Word: listenability
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...album? People do the shit they were doing on that album better. I mean, I love some of those songs, and I like the whole philosophy behind the album—it’s very Cagean and shit. And that’s cool. But I rarely listen to Cage’s compositions. I read his books and talk his talk when I’m drunk at parties, and then I go home, and I listen to Weezer. In that sense, I think “In Rainbows” is just better music...Radiohead...
...best album of all time, full stop. I’m not feeling nearly eloquent enough to explain the reasons why, so just go listen to “Idioteque” instead...
...have a 3-year-old girl and a boy on the way, and the barrage of what not to do is daunting. (Don't eat deli meat! Don't color your hair! Don't even look at wine!) Love your kids like mad, provide boundaries, be consistent, listen and laugh and occasionally let them be. I worry that in parents' desire to be the best parents, they forget it is also supposed to be fun. I worry more that we are creating narcissistic kids who believe the world orbits around their every whim...
...collegiate sphere, there do seem to be idealized forms for professors. Lecture is heavily visual: Students sit and observe, as an audience. Otherwise, we could all listen to recordings in our rooms. Practically speaking, a professor’s image can enhance—or erode—the individual academic experience. Stereotypes of intellectuals range from the mad scientist to the bearded philosopher. In “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash is the absent-minded eccentric, focused on game theory rather than his wrinkled clothes. And who but the venerable, bespectacled Dumbledore could have watched...
...mountain vistas. Guilty or not, Amanda Knox, the pot-smoking, alt Holly Golightly from Seattle, certainly lost her way. "I am looking and hoping for a positive outcome," her father Curt Knox told TIME in court. "There is the obvious possibility of her being found guilty, but as we listen to the defense closing arguments, we feel more positive...