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...nukes is due to start in Beijing next week). Pyongyang's charm offensive in the South could have another ulterior motive. Earlier this year when Washington started to lose patience with the slow pace of nuclear talks, Pyongyang may have decided it needed an "insurance policy," says Peter Beck, head of the International Crisis Group in Seoul. "They have got to make sure South Korea is not going to jump on board with the U.S. and pursue sanctions" if the talks fail...
...won’t deny that Pitchfork sometimes sways my opinion one way or the other—it took me a bit longer to come around to the new Beck album than it may have, had the Fork reviewer described it as great—but ultimately, people tend to go on listening to music that they like and making their own judgments on it. They merely have a way to find additional music that might interest them...
...started planning and searching for an artist in April and narrowed down its choice from a pool of 21 artists, which included Nas, Beck, OAR, The Killers, Ludacris, and John Mayer...
...sure, Beck did seem a bit disinterested at times. But maybe that’s not the right word. He was comfortable. It all seemed effortless for him. He let Faulkner do the ridiculous stuff, and conserved his energy for transcendent moments like the breakdown in the middle of “Where It’s At,” during which his eyes focused, and he informed us that he was “gonna count it down, and then we’re gonna jump.” Four. Three. Two. One. And thousands were airborne...
...years ago, he used a leaf-blower on stage to get the audience’s attention. In the lyrics of “Beercan,” Beck declares, “I quit my job blowing leaves,” and it seems like he finally has. There was still plenty of performance art, but none of it was frantic, and none of it felt forced. The fatherhood, the religion, the aging—it’s only turned Beck into someone who knows how to relax and be an expert performer. Not a faker...