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...Americans to take a disaster that killed 57 people just 13 years ago and turn it into an official federal tourist trap. Fortunately, this center in the blast-zone heart of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument nicely avoids both government-issue banality and hokey log-cabin regionalism. Spencer Associates, based in Palo Alto, California, has created a spectacular glass-covered grand hall, from which one can gawk at acres of ash, lava beds, charred cedar stumps and, eight miles away, the still active volcano...
...next year, will be taking off at just the right time. Thanks to advanced engines and a body that's 50% lightweight carbon-fiber composite, the 787 uses 20% less fuel than similar-size planes yet has the range of much larger jets. It also promises greater passenger comforts. Cabin pressure will be closer to sea level, easing pressure buildup in the sinuses and ears. Humidity will be set at 15% to 20%, rather than around 5%. And instead of pulldown shades, the windows will have "electrochromatic" controls that change the tint of the pane from clear to opaque. "Passengers...
...video begins unassumingly in a tiny cabin sequestered in the snowy woods. Inside are our musicians, escaping from the world, the audience, and their stardom. The camera peers into their cabin—as Thoreau as it is fairytale—reminding us that Interpol needs no audience. The band members appear through the slats in the cabin walls and then disappear behind soft focus. We look in on a private session...
...intimacy and mystery of their hideaway provides a good platform for the forest creatures that emerge. As the music builds, the creatures blossom. A romp through the woods leads to some stark, intriguing visuals, and nice special effects as the sprites envelop the cabin in their hair (magical fire locks...
While the aforementioned finale is overwhelmingly self-righteous, the hideaway is well-executed. Shots of the cabin from the outside suggests that it is smaller than the sum of its parts—almost too small to fit a drum set, let alone the whole group that we see in interior shots. The video reduces the band down to its music, stripping away their individual personas. It distills Interpol to musical imagination, burning away the rock stars behind the album...