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...DIED. FRANZ CARDINAL KONIG, 98, progressive-minded prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; in Vienna. A savvy diplomat fluent in seven languages, K?nig was twice considered a candidate for the papacy. During the 1960s he was at the center of a movement to liberalize church policy, helping to organize the Second Vatican Council, which expanded the influence of the laity and famously absolved the Jews of responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Even after the church turned conservative again, K?nig continued to reach out, becoming the Vatican's point man for Eastern Europe and non-Catholics. "I wanted...
...need to register somewhere,” Paul D. Franz ’07 said. “I’m extremely lazy and disorganized...
...dream of America finding unity in its scorn for these avant-garde turkeys lasted until the moment I heard their music. It turns out Franz Ferdinand plays easily accessible radio-friendly pop, and plays it with more humor and joy than almost anyone else on the market. This band is really good. It's a little disappointing...
...about 70 seconds you could mistake Franz Ferdinand for the Strokes. Take Me Out, from the group's March 9 self-titled debut, opens with a standard modern-rock guitar riff and studiously disinterested vocals from singer Alex Kapranos. Then the pace shifts, the guitar goes punk, the rhythm section goes disco, and Kapranos goes nuts. He's singing about how he would rather be shot than live without his girl, but Kapranos doesn't get overwrought. He doesn't really sing either--he swings, like Dean Martin on uppers...
...clever. Jacqueline is about an older man realizing that a younger girl is out of bounds, Michael is a sad bit of homoeroticism, and Tell Her Tonight gets at the fumbling language of infatuation ("Only watched her walk but she so is/Only heard her talk but she so is"). Franz Ferdinand isn't out to make poetry; these musicians are out to make you move your feet, and their giddy soul is revealed in every trick they use to get the job done. Pace shifts are everywhere; they crib harmonies from the Beatles and bass lines from Kool & the Gang...