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Working with a successful mainstream artist like Harris relaxes Oberst’s alt-country pretensions somewhat, resulting in a few unapologetically fragile songs. But these tracks are still a far cry from the music of Oh Holy Fools or even Lifted, severely lacking in the deep-blush emotional candor of his earlier work. The single off of I’m Wide Awake, “Lua,” is clearly an attempt to reintroduce that sense of sincerity. Oberst sings “Lua” without any kind of accompaniment, going for the quiet, tortured style...
...liberal zealousness. While often the films might appear incoherent and poorly edited—one that stood out in particular was a clip of a man in an ambiguous animal costume shouting to visitors at the 2005 presidential inauguration---they were fresh and a clear break from the mainstream. Though the scattered selection eschewed the finesse of commercial filmmaking, the festival nevertheless stood steadfastly by the pure punk spirit of Beibin’s vision...
...said that although he did not attend the speech, he thought Dershowitz’s comments did not coincide with mainstream opinions regarding the Israel-Palestine issue...
...most authoritative Palestinian polls suggest Barghouti would have beaten Abbas by four percentage points.) Many of their grassroots members are also the rank-and-file of Abbas?s uniformed Palestinian security services, on whom he would have to rely in any crackdown. Hamas, meanwhile, has moved into the mainstream of Palestinian politics, and in recent municipal elections in Gaza its candidates handily thrashed those of Abbas?s own Fatah movement. While Abbas was certainly democratically elected, his mandate comes as much from the Al Aqsa Brigades as from supporters of his own view that the armed intifada has been...
...films, until his death in 1947. Wong had played Fu Manchu's daughter in 1931, but the following year, when MGM made The Mask of Fu Manchu, that role went to caucasian Myrna Loy, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Jerry Lewis, Alec Guinness, Shirley MacLaine all applied Oriental makeup for mainstream movies. It wasn't until the late 60s, when Americans were seeing East Asians on their TV screens every night, that Hollywood finally renounced this sorry tendency...