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...undeniably original (“Those who love Zeppelin will soon betray Floyd / I cast off these couplets in honor of the void”). The same philosophy continues on “Trouble in Dreams,” with slightly dampened but still appealing results. The endlessly cryptic lyrics, majestic instrumentation, self-referentialism, and Bowie-imitation remain. But Bejar also does some other, more unexpected emulations, which pay off handsomely.“Dark Leaves Form a Thread,” the most immediately catchy song on the album, sounds like a ragged collaboration of Guided By Voices...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Destroyer | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...footed baths made for two. Author Dan Brown, who set part of The Da Vinci Code at the nearby Rosslyn Chapel, was so enchanted with his stay a few years ago that he scribbled his signature on a floorboard under a rug in the Armoury suite, then left a cryptic clue leading to it in the guest book. The puzzle has long been solved, but it's a fitting tribute to the Witchery's mysterious charms. www.thewitchery.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spellbinding: The Witchery Restaurant | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...wildly popular and scenic tourist destination that is advertised with the cryptic statement/question: “Built by a Native American Culture or a migrant European population? No one knows for sure. A maze of man-made chambers, walls and ceremonial meeting places, America’s Stonehenge is possibly the oldest man-made construction in the United States (over 4000 years old).” The mysterious caves and rock formations are supposedly built by both pre-historic and historic people! Take your girlfriend or your parents—Cancun is overrated...

Author: By Jack G. Clayton | Title: Quick Fix for a Sick Trip | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...request but not generally encouraged. The student decided to take his chances and traveled to Harvard in order to argue his case, but with no access to his dean or other administrators until shortly before his hearing, even these attempts at mounting a defense hit a wall amidst a cryptic and seemingly-biased procedure...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Love | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...soon to militaries near you). In it, the star of “Cocktail” and “Losin’ It” lauds his church’s ability to ‘improve conditions,’ makes use of a dizzying array of cryptic acronyms, sound effects and apparent neologisms, and laughs maniacally for nearly a minute altogether...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Ex-Guise and Videotape | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

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