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...fairy tale, allowing Newsom to experiment with words in a way her debut album did not. Proving herself a master storyteller, Newsom’s fantastical, erudite vocabulary and haunting imagery are given context in these larger narratives. In what amounts to an experiment with the boundaries of pop music, Newsom’s unparalleled complexity and imagination serve to weed out the casual or unadventurous while rewarding the faithful; a close parallel would be Captain Beefheart. Indeed, her virtuosic musical composition and her way with words echo that prog-rock godfather, whose songs were similarly otherworldly. Newsom, whose similarity...
...painstaking counterpoint of Yo La Tengo’s score for recent indie showpiece “Old Joy.”Video games are much the same, and what many are ignoring is that they have been for years.In contrast to the blaring heavy-metal, pop punk, and rap lineups of such popular series as “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,” “Grand Theft Auto,” and “NBA Jam,” more sophisticated games have long relied on soundtrack music for subtle mood manipulations...
...tune. The second act puts “My Favorite Things” to shame with a noticeably radiant bedtime Gwen instructing eager, Aryanized Asian kids on the finer points of getting wound up. And the performance finishes with a troupe of raucous, Austrian incarnations of the Harajuku girls popping and locking. After having “awesome visuals” forced down my throat by the last pop princess’ over-the-top-extravaganza (Fergie’s “Fergalicious”), Stefani’s comparatively minimalist approach is like a breath of fresh, Alpine...
...Before You Pop That Pill Are you freaked out by the insert that comes with your medication? Here's what you really need to know about those warnings, as well as other pill-related issues
...wealth of nations, Adam Smith wrote that the U.K. was "a nation of shopkeepers." Today, that comment aptly describes a former British colony: India. It's home to about 12 million mom-and-pop retailers. But India's shopkeepers, or at least those in New Delhi, are under siege. In a series of rulings this year, the Supreme Court has ordered some 44,000 stores, restaurants and small hotels around the capital to be shuttered or demolished because they break zoning regulations...