Word: emo
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...Hustle” in a classroom).There’s something for everyone: sentimentalists can wallow in the perennially doe-eyed expressions of actresses whose roles were so depressing they committed suicide; action fans can get a hai(-ya!) from Jet Li’s fighting antics; and brooding emo-types will enjoy plenty of angst-ridden stories in the ridiculously long two-volume coursepack.Don’t worry if the only thing you know (and ever care to know) about Chinese culture is kung fu—Wang is a recovering Bruce Lee fan and the course...
...year into college, Dashboard’s new CD “Dusk and Summer” has been released at the perfect time—my standard battery of Dashboard has begun to seem so, well, high school. I needed a new infusion of saccharine emo to provide the soundtrack to my dorm room pity-parties...
Others may fault Dashboard for their unoriginal lyrics, pop-emo sound, and general lack of angsty po-mo sophistication...
...much in the last 50 years. It still plays at least nine hours of classical music daily, and jazz remains a prominent part of its programming. Nowadays, though, the Record Hospital takes over late at night to play, according to its website, “best punk, pop, hardcore, emo, noise, death grind, new wave, no wave, post punk, prepunk, indie, crust, and whatnot that we can damn well get our hands on.” And their focus is no longer “geared to the tastes of Harvard,” as it was in the 1950s...
...story of a king brought down by his own poor decisions and inattention to important affairs of state. For all his flowery speeches bemoaning his fate and defending the divine right of kings, he comes across as more whiny than righteously aggrieved: cheer up, emo king. Director Adam G. Zalisk ’07, working from an adaptation by Jeremy R. Funke ’04, solved this dilemma by refusing to play it straight, undercutting many of the most dramatic lines with sarcasm or drunkenness (or a combination of the two). Speeches that could have...