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...really defined and set,” Davies says. “Because with this show there wasn’t an original structure, we’ve been able to edit and refine as the show evolves.” The production has evolved in a manner similar to the theories and lovers it incorporates and describes. The final product will run on the Loeb Mainstage today through...
...from ambition or from surprising the listener; after all, sudden and often bizarre sonic transitions are a tradition with this band. Take the opener, “Crazy Naked Girls,” which begins with random noise that leads into a simple, maddeningly addictive riff in a manner reminiscent of Pavement’s “Silence Kit.” With crisp, brief, repeated verses and a twin-falsetto chorus—“crazy, crazy, naked girls”—it is a perfect piece of fuzz pop that is implanted...
...table is with legislation that addresses greenhouse gases. And despite the characterization elsewhere, we are not looking to regulate wildly. I do think that you can regulate in a thoughtful fashion. But I would also be willing to bet that those regulations, when proposed, would be subject to all manner of lawsuits...
Dave Sayler, a camping specialist at the Seattle flagship store of REI, one of the country's largest outdoor-gear companies, has fielded all manner of ridiculous questions from rookies. "I try to keep a straight face," he says. "I've been asked if a tent will keep bears out." (For the record, the answer...
...past includes bad mortgage loans, collateralized debt obligations and all manner of other lunkheaded lending decisions. It was also characterized by a 15-year decline in the net interest margin, a core measure of bank profitability that is the difference between what banks pay to borrow and what they charge to lend. The net interest margin is partly a product of interest rates: banks borrow short term and lend long term, so when long-term interest rates drop below short-term rates (as happened three times in the past 15 years), margins are squeezed. But another big factor has been...