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...studio album, 1999’s “Terror Twilight”, contained no Spiral Stairs songs, and within two years Malkmus had launched a solo career—occasionally with backing band the Jicks—that has kept him squarely in the mainstream. Spiral Stairs, by contrast, released two albums with his band Preston School of Industry: two albums that, while pleasant and diverting enough, sank without a trace both in the market and in the memory. The first questions one would ask of a Spiral Stairs solo debut, then, are whether it reveals anything significant about...
...number of unskillful, uninspired songs demonstrate, the album’s collaborators largely failed at matching their individual musical strengths with the different moods of the album. Specifically, Gibbard’s sensitive and delicately emotive voice is best suited to melancholy and thoughtful melodies. By contrast, Farrar’s deeper, rougher twang enlivens gritty, hard-up tracks, but his nasally drawl drags down slower paced songs, making them sound whiny, not wistful. On the whole, this album, though fortified by a few well-crafted tracks, fails to adroitly engage its source text and the vocal talents...
...contrast, HU Press’ last fiscal year, which ended in July 2009, was a “perfect storm,” says Donnelly. Sales fell ten percent, according to a report by “The Crimson.” “Last year there was a financial crisis that the entire globe was situated within…And there is a lot of disorder in the world of publishing so we didn’t have such a great year last year,” she says, noting that the price of books in general...
...design and staging, Crutchfield achieves the feeling of the 1970s through what she terms “fantastically ugly furniture” and “fabulous patterns.” This, however, is only true of the mortal realm; the gods reside in the baroque period. This contrast sets up what Crutchfield calls a “war of patterns”—a battle between the wallpapers and fabrics of the two eras that becomes a major aesthetic element of the performance...
...contrast, many financial services companies that recruit at the College allow students to apply through a stanMarking the start of the University’s Public Service Week on Monday, University President Drew G. Faust called upon the Harvard community to renew its commitment to service, as administrators seek to strengthen connections to career opportunities in the federal government...