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...suggested by the refrain, “What does he know?” Alongside the lyrical self-consciousness present across the entire album—“When I was stuck he’d make me memorize elaborate curses / Tinctures and formulas to ditch the chori and flip the verses”—all this doubt alienates the listener, who will have a hard time finding any emotional anchor in the song...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MGMT | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...things to come. "It reflects a typical pattern that al-Qaeda has used before, and that's why we continue to say it's al-Qaeda and not sectarian attacks." U.S. officials insist that to understand Iraq properly, observers must somehow consider each new deadly day as a last-ditch effort of a "spent political force," as Gary Grappo, political counselor at the U.S. embassy, refers to al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Officials Downplay Rash of Baghdad Attacks | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

After pulling his patrol car to the side of the road, John “Jay” L. Ellison, wearing his police uniform, carefully approached a car perched in a ditch...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Ellison Takes Winding Path to College | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...husband Shep nurses his own resentments. He's long planned to ditch the rat race for what he terms the Afterlife, early retirement in a dirt-cheap yet pleasant developing country. Now, as Glynis' medical bills come in, the prospect of the Afterlife is dwindling along with his savings. Shep's best friend, toxic pontificator Jackson, spends his waking hours taking mental notes for an anticapitalist manifesto he'll never write, but his real problem is heartbreak over his 16-year-old daughter Flicka, who was born with a fatal genetic disease called familial dysautonomia. Flicka is angry because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ails Us | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...playing in the background, red letters on a black background read, “There’s really only one thing you need to know about Kirkland House. The ‘Holiday Dinner and Dance’ is for Kirkland Residents only.” A last ditch effort to endorse Kirkland with the days counting down? Maybe the prospect of Incest Fest will be enough to excite incoming Kirklanders, but this video sure won’t do the trick...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Houses Keep Churning Out Videos | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

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