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...band often relegated to the "twee" genre - music so light and self-referential that it almost shattered upon listening - of the late '80s. The surprise choice of Trevor Horn (the ex-Buggle who also produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood and t.A.T.u.) as producer on the last album, the brilliant Dear Catastrophe Waitress, was a play to reach beyond the sensitive librarian stereotype, even at the risk of alienating hard-core fans, some of whom are, actually, sensitive librarians. Hoffer challenged Murdoch to tighten his songs, and many of the tracks were played live in the studio. But beyond the influence...
...Faculty William C. Kirby’s Jan. 27 resignation.Ellison’s remarks, first reported in The Boston Globe yesterday, came seven months and one day after Harper, a member of the University’s highest governing board, told Summers in a “Dear Larry” letter that “Harvard’s best interests require your resignation.”The president’s spokesman, John Longbrake, declined to comment on Ellison’s remarks.PLAYING FAVORITESEllison, a biological anthropologist, also took aim at what he called Summers?...
...Dear future wife of Abe J. Riesman...
...wonders: how many sales Honda will be able to squeeze out of the 2006 Civic Si, a sporty version of the basic model, featuring a 197-hp engine, 6-speed manual transmission, rear spoiler and other attributes dear to Gen-Y tire screechers? The basic Civic, after all, is one of the few cars that appeals to two distinct types of drivers: parents and teenage boys. In its basic form, it's a mom-mobile riding an unsinkable reputation for reliability and good fuel economy. But for more than two decades it's also been a hot youth car, often...
...lyrics seek joy in life’s absurdities and love’s awkwardness. The songs run the gamut from the light and poppy to the sweetly sad, consistently delivering pitch-perfect charm. While the band’s last release, 2003s “Dear Catastrophe Waitress,” stressed the former with instantly-catchy songs and goofy lyrics, their new LP, “The Life Pursuit,” has more gravity to match its sober title. Through the first four listens, I was disappointed with the album; by the seventh, I had fallen...