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...many songs from the pre-debut album EPs make a welcome appearance—some of which (“Box Elder,” “Frontwards,” “Debris Slide”) provide undeniable signs of the band’s future greatness??others, like the screechy “Mellow Jazz Docent” seem completely out of left field. And second EP “Demolition Plot J-7” is completely neglected, despite containing the most flawless of their early love songs, the fuzzed-out, propeller-laden...
...heritage of success, and a national popularity, cannot alone confer greatness??or, at least, inspire true affection and devotion from a legion of discriminating fans. More importantly, Yankee Stadium will repose dearly in the hearts of Yankee fans, and all true devotees of baseball, not because of its many championships—and other trophies to the vanity of man—but because of the noble spirit, the magnanimity which it has always represented and with which it had imbued the sport...
...mixing board/control panel which T-Pain masterfully coordinates. T-Pain explains, in some futuristic algebra lingo in the beginning of “Shawty Get Loose,” that “Greatness plus greatness equals great greatness.” But if this “great greatness?? is really just a tweaked version of the world depicted in the Jacksons’ “Scream” video, I’m not sure I want any part of it. After all, look how the Jacksons turned out. —David R. Johnson
...Guide for an odd exercise in irony—it is, after all, hosted at the site “badideafactory.com.” But its implausibility, even its surreal absurdity in some cases—one student writes of her resistance to “wet-dreams of greatness??—in fact masks its more disturbing side. The Guide’s exact purpose is unclear: Perhaps its creators aim to recruit a revolutionary army from the ranks of incoming freshmen. Or maybe its goal is to spark debate at any cost. When one student...
...best to make use of our broadly-educated selves. There is a certain ambivalence and uncertainty in our generation’s ethical dimension—manifested in our political apathy, lukewarm career choices, etc. We are a group that is bred to pursue “greatness?? and as a result do not always devote enough attention to the concept of “goodness.” We are not explicitly amoral, but we often remain ultimately passive on critical moral issues merely because of the complexities of taking a stand in our ever-complexifying world...