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...artists such as Cassandra Wilson, Cat Power, and Otis Redding, who dominate the soundtrack. Wong uses music as a focus, rather than an accessory, adding to the effect of sensory satisfaction that he already creates in his images. The success of “My Blueberry Nights?? is, in the end, due to Wong’s embrace of the idea that it’s not the story that’s important, but the manner in which it’s told. The interspersed close-ups, the unusual use of motion, and the well-chosen soundtrack...
...Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings” is a return to form for the band and features songs that are alternately loud and soft but always introspective and bittersweet. The album is divided into two halves. The first six songs fall under the category of “Saturday Nights?? and contain up-tempo beats and driving guitar riffs. The last eight songs, belonging to “Sunday Mornings,” have an acoustic, folk-inspired sound. When considered as a whole, the two halves form a distinctive album that is about partying with abandon...
...lies in the lyrics. Cadence Weapon is atonce eloquent, sarcastic, witty, and exceptionallyobservant. Over the courseof the album, he alternates between hissteady flow and a slower, less regular styleof speaking. The fusion of a nonstop upbeattempo and perfectly timed vocals onsuch tracks as “Unsuccessful Club Nights??and “House Music” is irresistible.Unlike many mainstream rap artists,Cadence Weapon’s music steers clear of aformulaic sound.The standard, commercially successfularrangement of verse-chorus alternationis noticeably absent from “AfterpartyBabies.” Cadence Weapon seems tobe more concerned with...
...those works. Directed by Karol W. Malik ’08 and produced by Estelle L. Eonnet ’07, the Loeb Ex’s production of Tawfiq al-Hakim’s existential meditation on the “Thousand and One Nights?? was a compelling, almost hypnotic piece of theatre. Al-Hakim’s “thousand and second night” is an ingenious commentary on its source material...
...audience won’t have chairs as seats, but floor cushions, and the cast includes aerial dancers and contortionists. Originally written by famed Arabian writer Twafiq al-Hakim, “Shahrazad” picks up right where the famous “One Thousand and One Nights?? leaves off, and attempts to uncover the obscurity behind Shahrazad, the mysterious woman, who captivates the king with her stories for over three years. “If we accept that Shahrazad had enough knowledge and enchantment in her to weave rapturous stories for three years non-stop...