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...recent years, many underground rock legends have reunited for a shot at their former glory. Boston post-punk progenitors Mission of Burma are working on their second new album after a hiatus since the mid-’80s. Post-hardcore acts from Slint to Braid have reappeared for tours, only to fade back into legend. Even the Pixies are rumored to be in the studio again. These moves invariably beg the question of motive: music, money, or something entirely different? For Dinosaur Jr., the issue is much more complicated; few bands have as tumultuous a history. The band...
...collection of Lewis research materials in the world,” a collection of Lewis’ letters and writings. The collection is part of Wheaton College’s holdings, a school which lists “the development of whole and effective Christians” in its mission statement and where Jacobs is an English professor. More interesting, however, is Jacobs’ apparent appropriation of Lewis’ own style. He emulates Lewis’ distinctive voice, adopting a conversational tone and using italics liberally. Yet Jacobs rarely succeeds in his desired effect—his parenthetical...
...first-ever North American tour makes a stop in Cambridge with Boston natives Lincoln Conspiracy at 9:15 p.m. and fellow Bostonian Brendan Little at 10:15. T.T. The Bear’s Place. 11:15 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $10. (MFK)Thursday, Dec.15thThe Luxury, The Break Mission, Tremulant, and Thick as Thieves. Until recently known as Redletter, The Break Mission recently signed to RoHo Records NYC and have just released their eponymous debut album. Also playing that night are The Luxury, Tremulant, and Thick as Thieves. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $10. (JSA)We Are Wolves, Controller...
...generally quite in [favor of] and enthusiastic about the choice of Patricia King to the Corporation as someone who understands the academic mission and who can represent a strong independent voice on the Corporation,” Andrew A. Biewener, chair of the organismic and evolutionary biology department, wrote in an e-mail...
...filmmakers. Lee worked closely with riding masters and dialect coaches to ensure his recreations of rural Wyoming and Texas were sufficiently authentic. He even watched documentaries of ranch hands to achieve his goal to “go for the real.”He describes his own mission for the finished product: “Can you smell the time, bring them back to that time and place.”In casting the two lead roles, Lee says that his decisions were based solely on talent, and that the actors’ sexuality was never a factor...