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...it’s more just uninteresting. There are a couple of keepers here—both parts of “Kyberneticka Babicka,” for example, are fun, up-tempo odes to multi-track layering. “Plastic Mile” has an appealingly vintage funk-rock beat under a schizophrenic self-duet from lead singer Laetitia Sadier, and “Whisper Pitch” is a more-successful-than-usual foray into psychedelic syncopation that morphs into a pretty ballad. In these songs, though, are just about the only musical moments that manage...
...survive its museumification, just as it has outlived its earlier commercialization. Founded on the sequential exchange of lyrics over prerecorded beats, rap is already the most explicitly historical form of popular music; enough intertextuality to make Barthes blush—whether in quoted rhymes, posse shout-outs or P-Funk samples—is a constitutive element of the rapper’s craft. The tension between lyrical innovation and “respect for the culture” allows Nas to decry “a rhymebiter’s rthyme” on his debut album Illmatic, while...
...freefall on Friday night, losing to Brown 79-66 at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson dropped its fourth straight league game, including the third in a row at home, to fall to 12-10 overall and 4-5 in the Ivies. “We played in a funk,” captain Matt Stehle said. “It was like we had all just woken up from a long sleep.” Just as in last week’s losses to Princeton and Penn, the Crimson struggled in the opening minutes, getting off to a sluggish start...
...second-chance points to the Crimson’s five, thanks in no small part to the Bears’ comparative hustle and tenacity. “We were very flat,” Harvard captain Matt Stehle said. “We just played in a funk. It was like we had all just woken up from a long sleep.” A LITTLE PICK ME UP Stehle gave Harvard a boost out of the intermission, scoring the Crimson’s first eight points after halftime. But after a three-pointer by freshman point guard Drew Housman...
...areas.” Brown also tacked on 11 second-chance points to the Crimson’s five, further emphasizing the Bears hustle and tenacity. “We were very flat,” Harvard captain Matt Stehle said. “We just played in a funk. It was like we had all just woken up from a long sleep.” A LITTLE PICK ME UP Stehle gave Harvard a boost out of the intermission, as he scored the Crimson’s first eight points out of the half. But after a three-pointer...