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...species--as far as we know--capable of contemplating its own death, we needed something larger than ourselves to make that knowledge tolerable. "Anticipation of our own demise is the price we pay for a highly developed frontal lobe," says Persinger. "In many ways, [a God experience is] a brilliant adaptation. It's a built-in pacifier...
...campaign's transgressions have more often been misdemeanors rather than felonies, involving style and volume more than substance. The President has spent more than $100 million in negative advertising against Kerry, and almost all of it has been within the bounds of standard political practice. Some has been quite brilliant: the "flip-flop" assault inflated Kerry's most annoying trait--his nuance-addled hedging of political bets--into a defining character flaw. That was fair, as was the dreadful broadside of ads taking isolated Kerry votes--98 times, allegedly, for higher taxes--and telescoping them into an ideological pattern. Negative...
...that required a continual diet of coins to stay lit. He had his bandmates sing vocal parts while lying at the bottom of an empty swimming pool, “just to get that sound.” It was all very innocent and charming, and the music was brilliant...
...internet meant easy propagation of the material. Finally Wilson himself, rehabilitated, married and finally receiving proper medical treatment, broke his decades of silence about the album and this past year pieced the fragments of Smile into a workable order and rerecorded the album from scratch. The resulting product is brilliant, and its very existence borders on the miraculous—who would have guessed Brian would be the last surviving Wilson brother?—but nothing can touch the ambience of anxiety, mania, and rapidly imploding self-confidence that makes the original recordings so hauntingly incredible. For the music...
...natural quality of the tracks. However, Thile’s greatest strength—his mandolin chops—are far less well-represented on this album. Given that he plays every instrument on the album this makes sense, but it’s worrisome to see such a brilliant musician deviate so significantly. In addition to writing and performing all songs solo, Thile also sings (bad decision.) His voice is unremarkable and unfortunately articulate enough to emphasize the mediocrity of his lyrics. The first track, entitled “The Wrong Idea,” sets the tone...