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Mike Brenner’s spiraling, squealing lap steel lines are entrancing; the sheer volume of emotion that he can coax from a simple wooden plank with six strings, a raised bridge, and a steel tone bar is amazing. Most importantly, he also found the perfect timbres to complement Molina’s voice...

Author: By Nathaniel Naddaff-hafrey and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Indie Explosion Lights Up MFA | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...perfect example is in the song “The Farewell Transmission,” when Molina closes with the lyrics, “Through the static and distance, a farewell transmission: listen.” In this passage, you can hear his voice nearly break with seemingly genuine exhaustion and desperation. It’s this sheer channeling of raw emotion that makes singers great: Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jeff Tweedy...

Author: By Nathaniel Naddaff-hafrey and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Indie Explosion Lights Up MFA | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...guess government, like the natural sciences, is a cutthroat field where the rigors of collaboration and difficult problem sets are just too much for the feeble female mind to handle. And it makes perfect sense to me that the large introductory classes in the natural sciences are too impersonal for the weaker sex while the large introductory classes in psychology are just right...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, | Title: Unfair to the Fairer Sex | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...field was split into two divisions, and the Crimson flexed its collective muscle on Saturday, as it and Yale opened sailing with a perfect 5-0 records. Harvard moved to the second tournament with BC, Brown, Tufts, Connecticut College, Yale, Dartmouth and MIT, as those who failed to qualify headed to the Coast Guard Academy for the Staake Trophy...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Charts Course to Team Racing Championships | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

While producers must sometimes sacrifice perfect mathematics in the name of entertainment, Farley noted that another important aspect of his job is to make sure mathematicians themselves are portrayed accurately...

Author: By Samantha A. Papadakis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Math Professor Goes Hollywood | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

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