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...like indie rock, you probably own a dozen albums just like this Minneapolis, Minn., band's taut, lo-fi debut--and you will want this one too. The lyrics are from the Pavement school of abstraction ("Kelly the insistor/ Your brother is a blister"), and lead singer Josh Grier has the same dry, almost cracking voice as David Byrne. What's original is Tapes 'n Tapes' ability to spin out compelling little mood fantasias, from the spooky isolation of Omaha to the drunken, bluesy instrumental Crazy Eights. The Loon feels eremitic and weird but warm...
...Subject narcissstically Googled self, and ceased when he came across unflattering remark on friend Josh Peterson's blog about his recent "nails-on-a-chalkboard" karaoke rendition of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." (N.B.: Our mole was present at the performance, and confirms that the subject's tone-deaf singing was "excessively painful" and "should be forbidden by the Geneva Conventions...
...Architect," as Bush has called him, is back to battle unencumbered at a time when the White House needs his strategic instincts more than ever. Bush said he "took a sigh of relief" at Fitzgerald's decision and declared, "I trust Karl Rove." White House chief of staff Josh Bolten endorses Rove's renewed zeal, especially ahead of November's midterm elections. "The tone that I want to set here is not one that shies away from partisanship where it's appropriate," Bolten said. "I believe it is very important that this White House be focused on success...
...three golfers ready to play after injury, illness, and Freshman Week deprived the team of four of its players, leading to disqualification. But the team quickly recovered. Freshman Michael Shore took to the course after Freshman Week and placed third in his second tournament, while classmates John Christensen and Josh Isner played well throughout the fall. Senior D.J. Hynes recovered splendidly from his knee injury, finishing eighth and 11th in a pair of the fall tournaments. The team practiced inside the Murr Center through the cold New England winter on a new golf simulator provided by the Friends of Harvard...
When Harvard first baseman Josh Klimkiewicz said, following the Crimson’s division-clinching 23-9 win over archrival Dartmouth on April 30, that “the pitches looked like beach balls today,” he wasn’t daydreaming about the leisure activities of his senior spring. Instead, he was describing his focus at the plate at the most important juncture in the baseball season. During the regular season-ending doubleheader against the Big Green, with Harvard’s season—and Klimkiewicz’s career—in danger of ending...