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...uncomfortable track chronicling an empty relationship in typically adjective-laden fashion. It hints at the vivid humor that characterized earlier songs—“I think we need more post-coital and less post-rock / Feels like the build up takes forever, but you never get me off??—yet by the end Gareth still finds himself wallowing in a “sense of waste / The indignity, the embarrassment...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Los Campesinos! | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...Julliard Pre-College for two years, and I saw the kind of difficulty [my friends] had to go through psychologically. In a conservatory, there’s only one way in and one way out, and that crushes a lot of people. Some are able to pull it off??to go through that tunnel by sheer willpower and talent and emerge as a giant in the field. But for every one that succeeds, there are thousands that fail. My parents understood the kinds of doubts and anxiety of having only one focus. Having come here, I decided...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Ryu Goto '11 | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...scholarly article about Puritan funeral services, you used the phrase “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” The slogan took off??you can now see it on bumper stickers, T-shirts, mugs, posters aimed at the preteen set. Have you ever run into anyone sporting your logo...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Currently topping the list? An idea marked “Energy Savings by turning lights off?? clocks in at an average ranking of 4.91, boasting 115 votes, three comments, and a reminder that buildings like the Malkin Athletic Center are currently lit all night, and could benefit from the installation of a timer or motion sensor system...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: FAS To Use 'Idea Bank' Deposits | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...example, is supremely listenable, a song for driving down wooded roads at twilight, windows open, singing casually. The drums start off naked, soon clothed by the high, sweet vocals: “I’ve put on something you can’t switch off??—lyrics vague but cemented in prepositional wordplay. The synth-pop then vaporizes; it is replaced instead by forgettable, whiny lyrics and a typical chorus-verse structure; the uncomfortable dichotomy between past and present resurfaces. Islands once meshed diverse genres with ease, but here they seem unable to merge...

Author: By Hana Bajramovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islands | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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