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...pounding bass, is just plain dull. There’s always a tendency to doze off while listening to this album, which is not at all displeasing, but does not make for the most exciting music. But the simple keyboard melodies, looped around the urban beats and guitar riffs, lend a peculiar ambience to the entire album. It’s just a bit boring (or should I say soporific) at times. Perfect to fall asleep to. —Tiffany I. Hsieh...
...intellectuals were conversant in classical philosophy. Greek had become along with Hebrew and Aramaic one of the area's main languages, and one of the most commonly used versions of the Torah was in Greek. (Jesus presumably spoke all three languages.) The interaction of Jewish and classical thought would lend the Christian Bible much of its strength...
...Rudenstine has scheduled time in the final months of his Harvard tenure to lend some fundraising muscle to PBHA's effort to raise $7.25 million for a PBHA endowment...
...past, when other countries had problems, we trucked in 50 rock stars to sing about it. It's time to start thinking about ourselves. I'm imagining something like We Are the Economy. I hear Bono belting out, "There's an IPO after every storm/ a VC ready to lend a hand/ Just hold on, baby/ Hold on to your Janus Global Tech Fund, man." Also, it might be nice to join hands across the country wearing the same T shirt. It will let other countries know we're serious and organized, if a little fruity...
...finest track in the entire album, “Never Young Again.” Rising from the sludge of bad electronica like a Yamaha phoenix, “Never Young Again” is about movement, anticipation, and energy that’s barely held in check. Strings lend a brief, ethereal quality to the music, while youthful energy pulsates, then pauses briefly before resuming again, this time with an almost melancholy maturity subtly supplanting its earlier exuberance...