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...allusions to The Shining, a thesis notebook whose pages reveal handwriting that grows less coherent and into scrawls - the director deftly drops hints of madness in its early bloom. The woman is driven bonkers by grief at her son's death, but she may have been heading for the daft side months before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antichrist: Von Trier's Porno Horror Rhapsody | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...news - it makes people sound electronic. Cher was the first to use Auto-Tune in her 1998 hit "Believe," and since then everyone from Kanye West to Faith Hill has gotten by with a little technical assistance. (Auto-Tune isn't always a way to cheat; Daft Punk turned it into another instrument when they wanted to go all futuristic/animated in their video, "One More Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto-Tune the News | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...think our music is more rock, or hip-hop, than electronic. That’s what I like about our group—we can do any song and it sort of fits into what we do. 11. FM: Your page on iTunes compares your sound to that of Daft Punk. What do you make of this comparison?EM: Yeah, I’d say there’s some truth to that. I really like their stuff, and I think certain songs have some similarities but I think we’re coming from a different place. They have...

Author: By Kate A Borowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions with Evan Mast from Ratatat | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Europe's so-called wine lake and slash some of the E.U.'s $1.8 billion annual subsidies paid to the industry. Commission officials say the new rules could help European wines compete against their New World cousins. "We're importing rosé made by blending, so it's pretty daft that we don't allow it in Europe," says Commission spokesman Michael Mann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War of the Rosé: French Winemakers vs. the E.U. | 3/21/2009 | See Source »

...trippy visual concept is admittedly cool, except, well, it was also cool two years ago when the kitschy electronic-pop group Chairlift did the same thing in their video for “Evident Utensils.” Although Kanye has successfully sampled artists ranging from Ray Charles to Daft Punk in the past, it seems he’s found his limits; the sample only works well when your song is faster, better, stronger than those you copy. The digital splendor of the video is an ineffective attempt to prop up a song lacking both strong lyrics...

Author: By Arhana Chattopadhyay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Kanye West | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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