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Belying the band’s Harvard roots, as an album A + P feels like an application supplement. Wilkis and Kennedy are clearly eager to show their range, from silly to bleak, up-tempo to slow jam, distortion-heavy to crystal clear. They can do three-chord blues (“The Optimist”). They can play with time signatures (“little gigi”). They can be quasi-political (“America”). The rookie nature of the album is further evinced by its acoustics; lamentably, you can often hear just how small their...

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Review of the Week: A + P | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...camps from Montana to Hawaii. And here in the largest encampment of all, just north of Santa Barbara, Calif., within dreaming distance of an enchanted forest and a blue lagoon, 1,030 girls--and seven equal-opportunity boys--have assembled in teams for a $137 four-day summer seminar, jam-packed from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with such activities as Cheeramids and Styles in Strutting and Meetings with Dorm Mom. This is not, however, just a cheerleaders' camp. There are separate schedules for song leaders and band-letter girls, for drill teams, tall flags and twirleens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Catching the Spirit | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...high collars, a company with "transcontinental" in its name, pince-nez, muttonchops, and dourvisaged exclamations like "There are laws against that sort of behavior, sirrah." The trouble with America today is that there are too few men with dour visages who exclaim "sirrah" and too many who skip, leak, jam, run out quickly and can be replaced for 69. Robert E.L. Richards Westfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...figure of Bishop Desmond Tutu. In purple cassock and silver pectoral cross, he strode into the tent and took his place. The silver-handled coffin of Elizabeth Khumalo was brought in, and the family, wrapped in blankets, sat on the ground in front of the bishop. The tent was jam-packed, and the crowd spilled out onto the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Burial with Dignity | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...even like to talk about that one." Like the boots, the faulty helmets will probably be replaced. But there is a defect in the process of trying to correct the defect: the military is still trying to trace the units that are wearing the helmets. TENNESSEE Jailhouse Jam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Nov 4, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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