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...struck off-key chords a half-dozen times. But they were choreographed with kaleidoscopic lighting. The songs were splayed out well and encores were accordingly well-placed; a good mix of old and new kept the crowd awake, heads bobbing, colors flashing. But it is difficult to describe the epic songs, reasonably well-played, of a band too well-loved. A more nuanced impression of Tuesday night’s events could be seen in the dust-covered curtains and the ornate molding’s flaking paint.The Orpheum is a beautiful theatre almost trapped in the throes of modern...
...frustrating because the Jews are more “authentic” than Adams (who is more of a pastiche artist than a true country troubadour) and they never belabor listeners with ponderous sonic experiments a la Wilco (see the last ten minutes of their 11-minute long krautwank epic “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”). If any album were to break through to the other side of popularity, this is it. “Punks In the Beerlight” is a rollicking honky-tonk explosion, “I’m Getting Back Into Getting...
That’s not all the three-weeks-running Ivy Offensive Player of the Week broke. Hartigan rushed for an epic 245 yards on 38 carries, breaking down the notion that Princeton could win games on defense or that defense could contain a star rusher...
...last few years, graphic novels have become the acceptably trendy cousin of comic books. The film version of Daniel Clowes’ nastily funny suburban epic “Ghost World” charmed the beautiful people and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000. Graphic novels have gradually eked out their own section in every Barnes and Noble, a corner that is filled to bursting with intrigued readers of every...
...extra copy of The Prince on reserve first.” Maybe it’s time for this campus to wake up to the advocacy successes of the UC and other student groups. Maybe it’s time for us to look beyond library hours for more epic struggles to throw our weight behind. And maybe it’s time for us to stop placing quesadillas inside our jacket pockets and above common courtesy. But a straightening out of our priorities may be too much to ask for—at least without edible incentives...