Word: harvey
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Jackson will deliver an address the issue ofaffirmative action at the Institute of Politicstonight at 6 p.m., to be followed by a responsefrom Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C.Mansfield Jr. '53. Attendance is expected to behigh, according to Avery W. Gardiner '97, a memberof the Institute of Politics Student AdvisoryCommittee...
...Harvey A. Silverglate, a Boston attorney whohas litigated several First Amendment cases, saidhe sees no problem with the display...
...several other young performers are adding a blue tint to their sound. Last month British-born art screecher PJ Harvey released a blues-shaded album, To Bring You My Love; Houston-born rocker Chris Whitley has just come out with the bluesy CD Din of Ecstasy; and this week Chris Thomas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, releases his blues-rap album, 21st Century Blues from da Hood...
Authenticity is an essential element of the blues, and the problem with Polly Jean Harvey's CD is that there is not a single honest emotion in it. A listener feels like shouting at her, e la Tom Cruise confronting Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, "I want the truth!" Alas, Harvey can't handle the truth. She obscures her feelings (and her vocal shortcomings) with screaming and squealing. The title track has an absorbing groove, but Harvey's self-consciously raw and distorted vocals push listeners away. The throbbing, mysterious Down by the Water is another melodically intriguing...
...contrast to Harvey, Chris Whitley on Din of Ecstasy is painfully, almost uncomfortably honest: he comes at the listener like a drunk friend at an office party, trapping you in the corner and telling you how terrific your wife is in bed. In Narcotic Prayer, the CD's best track-and one of the better rock songs released this year-Whitley wheezes, "As the party closes-I ain't got a clue/ Red and yellow roses-nipple rings and tattoos." Whitley, 34, builds his songs on blues ideas and catalyzes them with muted electric guitars. He never makes his rock...