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...Fables of Faubus.” While some parts were absolutely thrilling, hinting at the great tunes to follow, it was the most disappointing piece of the night. But despite losing impetus in the many mood changes, “Fables” remained a great display of musicianship...
...featuring Lynch and Palmieri, was the best piece of the night. Dedicated to Palmieri’s wife, “Iraida” started out plaintive and slow, with both musicians playing restrained, subdued parts, only to explode in the center into action, putting their virtuosic talent on display...
...United States, Dau had trouble adjusting to a completely different way of life. Sometimes, he said, that “culture shock” took a comical turn. When a Catholic charity group in Syracuse brought Dau to a supermarket, he was puzzled by the green salads on display. “Why do they have this grass here?” he remembered asking. “There are no cows.” Once resettled in Syracuse, Dau worked several low-paying jobs for companies such as McDonald’s and UPS. He was profiled...
...scarf—but its execution could have been stronger. The song itself is also iffy at first, but in typical Nine Inch Nails fashion, it inevitably grows on you. The cinematography, while gimmicky, does what it sets out to do: the camera shows surveillance monitors that display different areas of an apartment building and its inhabitants, which include the band. Unfortunately, it’s not a particularly captivating tableau, until, finally, a SWAT team surrounds and infiltrates the building and an unidentifiable someone is dragged away. The video feels like it could be part of a longer movie...
After the cubism revolution of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque violently overturned accepted artistic conventions, the door was open for artists like Fernand Léger to rearticulate the relationship between form and representation. “Fernand Léger: Contrast of Forms,” on display at the Fogg Art Museum from April 14 through June 10, offers a rare look at the stylistic evolution of this seminal artist as he moved from pure abstraction to representation. The exhibit is notable for featuring Léger’s early, very rare, and more purely Cubist work...