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...trippy narrative side streets, with names even fruitier than the characters in “Inherent Vice” (“Pierce Inverarity,” “Randy Driblette,” “Genghis Cohen”). It’s also half the number of pages.In ways both formal and thematic, “Inherent Vice” is a Pynchon nostalgia trip, one more journey to the author’s literary roots. It’s interesting to watch a man of such genius walk back over familiar ground, this time with...
...with the rest of the album, everything is fuzzed and echoed out, from the drums to the voices. “The Strums” is the most representative of the album’s weaknesses: pleasant to listen to but sonically overcrowded. The sheer number of guitar layers overwhelms the listener and makes a mess of the song; without any tangible forward direction, the song flags easily. The extra noise feels baroque for its own sake and contributes nothing, making “The Strums” forgettable. However, “Time to Die” improves with...
...could receive “a lot” of the H1N1 vaccine ordered by the end of October, Rosenthal said. Since the end of August, 120 people have gone to UHS with influenza-like illnesses, about 80 to 85 percent of whom are undergraduates, according to Rosenthal. This number is much higher than the usual number of sick students in September. “What we’re seeing in a day, we might be seeing in a week last year,” Rosenthal said. Of the 120 cases since August, about 50 are currently active. These...
Hipp, Paul • great song by - "We're Number 37" - makes fun of anti-health-care-reform protesters...
...Cavanagh's office untangles April's events, one thing is certain: The number of asylum seekers seeking to enter Australia by boat is on the rise. Nine months into 2009, there have already been 1239 recorded "irregular maritime arrivals" in Australia; in 2008, there were only 161 during the whole year. On September 11 and September 12, two boats carrying 148 asylum-seekers were discovered off the northwest coast of Australia. On September 16, another boat carrying 58 people was intercepted 265 miles (420 km) north of Broome in Western Australia. Just the day before, the Australian government announced that...