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...mental picture, lingering to strike an evocative contrast to the song’s underpinnings. This is The Pains of Being Pure At Heart at their best, when they avoid the “aw shucks” puns that they can otherwise be drawn to, crafting excited, conflicted hymn-ditties for the “Pete and Pete” set.At times, they miss their mark, as not all listeners can share their tolerance for sticky-sweet synthesizer, ironic xylophone, and the aforementioned puns and clichés. The song “Young Adult Friction...
...home in England.“I am the happiest creature in the world,” he thought. “Others may have believed themselves to be the beneficiaries of such happiness before. They are fools.” He whistled stray phrases of some half-remembered hymn as he walked down the hall. “How hollow my former joys seem to me now.” He paused before a mirror, and beamed at the picture of poetry and health that glowed back at him.“Before, I only smiled. Now, I laugh...
...films from the Raj Kapoor era to today. True to its roots, Slumdog, adapted from the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup, ends with a chastely rapturous kiss and an all-out dance number, composed by Bollywood deity A.R. Rahman. Despite its elements of brutality, this is a buoyant hymn to life, and a movie to celebrate. See TIME's Pictures of the Week...
...Gamble House Pasadena, Calif., architects Charles and Henry Greene's hymn to woodwork celebrates its centennial this year. The warmth of the place is comforting, but the craftsmanship of the carpentry makes me want to be a better person...
...state schools. "I was at a Catholic school, he was at a Protestant school," James says, nodding to his cousin Rab, who has joined him in the bar. "Our mums are twins," adds Rab, without clarifying further. Allan's feelings about this division inform the album's haunting, hymn-like final track Ice Cream Van, a paean to a better place, a world free of sectarianism and hate. It's hard to imagine any other trendy indie band credited with nailing the zeitgeist writing something as bold as a message. But Glasvegas leave us with this one: "Bring back...