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...that, overall, the inside of the center “is kind of generic. This interior could be found in any speculative office park.” And, although the interior is far from being the bleak setting of “Office Space,” the brushed metal, opaque glass, and pale wood used throughout CGIS often recall the materials found in any Ikea catalog. The same problem reappears in the actual structure of the interior corridors and rooms. Inside and outside, the same shapes repeat themselves ad nauseam. “Between the [building?...
...before us. A valley of yellow rice terraces juts out over the Jhelum valley below and runs like a scale to the base of precipitous peaks above us. Cicadas are singing in the golden sunset. There are cedars and apple trees and clusters of big houses with handsome shiny metal roofs. But something's not right. There are deep cracks on the path we're on. Dust is swirling around the mountainsides above us. And a closer look at what we thought were houses reveals they're shiny metal roofs sitting at crazy angles on piles of rocks. The clusters...
...superstar showcase “Left It To Us,” where El-P and Aesop Rock make you remember how awesome hip-hop collaborations can be. This is especially true in comparison to “Shoot Frank,” a pallid mournful-eyed pop-metal whiner with a disappointing RJD2 beat that deserves mention only because it is almost impossible to listen...
...around 4:30 p.m., Saini dropped the metal security gate in front of the beer-bloated convenience store entrance and took a catnap. “I was sleeping there,” Saini says, pointing to the floor beside the door. “I had a headache.” Saini is no novice at convenience store ownership. Before immigrating to the United States, Saini founded a convenience store in India, the Darshan Confectionary, which was named after a family member...
...meter runs a slight electric current—no more than a battery, Jeff explained—which forms a circuit through the subject’s body. If the subject sits still, the e-meter measures his or her internal tension. The subject holds two shiny metal cylinders, which attach to a console that looks ripped from a 1920s airplane cockpit. Jeff explained that triggers can access different parts of the memory, which is stored in photographic images. I sat down across from him and held the e-meter cylinders. He advised me to visualize...