Word: deafness
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...spacing out; many of the songs drag on far too long without significant changes in the form or feel. There is a degree of self-indulgence on many of these songs that may appeal to the hard-core Built to Spill fan, but will undoubtedly fall upon the deaf ears of the uninterested and uninitiated. In particular, the repetitive lyrics and limited chordal palette—Martsch’s familiar predilection for minor key resolutions is rampant here—exacerbating the mindlessness induced by long, formless instrumental breaks. The album does begin with a solid first track...
...black men as Public Enemy No. 1. Even the racial aspects of the Hurricane Katrina disaster are quite subtle. President Bush's performance was not so much racist as it was amazingly lame. Which isn?t to say race wasn?t a factor - it?s easy to be tone-deaf toward people who don?t vote...
...days before members of the Transgender Task Force (TTF) will meet with the Office of General Counsel to discuss inserting the clause. Nine years ago, the UC passed a similar resolution calling for the addition of gender identity to the non-discrimination clause, but their requests were met with deaf ears. The bill’s sponsors hope that the national trend in including gender identity and expression in non-discrimination policies, which they say have been adopted at 52 other American universities, will make this effort more successful. “The administration has been pretty much ignoring this...
House: Matthews Concentration: History and History of Art and Architecture Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Ideal Date: Lamont sleepover with Sam Teller. Best way for a guy to get your attention: A megaphone—I’m deaf in my right ear. Seriously, it’s true. Where to find you on a Saturday night: With a chocolate milkshake. First thing you notice about a guy: Swagger. Freshman boys or senior men?: Senior boys. Your best pick-up line: Excuse me, does this smell like chloroform to you? Best or worst lie you’ve ever told...
...better sense of the corner of hell you’ll reside in for the next three years: Blocking Groups Unfortunately, you already picked your blocking groups and made terrible choices. Needless to say, our advice about “peaking too early” probably fell on deaf ears and you failed to realize that anyone who is considered really “cool” in the freshman class is on a one-way track to becoming the worst person at the school by senior year. This metamorphosis is fueled by the misaligned schematics of the Harvard social...