at the International Crisis Group in Seoul. "It has become the single biggest stumbling block to better relations in the region...
...convened for four days of non-stop music, mingling and merriment. Radiohead's appearance was the centerpiece and high point of a wide-ranging festival that included satisfying sets from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, My Morning Jacket, Dr. John and Beck, among many others...
...Bonnaroo's 2006 lineup includes Beck, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Dr. John and Tom Petty.But thebiggest buzzis about Bonnaroo's Saturday headliner: Radiohead, thereigning English rulers of progressive rock. Adding to the anticipation is the fact that Radiohead will beperforming songs from their as-of-yet-unreleased new album. Nabbing Radiohead for its only U.S. festival appearance was a coup for Bonnaroo, demonstrating that the festival, previously regarded as a backwoods Mecca for roots rock and hippie-tinged "jam bands,"has managed to shift its image and dent Coachella's reputation as the nation's coolest summer rock...