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...song returns to bring the track back full-circle.These epic, guitar-driven tracks avoid becoming overbearing by merit of the piano ballads and simpler tracks sprinkled throughout the album. “Inland Sea” stands out for its ability to balance a laid-back rhythm with still complex instrumentation. Equipped with a bright introduction and a catchy chorus, the track “Fields of Coal” is proof that the spirit of straight-out rock is still with Trail of Dead. The album is rounded off by the folksy and acoustic “Luna Park...
...authors’ novels and correspondences, “Anonymity” offers startling insight into the lives and psychological workings of the writers profiled. Given the academic nature of Mullan’s material, he still manages to ground his literary scholarship in a relatively accessible tone.To reduce complex literary history to straight-forward analyses, however, always carries the risk of over-simplicity. This book should be primarily read as a survey—a case study offering glimpses into the lives of the authors, and not an investigation into historical trends. As such, the author would ideally leave...
...designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, who intended to match the aesthetics of the adjacent China Central Television headquarters. Amidst the Olympics mania in 2004, the Chinese government hired Koolhaas’s firm to design a new headquarters for CCTV. The massive six-million-square-foot complex that resulted, which includes the Television Cultural Center, came to be known as “Zhichuang,” or “knowledge window.” With two leaning towers connected in mid-air, the complex’s design seeks to challenge what is possible, much like...
...Although Western hopes for change in the human-rights arena around the Olympics were thwarted last year, the CCTV complex fire shows that the current government grip on dissent and free information will become, sooner or later, unsustainable. No matter how they spin it, it was not possible for the government to control the imagery around the tragedy; everyone with access to the Internet could see the skyscraper burn. Perhaps more importantly, within China it was obvious that the elite employees of CCTV tried to get away with circumventing laws forbidding the use of fireworks in the complex. In more...
...other locations. The concert promoter Live Nation bought the company in 2006. The music club chain’s new space at 15 Lansdowne St. was once occupied by popular nightclubs, including Avalon and Axis. Boston nightlife mogul Patrick T. Lyons originally planned to replace the nightclubs with a complex called Music Hall before making a deal with the House of Blues. In addition to a performance space, the Boston House of Blues will boast a restaurant, gift shop, and VIP lounge. Howie Y. Turkenkopf, the brand marketing manager for the location, said that choosing the new space?...