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...with the guitar taking the back seat and providing a base for unison melodies on banjo and horns during the instrumental breaks. Singer Jof Owen has the voice for twee, an expressive near-whisper that works particularly well when multitracked into dense harmonies. His timbre reinforces their aesthetic of na??veté, but sounds a bit thin when soloing over acoustic guitar on tracks like “The Worm Forgives The Plow.” Owen’s vulnerable, intimate tone draws attention to his lyrics, which are rich in metaphor and often veer towards intentional self...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Boy Least Likely To | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...behavior comes about not as a result of the nature of his sexual preferences, but because of his choice to lie about his behavior. This claim is preposterous. To assert that the Sam Adams scandal exists independently of his homosexuality is either patently duplicitous or laughably na?...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Hypocrisy on Tap | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...segments of this footage are left, mostly, until the end, when Ibn’s experience is compared with that of modern pilgrims, to show the striking similarities. Neibaur seems to be telling us that Islam has aged considerably, but remains unchanged—an observation either criminally na??ve, irresponsibly casual, or both...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Journey To Mecca | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...rarely seen. “It is so easy to fall back on stereotypes. Images produced and reinforced through movies and other media offer tempting caricatures of the complex world we live in, not just of Muslims but of numerous others in our midst,” says Na??eel A. Cajee ’10, president of the Harvard Islamic Society. “The media we expose ourselves to powerfully impacts us, and it often makes it easy for us to think we know, but we have no idea.” Regrettably, Americans are seldom...

Author: By Olivia S. Pei, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Sufism' Focuses on Spirit, Rejects Stereotype | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

British singer-songwriter Lily Allen has a rather mellifluous name. She dresses in full skirts and dons a lot of bows. She wears her chocolate-brown hair in side bangs to accentuate her round face. Her melodies are simple and sweet. In short, she plays the part of a na??ve little girl particularly well. It’s an impressive façade, and in her new album “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” she uses it to her great advantage.A boldly irreverent lyricist, Allen seems...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lily Allen | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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