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...favorite song on there is "Good Intentions Paving Co." but it feels a little bit poppier than your other work. Actually, a lot of the album does. I think part of it was a reaction to the previous record, Ys. The experience of making Ys was quite intense and formal for me. I paid such close attention to every tiny little detail - the syntax, the lyrics, the distribution of syllabic entropies, the interior and exterior rhyme patterns - there was a lot of activity and it felt a little frenetic. When I was done with it all, I was pretty tired...
...very poor composer. I really am. That may change over the years, but right now I have such a huge gap between what's in my mind and what I'm able to notate. I think it would be disingenuous for me to claim to be part of the classical world...
...part, is sticking with its present standards. But discussions are in progress to determine whether thresholds can be established for each allergen, as the E.U. is doing, says Luccioli. "The [current policy] is that there is no such thing as a minimum threshold. If you can detect [allergens], then it's not a safe level," he says...
...mood is festive. And for the most part, law and order is being maintained. In Whistler, police have said arrests are lower than what they would typically be during New Year's Eve or, for that matter, your average rambunctious summer weekend. Still, while walking through downtown Vancouver after a long day's work, you can't help but think, These must be the drunkest Olympics ever. (Watch a video of Olympic athletes training...
...than in wealthier areas. And the difference was not lost on the residents. Outside one apartment block, a group of residents gathered for a meeting. The ceiling of their building had crumpled in the quake, and the apartment dwellers were sure it was due to shoddy workmanship on the part of the constructor; they were furious with the government for granting the building a permit. Violence, one felt here, was not far away...