Word: nostalgia
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Signs of Piaf nostalgia abound. On Feb. 28, La Môme's soundtrack ranked No. 4 on France's album charts and was among the Top 10 album downloads on iTunes' French site. Six best-selling music books on the French version of Amazon are Piaf titles. At least five books on or by Piaf were published last month, and more are on the way. Paris' prestigious Marigny Theater is reprising the hit play Piaf, une Vie en Rose et Noir to near-capacity crowds. Considering Piaf's popularity abroad - which other French singer can shift 75,000 copies...
...this single’s constituent parts, it lacks the breadth and coherence that longer works allow. It’s fun to listen to, but one can’t help casting a longing glance back to a time before (or even during) the war. Still, memory and nostalgia are two of Ward’s signature tropes, and, if the longer “Post-War” is any proof, he has no intention of forgetting the sepia-tinged daguerreotypes he now stashes somewhere deep in his closet. Beneath the drums and the yelps, Ward is still...
Since it’s far too early in the semester to actually work, set aside your books and modern procrastination techniques (read: facebook.com) and return to our generation’s classic pastime: cartoons. Bask in nostalgia for Saturday mornings past by checking out the Brattle Theater’s Twelfth Annual Bugs Bunny Film Festival. It’s all there: carrots, Elmer Fudd, and one unbeatable bunny...
...into a microphone. As for listeners, if you can get your jollies from three minutes of nostalgic whining even after exiting your teen years, embrace it. But if “Infinity” is any indication, Fall Out Boy couldn’t care less about either the nostalgia or their listeners. I’ve never had a crush treat me so poorly. —Reviewer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu...
...walls of the gallery kindle nostalgia for the condiment stand at a baseball stadium: ketchup red, mustard yellow, and pickle green...