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...anywhere," he quips as we later scarf Chinese takeout in his high-ceilinged Malate apartment. I find it impossible to disagree. Manila's aesthetic isn't perfect, and that's its attraction. There's an ironic local expression that sums it up: Frankenstein. It describes an old object or concept injected with new life through fresh components-"antique" chairs bolstered by new arms and legs, jeepneys revamped with transplanted motors and fresh paint jobs (a new MTV program, Pimp My Jeepney, is in the works), to ukay-ukay, or rummage-sale, vintage clothes stitched together with modern materials and prints...
This turn of events, an abrupt secession and the prospect of inter-house war, is therefore a call-to-arms not merely for Matherites but for all houses sympathetic to the concept of “fun.” Mather House invites all students to join forces against tyranny this Saturday, April 28, at the Mather Lather. Tickets...
...fans worldwide have been counting the days until “Year Zero’s” release, but a cautionary note to those same listeners: this is not the norm for Reznor and co.—and the change might be hard to swallow. As a concept album dealing with religion, mind-control drugs, and a fascist American government, “Year Zero” is set in a world straight out of a Philip K. Dick story. It’s definitely a new experiment for NIN. It’s also a musical departure...
...Shins have a curious music video history. Early favorite “New Slang” featured a series of shots of the band standing around lakes and amusement parks. But then The Shins moved on to a number of serious, high-concept tropes, including Communist penguins (“So Says I”), sad origami cows (“Pink Bullets”), and most recently, a grade-school play in which children perform gory historical scenes (“Phantom Limb”). The Shins must have figured they couldn’t make things any more...
...only those who can afford a digital music player. But Hays says the popularity of iPods among students at Harvard is high enough that no student should have difficulty borrowing one from a friend. Due in large part to these limitations, museum podcasts are still a very new concept. Hays speculates that they are offered in only about 25 museums across the country. She says her project was inspired by a 2005 podcast for the Museum of Modern Art in New York that promoted a more personal approach to canonized art. Hays felt this approach was particularly appropriate...