Word: nostalgia
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Perhaps it’s nostalgia or, more likely, the product of obliviousness in my younger days, but Red Sox fans weren’t always this way. Sure, they were never cute or cuddly, and their collective accent has always registered as foreign and plebeian to the New York ear, but those differences never seemed to constitute an unbridgeable...
BOSTON, Tuesday, July 27—Democrats are fond of talking about the future these days, but walking on the floor of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week, there were times when it resembled nothing so much as a big nostalgia show...
...Drawing in smooth, almost aerodynamic lines, Seth evokes the style of the 1930's "New Yorker" cartoonists. Combined with its palette of black, gray and pale blue, the very look of "Clyde Fans" exudes a melancholy nostalgia. A major part of Seth's attempt at moving away from traditional comicbook storytelling includes, as he says, "giving a story as much length and breathing space as it needs to be told, which usually means slowing down the narrative, [including] a lot of silent space - panels that aren't necessary to move the story along but are necessary just to create...
...Drawn with a palette of black, gray and pale blue, Clyde Fans exudes a melancholy nostalgia. The first half of the book follows older brother Abraham, long retired, as he passes a lonely day. We see him take a bath, fix himself tea and move some boxes around, all while delivering a monologue about his days as a salesman. The second half follows brother Simon, 40 years earlier, on an unsuccessful attempt at opening new sales territory. Using nearly as many silent, atmospheric panels as there are panels of people talking, Seth creates a quiet, elegiac atmosphere. Deliberately pitching itself...
...unusual for older bands to come out of hiding to play the occasional summer concert, but this year the nostalgia fest is aimed at a younger and hipper crowd. Reunited veterans of alternative-rock groups are touring and headlining music festivals like the recently reinvigorated Lollapalooza. Among the alt-rock retreads back this summer: Morrissey, whose first album in seven years, You Are the Quarry, came out in May, along with the Cure (the ever evolving rock band, above) and more...