Word: fakeness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...First to walk the walk was Eva Xia ’06, sporting Morton’s FM-inspired newspaper skirt and a backless corporate vest gone wild. Not present in the show was a large fake animal masquerading as a coat, which Morton feared would create a Janet Jackson-moment if removed dramatically...
...album opens with the single “The Pretender,” a tired tirade against the fake and phony. The disdainful chorus declares: “What if I say I’m not like the others? / What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays? / You’re the pretender / What if I say I’ll never surrender?” While the message comes across loud and clear, the song comes off as loud and unoriginal, and Grohl’s yelling during the chorus makes...
...classics. When the band eased into the slower “About Today” (thus reaching all the way back to 2004’s “Cherry Tree” EP), fan response was positively tepid compared to the roars elicited by “Fake Empire” or “Start A War,” two tracks from the new album...
...goal for Harvard and Martin scoring again for PEI. 13:20 into the frame, Harvard went up 4-2 on yet another highlight-reel play from a first-year. This time it was forward Pier-Olivier Michaud who showed off his moves, getting Davis to bite at a nifty fake at the left post before finding a wide-open right corner. “Michaud showed a lot of poise with the puck there on his deke,” Donato said. It was not, however, good news across the board for the Crimson freshmen. First-year defender Chris Huxley...
...Some attendees were wary of the Lampoon’s intentions, suspecting a prank, but chose to investigate the situation for themselves. “My theory was that the ice cream would contain animal blood,” said Molly O. Fitzpatrick ’11, noting the fake severed limbs lying among the cutouts. “But this is really cool,” she said of the event. Lampoon member Robert I. Padnick ’09 said the club’s motives for hosting the ice cream giveaway were purely altruistic...