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...result is the end of the band’s mystique. Any dreams of a never-ending supply of new, undiscovered material from a man pop culture has labelled as a tragic young genius are trashed. There’s no point in holding out for more—it’s all gone, the Seattle basement searched and cleaned out. Don’t bother hiding your flannel shirts in your closet hoping for a Seattle Rennisance. Grunge has risen, peaked and spat out its leftovers—the mystery is over and there?...
...decided that the only thing that would make his life worth living would be to kill people. He planned for himself a life in which he could kill, escape capture and kill again: This was almost 20 years before the manifesto was published. We’re putting twisted-genius political-antihero constructions onto a paranoid schizophrenic who, when an innocent secretary was maimed in one of his explosions, wrote in his journals only: “Frustrated. Can’t seem to make a lethal bomb...
Like its even more egregious older sister Macarena, The Ketchup Song started as a holiday hit. (Europeans travel to Ibiza and return to their soggy homes with a sunny, exotic tune stuck in their heads.) The genius of Ketchup is that its bouncy chorus--"Asereje ja de je de jebe tu de jebere seibunouva/Majavi an de buguni an de buididipi"--means the same thing in Spanish as in English: nothing. The words are a gibberish homage to the opening line of the first rap song, Sugar Hill Gang's 1979 hit Rapper's Delight. America's familiarity with the original...
...have stumbled upon a dirty secret: our teachers need teaching lessons. Except it’s not a well-kept secret, because I sit through lectures alongside hundreds of fellow students, watching as brilliant minds mangle their genius into incomprehensible, wandering lectures. The secret was put under a spotlight last week, when the economics department announced that, in response to student complaints, Lecturer Robert H. Neugeboren ’83 would take four weeks off from teaching Economics 1010a, “Microeconomic Theory” to better prepare his lectures. While it is not fair to highlight individuals...
Transitioning to the NFL, how about Terrell Owens’ sharpie out of the sock stunt on Monday Night a couple weeks ago? Pure genius. If only he had signed the ball and then handed it directly to Shawn Springs, the cornerback he beat on the touchdown reception. “Dear Shawn, better luck next time. Love, Terrell.” I hope other NFLers take a pointer from Owens and work on their creativity for celebrations. There should be less dancing and more straight-up taunting. Score a touchdown on a corner? Jump into the stands and kiss...