Word: particularity
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...multi-instrumentalist (Rob Barber) and a singer (Mary Pearson). From the very first song, “The Storm,” the band delves into its diverse musical lexicon with a melody reminiscent of traditional Indian folk music. Unfortunately, in the case of this particular track, Pearson’s nursery-rhyme lyrics and vocals don’t quite match the intricacies of the rhythms and instrumentation created by Barber. Despite the juvenile writing, the song is still infectious due to its primitive and up-tempo drumming, and it’s a suitable welcome to the journey...
...asked that he recall people and places and events with the omniscience of Roth himself, and Roth has effectively illustrated the consciousness interrupted. But the recounting of Marcus’s life and his state during the telling of the novel seem almost vestigial to one another; his particular rumination does not seem to lend itself totally to the frame that Roth gives him.Roth is one of America’s most beloved writers, and his reputation precedes him as “Indignation” opens, but the novel itself never so much as glimpses the heights to which...
...Songs of the Moon (traditional Swahili music from Zanzibar), bark cloth making in Uganda, the traditional medicine of the Kallawaya in Boliva—a striking difference between France’s proposal and the approved ICHs becomes evident: The approved ICHs are extremely specific, confined to a very particular region, and are easily defined. What constitutes Kallawaya traditional medicine is more evident and much less controversial than the boundaries of French cuisine...
...Particular landscapes can have a strong emotional impact on artists, and for first-time writer and director Lance Hammer, who screened his debut feature “Ballast” at the Harvard Film Archive on Monday, that locale proved to be the Mississippi Delta. The film, which has won numerous accolades, reflects not only Hammer’s sensitivity to place, but also the authenticity of the characters who inhabit that place. “I was unprepared for the experience, a deep connection to something I cannot articulate,” Hammer said, describing his experience living...
...High Fidelity.” This advice could be the mantra of the new movie “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” in which the two eponymous star-crossed lovers are united by their worship of indie music—in particular the fictional group Where’s Fluffy. But for all its pretensions to understanding indie music fans, the movie comes across as contrived and unemotional. Nick, played by Michael Cera of “Juno” and “Superbad” fame, is devastated after his girlfriend...