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...fact that the Strokes behave like washed up rock stars despite being at their creative apex leads to a debut album that is energetic, damn catchy and innovative within its paradigm. Casablancas howls about sex, drugs and rock ’n roll in earnest, backed by a motley crew of influences ranging from 50s jangle pop to British Invasion rock to New Wave. The songs, save some masterful use of modulation showcased in tracks like “Soma,” are simplistic—no fancy drumming, straightforward guitar chords in a verse-chorus-verse matrix. Still...
...profound concept: an online dating service that pairs up potential soul mates via e-mail. Sam A. Yagan ’99 muses “It was a fun idea, we were all friends, and we thought ‘why not?’ Little did this motley crew realize that the industrious Cupid would be pimpin’ over a quarter of a million people in its first month...
Closer to home, reviews were slightly more favorable. A motley collection of curious students and adults, West Wing diehards and virgins alike, piled into the Institute of Politics forum to watch the special episode on the big screen. The fading of the final scene was met with scattered applause and excited debate. Former President of CNN and Shorenstein Fellow Rick Kaplan was impressed by the show’s efforts. “I thought it was brilliant,” he said. “They were so smart because they had us address all the issues left...
...We’re a motley crew,” Lidskog says of her co-workers, which include a mother of two, a 35-year-old segment producer and the former co-anchor of “Michigan This Morning.” She defines herself as the “young” and “fearless” one. “I’m hoping they’ll throw me off a cliff for a clue,” she adds. She also hopes to put her singing skills to use for the show...
...sang-froid that the most outrageous and absolutely surreal events seen like common place occurrences. The passive and directionless narrator of each story lacks any roots or real home. He is a loner whose life is dictated by chance and who passively allows fate to govern his existence. A motley collection of three-legged dogs, mutated puppies, deformed human beings, psychopaths, overgrown slugs, drug addicts, women who practice black magic and dangerous roommates move in and out of his life, creating mayhem. Yet through it all the narrator remains unflappable...