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Here's a play that needs no introduction. Or, rather, shouldn't have one, because to say too much could spoil the frisson of Conor McPherson's odd, unsettling drama with supernatural overtones. In contemporary Dublin, a man (Oliver Platt) who thinks he has seen the ghost of his dead wife seeks the help of a therapist (Brían F. O'Byrne) who has his own problems. In a series of simple, two-character scenes, we learn more about the sadly self-involved lives of each, before McPherson abruptly sends us out into the night, gasping...
...consider the polyvalent genius and longevity of Dylan, Bejar is at the least a better candidate for “the next Dylan†than any of his contemporaries that have been tapped as such by misguided media outlets—I’m looking at you, Conor Oberst...
...Conor Oberst, a.k.a. Bright Eyes, is expert at turning his disenchantment into fuel. He's not wild about himself or his country at the moment. But instead of sounding desperate or polemical, the best of these quiet, well- observed songs do something far tougher--create a mood. Lua, about seduction and loneliness, feels like a shameful walk home on a winter morning, while Landlocked Blues starts as a breakup song and meanders its way into an antiwar ballad. The link, at least by Oberst's reckoning, is futility, and whether you agree with his politics or not, his emotions...
...Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning; $12.98 At 25, Conor Oberst, a.k.a. Bright Eyes, is expert at turning his disenchantment into fuel. He's not wild about himself or his country at the moment. But instead of sounding desperate or polemical, the best of these quiet, well-observed songs do something far tougher-create a mood. Lua, about seduction and loneliness, feels like a shameful walk home on a winter morning, while Landlocked Blues starts as a breakup song and meanders its way into an antiwar ballad. The link, at least by Oberst's reckoning, is futility...
...Fridays and Saturdays.FOOD ON THE RUN Still, many students have a perception that the city of Cambridge does make it hard for Square restaurateurs to stay open late.“The Square needs to change the rules on how late you can be open,†says Conor S. Tochilin ’06 upon leaving Felipe’s as it closed on a recent weekday. “Cambridge is the one with the rules that need to change.â€Other students focus on the fact that—no matter what the reason?...