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...writers have created something new, and this blend, in its own quirky way, often works. The American “Office” stars Steve Carell as Michael Scott, a David Brent-type who shares some of his British counterpart’s obnoxious traits. He’s sniveling, insensitive, and wholly unsympathetic, whether he’s telling a Hispanic co-worker that “Mexican” is a derogatory term or insulting his secretary’s looks. He’s joined by Jim and Pam (the equivalents of Tim and Dawn from...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How Harvard Remade ‘The Office’ | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

...Bring a backpack to your next Orgo lab. Wear items that make you blend in with your classmates, such as a pin saying “Chemistry is for Lovers” or “You Raise My Boiling Point.” Avoid attention at all costs...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: How To Make A Bong With Glassware From The Orgo Lab | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...elements, that make up the images on the computer's screen. Each pixel is either red, green or blue. When viewed from a distance, however, they coalesce like the dots in a pointillist painting. Says Lucasfilm's Cook: "It's like mixing paint. If you stand back, they all blend together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Artistry on a Glowing Screen | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Artist Marcel Dzama must have sensed this strange blend of sweetness and murk, as his drawings for the album’s cover and liner could be viewed alternatively as a morose grown-up’s take on Alice and Wonderland or a child’s fantastic documentation of life under dictatorship. Normally I find album visuals irrelevant at best, annoying and distracting at worst, but somehow these ghoulishly lovely illustrations complement Guero wonderfully, like marginalia to an illuminated manuscript...

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CD OF THE WEEK: Guero | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

Some people say that an artist can’t create his own meaning, that he can only combine pre-existing voices so that they blend and clash in a new way. This so-called “death of the author” is singularly dramatized in The Books’ third album, Lost and Safe, in which the North Adams, Mass. duo takes their signature cut-and-paste sound collage to a new level...

Author: By Jim Fingal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NEW MUSIC: Lost and Safe | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

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