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...written portions investigate the Soviet Union and its collapse from most every geographical, social and ideological perspective. But the collection’s subtitle is misleading. “The Wall in My Head?? isn’t a meditation on the end of communism in the Soviet Bloc, but its history entire—its successes, its failures, and its absurdities. Thought-provoking, oddly nostalgic, and ultimately inconclusive, “The Wall in My Head?? is a worthy investigation of a way of life which, for all its flaws, found a place...
...Wall In My Head?? is by no means an indictment of communism. On the contrary, several of the stories and essays seem to almost pine for its simplicity and order. One of the finest essays in the collection, “Farewell to the Queue,” by Vladimir Sorokin, uses queues as a metaphor for the togetherness and order of Soviet society—a “quasi-surrogate for church,” which taught obedience while giving people time to ponder the advantages of socialism. In his view, the market economy replaced order...
...great. It was fantastic,” said Joshua P. Woodruff ’11, the Queen’s Head??s student manager of marketing. “The pub was full all night. We had a great time serving out the German cuisine...
...transitions and rhythmic shifts that leave the song spun-out and wrecked behind them. The song is also hindered by its even-handed verse distribution; the transitions between singers make the song feel incoherent and contrived. The more-focused “Losin’ Yo’ Head??—with James taking lead vocals throughout—is catchier, but still comes across as uninteresting classic rock emulation. Oberst takes lead vocals on irritating country tracks that sound like pre-pubescent Johnny Cash imitations. On “Man Named Truth,” easily...
...Isaac Meister ’09-’10, a thin, bespectacled undergraduate who serves on the team of students who are working with Nesson on the case. “You can tell how interested he is by the narrative he builds up around it in his head??It starts out with a big story,” Meister says. “And for him this had the quality of being a very big story...