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...With clear melodic lines—as well as juxtapositions of rhythms between sections of the orchestra that created the lopsided sound of hemiolas—the piece makes a direct connection to the emotion of Tchaikovsky’s work, while still sounding new and intriguing. The final chord is, in fact, the same chord of lamentation that begins the last movement of the “Symphony No. 6,” linking the pieces in an even more tangible way. After the conclusion of the piece, Kirchner was helped onstage to a standing ovation.The concert concluded with...
...discuss copyright reform: "When I was a boy ... in front of every house in the summer evenings you would find young people together singing the songs of the day or the old songs. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. We will not have a vocal chord left.'" As Lessig explains, "Sousa was not offering a prediction about the evolution of the human voice box. He was describing how a technology ... would change our relationship to culture. These 'machines,' Sousa feared, would lead us away from ... 'amateur' culture. We would become just consumers of culture, not also...
...akin to a protest where everyone marches in strict formation and chants in unison. Sadly, the music is also lacking. The punk rock sound on “Appeal to Reason” has been worn out by many a band before, including Rise Against themselves. Economical three-chord punk with infectious vocal melodies is growing old and boring. On their seminal 1998 album, “The Shape of Punk to Come,” Swedish hardcore punk band Refused asked of punk rock, “How can we expect anyone to listen, if we?...
...keeping his man-bits in her handbag. The production—for which Ne-Yo and Stargate are in large part responsible—could also use some cajones. Closer “Stop the World” is the only track that dares to throw unexpected chord changes in the mix; the rest mostly rely on multi-tracked harmonies and the 808/acoustic guitar schema from “Irreplaceable.” And they’re almost all somnolent, sad-sack ballads, too. Polow da Don contributes single “Single,” during which...
...People like a President who seems to share their passions, tastes and grievances, so McCain probably struck a chord with his obvious loathing of the "Wall Street tycoons" and backroom Washington dealmakers he holds responsible for this mess. It's his nature to see problems in terms of personal culpability; while other leaders were debating the best way to set a price for distressed debt, McCain was calling for the head of Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Both Obama and McCain maintained that greed is the root cause of our troubles, but in Obama's mouth...