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After an original album like From the Wood, Save Me risks sounding overly-produced. Maybe mainstream pop is the sound he’s going for. He is easily as talented as John Mayer, but has received probably less than one-tenth the recognition. But after hearing the album’s first track, I wanted someone to save me from listening to the record label’s popified Pat McGee, no longer the soulful songwriter from Virginia with a knack for writing a love song. Thankfully, the album gets better as McGee’s original sound comes...
There were approximately 12,000 albums released in 2003, and 11,990 of them were made by nice young men with acoustic guitars and perplexing love lives. Maybe that's an overstatement, but with Ryan Adams, John Mayer, Ben Lee, Jason Mraz, Chris Carrabba, Evan Dando, David Gray and countless others, you could easily hold a Lilith Fair stocked with sensitive white guys, though to exhaust the supply, it would have to be performed over several agonizing days, sort of a James Taylor Ring Cycle. There are worse things than a glut of smart songwriters, but you can't help...
...Mayer says that the CSG has improved efficiency by centralizing preparation. “You had nine kitchens doing the same thing, everybody had to chop their onions,” he says. The centralized system has allowed HUDS to save money by rehiring fewer staff at the end of their nine-month contracts...
...Once we had achieved efficiency there we hired an outside firm to interview students and find out what they wanted,” Mayer says. HUDS incorporated the results into its dining offerings, and continues to survey students twice a year to seek recommendations for further improvements...
While outsiders attempted to determine student preferences, Mayer consulted his insiders. “We really needed to work with our staff,” he says. “We went on a retreat about where to take dining services, to determine our mission statement.” Mayer says he talked to House Masters, senior tutors and administrators to get a sense of how they envisioned HUDS...