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Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives it a distinct creative advantage when dipping into the past. Honkin' on Bobo isn't burdened by respect or ambition. It's just a bunch of ragged blues covers (and one bluesy original) seemingly selected with the aid of a dart board (Aretha Franklin? Fleetwood Mac?), but other than a disastrously sincere take on Jesus Is on the Main Line, Honkin' on Bobo is full of clamorous charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Different Moods of Indigo | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...base-ballers range from the humble to the showy, the laid-back to the lay-it-out. They come from a list of locales so wide and varied that it might make Howard Dean antsy. Try blending this kind of mixture in a sport like baseball—distinct positions, varied roles and all—and forging a team out of spare parts turns out to be a more tricky proposition than you might think...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2004: Blue Chips Bring It Both Ways | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

...Realistically, one report can only do so much,” he wrote in an e-mail. “But it does show that moderate U.S. and European policies, balanced between right and left within the U.S. and taking account of distinct U.S. and European priorities and power resources across the Atlantic, can be constructive. It is up to politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to make it happen...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Commission Urges Common Ground | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...trail" you believed him. When Clapton sings the same line you wonder if the hound's name is Patches. Me and Mr. Johnson never feels urgent. The only genuine emotion Clapton musters is reverence. Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives it a distinct creative advantage when dipping into the past. Honkin' on Bobo isn't burdened by respect or ambition, it's just a bunch of ragged blues covers (and one bluesy original) seemingly selected with the aid of a dartboard. (Aretha Franklin? Fleetwood Mac?) There are lots of potential quibbles - like, for instance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even Rich Men Get The Blues | 3/21/2004 | See Source »

Norvell agrees that an online community might not be a distinct entity from an actual community. He explains, “The current undergraduate population came of age in the information era and takes it for granted. There are no distinctions between online lives and offline lives...

Author: By Sarah E.F. Milov, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sociology of thefacebook.com | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

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