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...summers, I was a pawn in this self-perpetuating system. Like any shady organization, this syndicate of service-elevator operators and bellhops thrives on family connections, and mine ran straight through the heart of my alma mater, Regis High School...
...recorded [Pawn Shoppe Heart] was really different. Lack of Communication we recorded basically in two days. When we went to record a song, as long as no one screwed up royally, we just moved on to the next song because we didn’t have enough time, or money for that matter,” says Smith...
...have stayed popular in the U.K. because of one simple thing—they are exciting. Their debut album, 2001’s Lack of Communication, was a deliciously raucous melding of ’60s soul-channeling and furious garage punk. And the soon to be released Pawn Shoppe Heart, already available in the U.K. and on iTunes, offers more of the same addictive, bombastic energy, only cleaner and with slightly less of a blues slant. This second album marks their major label debut—they’ve switched from the indie Sympathy for the Record Industry...
...same can be said of the troops of all countries. Unfortunately, the revered image of American soldiers has become tarnished over the decades. Their deployment in Iraq has given them the character of the Roman legions sent forth by a decadent and malevolent Emperor. The U.S. soldier is a pawn in a war that is not only unpopular but also wrong. ALEX KETTLE Bundaberg, Australia...
...does in fact struggle in the civil war of the self. The ultimate goal, of course, is to win this war: to follow through on our ideals more often than we abandon them with our actions. Realistically, I’m not asking anyone to pawn their iPods tomorrow to help fund Head Start (which, alas, thanks to Dubya, is well on its way to extinction). Every leftist needs to find his own balance between self-gratification and altruism, but generally, the world needs more of the latter and less of the former...