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...guest appearances that Legend used on his first album to help establish himself as a top-shelf artist are definitely missed in this attempt. While not every song needs a hip-hop beat or a rapper cameo, the work of Kanye West and Snoop Dogg were definitely welcome variation on Legend’s previous album. Legend’s attempt to be truly classic and stand alone on the album is admirable, but this album lacks the frit and variety necessary to pull this...
...which strikes an acoustic, almost alt-country posture in its first minute, the better. “Mama” flirts with cabaret punk, with a level of success that depends completely on how much you like 1) that sub-genre and 2) Liza Minelli, who guest stars. “I Don’t Love You” is a guitar-driven lament that reaches almost Nickelbackian proportions of blandness...
...story is as follows: Paige (Renée L. Pastel ’09) is the seemingly dutiful and devoted wife of Lars (Arlo D. Hill ’08) who decides to throw a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his Nietzschean empowerment/philosophy text. Invited guests include: Hal, the biologist (Simon N. Nicholas ’07); his wife Sian, the “newsbabe” (Catrin M. Lloyd-Bollard ’08); and Wynne, the dumb blonde (Julia L. Renaud ’09). It soon becomes apparent from Paige’s neurotic preparations...
...weeks ago, however, my answer changed to: “At Columbia, students rush the stage during guest speaker events, leading to national controversies about freedom of speech and the ‘liberal bias’ on college campuses. That doesn’t seem to happen so much at Harvard...
...Minutemen’s trademark practice of sending vigilante groups to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border is certainly abhorrent; they propagate an unpleasent anti-immigration message. Still, a guest invited by a university group should be allowed to exercise his right to free speech without being physically assaulted...