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There are limits, of course, to how many lives you can give a pile of debris. In the long run, we have to reduce the amount of material we use in the first place. Some progress is being made--aluminum cans and plastic soda bottles have become thinner over the years, for example--but more sweeping reductions will require a whole new kind of manufacturing process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can We Make Garbage Disappear? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...band reeling back to strike. The surprise comes at the moment of explosion when the song suddenly drops into a swishy jazz hum while Grohl croons what sound like sweet nothings--but filled with spite and malice. The chorus smashes back in with reckless abandon and closes in a pile up of distortion and sludge but under it all there are new subtle touches. In "Aurora," what could have degenerated into forgettable mid-tempo filler is saved by spirals of guitar work that slip away as a single chiming guitar builds to a lush conclusion. While it doesn't rock...

Author: By R. ADAM Lauridsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Album Review: Everybody Was Foo Fighting : Nothing Matters | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...Seth: "Factor in a pile of cameramen shooting footage of most of the concert in hopes of filming a new video for Barrel of a Gun, a few instances of ear-splitting feedback, problems with the mixing, and a restless crowd that punctuated the acoustic (read: no amplification) encore version of "Mona Lisa" with irreverent shouts, and you have a generally disappointing Guster show. This was my fifth live Guster concert, and I can easily say that it was the least enjoyable. The performance itself had its highs and lows. The setlist consisted of a solid...

Author: By Seth H. Perlman and Jimmy Zha, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Don't Fear the Future: Guster in Concert | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...After sitting at a desk all year, it's great to go back home and have someone tell you to shovel this pile here or that pile there," Springer said. "It's nice just not to have to think...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Springer Back Between the Pipes | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

Senior quarterback Brad Wilford ran a quarterback sneak and the offensive line moved the pile just enough for Wilford to slip into the end zone...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gambles, Hits Jackpot at Goal-line | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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