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...Coast to Coast” and “Don’t Go Down” are built on spines of distorted guitars and compressed, reverb-drenched drums and resonate with the album’s recurring sense of space and expansion, which, though in stark contrast to the linen-closet intimacy of his earlier releases, still make you feel like your seat is never too far from the stage. On the other end of the spectrum, songs like “Twilight,” painted over “Sun King”-like cricket-sounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF THE WEEK | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...both films, the prodigious attention paid to mundane routines and the eloquence given to description of physical place contrast starkly and ironically with the brisk pace of modern life...

Author: By Zhenzhen Lu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taiwanese Auteur Nostalgic for Old Times | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...that he cites oldies music and films like Dragon Inn throughout his film. The original Dragon Inn was a wuxia pian (martial arts movies) 1966 bestseller in Chinese, which opened the door to a new wuxia genre with its simple melodies and lyrical setting in the old inn in contrast to the spectacular clamor of those which came before...

Author: By Zhenzhen Lu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taiwanese Auteur Nostalgic for Old Times | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

LCOS Liquid crystal on silicon projects directly onto the screen with no mirrors. Pro High contrast and high resolution. Con There aren't many LCOS sets yet. Philips has discontinued its models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alphabet Soup | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...campuses. This fall the University of Minnesota's Daily ran an editorial concluding that "re-electing Bush might very well lead to a draft." The National Annenberg Election Survey released last week found that 51% of 18-to-29-year-olds believe that the President wants a draft, in contrast to just 8% who think Kerry does. Kerry surrogates Howard Dean, Max Cleland and Michael Moore have all stoked draft fears. Democratic Iowa Senator Tom Harkin told the Des Moines Register this month that the White House has "secret plans" to begin a draft. And Rock the Vote, the left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Draft Rumor Got Started | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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