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...free, or at least a little freer.” This is not enough for Russell, who laments, “But not as free as we’re bred to believe we are.” Science, while altering our contemporary conception of happiness, changes none of our feelings of not having it. In a moral environment split between the fast moving, forward-looking pharmaceutical industry and the ineffectually resistant humanities, Powers does not take sides, but considers the issue from both points of views, simultaneously. “Generosity” thereby succeeds in engaging its scientific...
...such a complexity to its composition, with the possibility of being interpreted on many different levels. The political and cultural inspiration for the work are helpful for deciphering the monumental exhibition, although it is not necessary to have this background in order to appreciate the art. Foreknowledge or none, Ortega’s pieces are deeply self-reflective and display a striking understanding of human nature. Amidst all the larger than life installations, it is this empathy that shines through most clearly...
...past, the ballads were let down by overbearing, even clumsy lyrics; now, the lyrics are simpler but also more poignant. “Oh, I’m a lucky man / To count on both hands / The ones I love / Some folks just have one / Yeah, others they got none,” Vedder sings on “Just Breathe.” The song has none of the wordplay or metaphor that filled earlier Pearl Jam love songs. But the wistful melody and the subtlest vocal performance of Vedder’s career turn the innocuous lyrics into...
Though recent indie rock groups have relied heavily on the choral sound of multi-track vocals—Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, and Sufjan Stevens to name a few—none of them have done it quite as impressively as Bon Iver in “For Emma, Forever Ago,” the 2007 debut album written, performed, and produced by Wisconsinite Justin Vernon. Part of the success of the album was the stark and at-times haunting instrumentation that supported his hymnal voicing. In Vernon’s newest project, an entirely new musical setting from...
Corzine, Governor Jon • obesity of opponent of is none-too-subtly pointed...