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...original idea was to surround this story of three kids, lost and grumpy in the woods, with other pseudodocumentary filler: archival material on the witch legend, interviews with local police officers and friends of the missing students, all tied together by a suitably questing narrator. The trope is familiar enough, both from that oxymoronic phrase "reality TV" and from fake-umentary murder movies, such as the 1979 Cannibal Holocaust and the current Drop Dead Gorgeous. The Last Broadcast, a slick thriller assembled on a desktop computer in 1997 for--get this--$900, mixes interviews and "found footage" in its story...
With such a breakneck schedule, one would expect the music of Belle and Sebastian to mirror many independent domestic projects in poor recording quality, sloppy production and slackerly filler material. Instead, lyrics and music form an almost hyper-aesthetic experience--carefully produced, with fine-tuned instrumentation and clever lyrics. The singer Stuart Murdoch softly whispers phrases about the uncertain nineties with an approach reminiscent of the '70s poet-singer Nick Drake. The instrumentation includes a trumpet, cello, flute and beautiful keyboard that unite in complex harmoniousness...
...Several groups that monitor computer viruses have issued warnings about CIH 1.2, which is known as a "space filler" virus because it works by filling up space on its host computer's hard drive, hiding from anti-virus software by tucking itself into memory reserved for various utility applications. When it strikes, it infects a computer's BIOS or "basic input/output system," a part of the machine so fundamental that a computer affected by CIH 1.2 won't even boot up. According to a Reuters report, most up-to-date antivirus software should be able to stop the virus before...
...like that old reliable pickup truck parked on your gravel driveway, the one that starts every time you turn the ignition key, without fail, no matter how cold a morning it is. His new album is straight Strait, traditional my-heart's-been-broke country, without frills or filler. The lyrics revel in comfortably familiar country contradiction: "I ain't missin' you/ That's a lie, and that's the truth," he sings on one track. This is a short CD--in typically spare Strait fashion, there are just 10 songs--but that's all you need...
Students of Afro-American Studies can stuff themselves silly at a dinner each semester, and as a senior, make merry at the graduation party. Perks include a mentor program--help for the newcomers, resume filler for the upperclass--and invitations to various colloquia and events sponsored by the department...