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...which more accurately describes the multiplicity of ideas within the exhibition. The pieces explore theatricality through participatory spectacle, through absurdity (as in Cezary Bodzianowski’s “Luna,” in which the artist attempts to rollerblade the circumference of a large, rotating drum), immersion (as in “Séance de Shadow II (bleu)” by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, a room saturated with the color blue whose lights turn on as the viewer passes by), or direct participation (as in “Falha” by Renata Lucas, a grid...
...opening number, “See These Bones.” A ringing guitar part and frontman Matthew Caws’ bright, clear voice start the album off on a melancholy tone that’s backed up by heavy bass and a perfect broken-down drum pattern. The double-time chorus isn’t as magnetic as these groovy verses, but the song does seamlessly switch from minor to major as it moves to a multilayered climax. “Whose Authority,” the second song on “Lucky,” sounds good...
...Republicans this year. In South Carolina, Obama drew more under-30 votes than all Republican candidates combined, according to exit polls. Mike Huckabee does well among conservative Christian youth, but there is no sign of a surge in their ranks. The young people marching to Ron Paul's drum are long on passion but short on numbers - roughly 3,000 in South Carolina, for example, compared with Obama's estimated 50,000. After gaining strength among voters whose views were formed in the Reagan years, the G.O.P. has the support of only 1 in 3 young people today...
...Second, Romney will spend much of the next week trying to drum up old conservative distrust of McCain, who leaves Florida with considerable momentum and already-high poll numbers in many of the states that vote on February 5. Though McCain has been hammered by some conservative voices, such as the radio host Rush Limbaugh, he has so far escaped the full ideological revolt that greeted him in 2000, when he lost the nomination to George W. Bush...
...President's lack of commitment to fighting graft and faced death threats. The government, he tells TIME, had "abandoned promises to equitably share power and economic opportunity, reform the constitution and fight corruption." Fixing the election result, he says, was "like throwing a match into a fuel drum...