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...every idea hits the spot. Plans for a pomegranate smoothie were nixed because of limited supplies of the fruit. ("We'd have everyone who drinks pomegranate martinis mad at us," jokes Scafido). But a new Cuban sandwich has been a hit, and the chain may soon start serving a darker-roasted coffee...
Arcade Fire's new album, Neon Bible, has but one disappointment; the band is still a half step away from being as huge as its promise. It takes some doing to make an album darker than Funeral, but Win Butler, the band's leader--he's the singer too, but all members of Arcade Fire sing or scream whenever they want to--spends a lot of time cataloging his gloom. "Every spark of friendship and love/ Will die without a home," he yelps on Intervention, one of the happier tunes. Plenty of candidates for rock's next big voice mistook...
...blood-soaked story that will accompany his death, he seeks to transcend and redeem an otherwise meaningless life. One day you are the alienated and insignificant Mohamed Atta; the next day, Sept. 11, 2001, you join the annals of infamy with all the glory that brings in the darker precincts of humanity. It is the ultimate perversion of the "good death," done for the worst of motives-self-creation through the annihilation of others. People often denounce such suicide attacks as "senseless." On the contrary, they make all too much malevolent sense. There is great power in owning your...
...circumstances reveal just how far the capacity of love can extend. While “Twilight of the Superheroes” and “Some Other, Better Otto” explore relationships centered around love and loss, other stories center on more unsettling relationships. The collection takes a darker turn in the second half, when Eisenberg withholds the more disturbing nature of the relationships—a middle-aged man sleeping with a teenaged girl, or an abusive marriage—until the last few paragraphs of the story. And though it’s unsettling, the flawlessness...
...from uplifting, it’s this honesty that brings power and weight to her music. As a result, it’s not always an easy listen, but it’s a satisfying one. This eighth album in her 37-year career is marked by a darker, more sober tone than many past offerings, most strongly resembling 2003’s “World Without Tears.” The album’s generally downbeat vibe is reportedly inspired by both her mother’s death and the turbulent end of a love affair...