Word: minding
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Named for former Harvard president Increase Mather, Class of 1656, increase was indeed on the mind of the architect who designed Mather House. Built in 1970, the towering Mather stands in contrast to some of its more traditional next-door neighbors. But an all but guaranteed single room keeps residents happy, despite the distance from the center of campus...
...Named for former Harvard president Increase Mather, Class of 1656, increase was indeed on the mind of the architect who designed Mather House. Built in 1970, the towering Mather stands in contrast to some of its more traditional next-door neighbors. But an all but guaranteed single room keeps residents happy, despite the distance from the center of campus...
...Lang at centerstage. Thanks to Andy Warhol, artsy for artsy's sake is now status quo. On top of that, the non-stop songs pummeled my body with their monotonous cacophony for so long that I was like a disintegrating slug that slipped on a pile of salt. My mind was screaming stop the madness, but those cries were drowned out by Lang's rawhide-cured vocals and even more subsumed by the combination of non-stop drums, three guitars and two keyboards. In a word, it was loud...
...this mind-numbing noise a result of a boy's attempt at overcompensation for lack of talent? Not exactly. There's no denying the appeal of a phenom who can do no wrong. We all get caught up in the fervor of manufactured girl/boy toys like New Kids on the Block or the Spice Girls, but it would be a shame for Lang to be boxed into that category. He seems to be the real deal, what with his gravely beyond-his-years voice which emotes the sagacity of a down-and-out alcoholic who has been beaten down...
...made on this record is to The Beatles, at whose Abbey Road Studios part of this album was recorded. The smattering of horns and strings on "River of Orchids," the jaunty marching-band parade style on "Frivolous Tonight" and the gorgeously acoustic "Knights in White Karma" all bring to mind various eras of the Fab Four's musical evolution. However, in other areas XTC's songs sound entirely fresh and vibrant. "Your Dictionary" has an ominous underlying piano part that gives way to sleigh bells and picture-perfect harmonies. The pastoral-like "Greenman" wouldn't be out of place...