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...don’t like jeans. Call me unpatriotic, but when Levi Strauss invented the blue jean, I don’t think comfort was at the front of his mind. Being a history concentrator, I’m going to bring some historical perspective into this. When Straus conceived of his good old Levi’s during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, his reasons were purely practical: to provide sturdy protection for the legs of gold miners. These days, the closest contact with gold I have is the sprinkling of edible gold leaf on my chocolate...
...film. Simplifying the image underscores the grandeur of the movements filmed; there is something epic about the way a flowing line of horses stretch across the screen, creating a continuous sienna strip. At times, the image is reminiscent of early impressionist painting—Turner comes to mind. With the loss of image clarity comes an exciting development. The works in Lossless come out of the destruction of existing film, but they may be equally viewed as forays into a new medium. The serial titles connect the installations to the exhibition and the ideas behind it, cutting them off from...
...lowering crowd expectations. Instead, they were indicative of a mode of living that the album embodies—one in which the artists involved are fundamentally talented and seem to derive true and honest pleasure from making music, no matter its form or focus. A comparison comes to mind, one that is both spot-on and completely unrelated: the menu at Shopsin’s in Lower Manhattan. Five days a week, the tiny restaurant offers almost 1,000 menu items, including Senegalese chicken, “blisters on my sisters,” and ebelskivers. While owner/chef Kenny Shopsin...
...seven syllables my relationship with poetry—‘to care for’ poetry.” There has been a year-long lull during which the books, broadsides, pamphlets, and recordings of the Woodberry collection have been without a permanent curator. With this in mind, Davis has arrived with plans not only to update the collection, but also to foster poetry on campus and in the surrounding area. “My great hope is to make this a space that in some ways embodies the art of poetry—a place where people...
Grassley spokeswoman Jill Gerber, who could not be reached for comment yesterday, told the Yale Daily News earlier this week that Welch’s bill had not changed Grassley’s mind one way or the other about whether he would introduce legislation...