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...former deputy dean’s most concrete legacies are the Lamont Café and the forthcoming Queen??s Head Pub in Loker Commons. Within University Hall, O’Brien was known for keeping a keen eye on senior surveys and always cared about what the students thought. She was a key behind-the-scenes player who made things happen even if that meant challenging traditional power structures within the Faculty. From creating the College Events Board to improving the freshman experience, O’Brien’s fingerprints are everywhere...
Certain accents are widespread. Posh Queen??s English of the Eton or Cambridge variety is so familiar as to sound humdrum. Such accents, however, are all linked by a common denominator: a decidedly non-plebian heritage. By contrast, the Boston accent has a distinctly blue-collar identity...
...snubs, and a few Cinderella stories. Let the games begin.Best Picture: “Babel,” “The Departed,” “Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Queen??This year, the Academy has chosen to acknowledge films from all over the world. “Babel” has characters speaking four languages, and the Clint Eastwood-directed “Letters” is done entirely in Japanese. The selections for the year?...
...Good, The Bad & The Queen?? is an album about being tired of it all, the Gorillaz equivalent of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” The record is more than a side project but less than a new start for Gorillaz (and Blur) leadman Damon Albarn, who sounds unhappier than he did on Blur’s “13.” His guitarist, Simon Tong (formerly of the Verve), sounds almost exactly like Graham Coxon. But the strange synths and fuzz coloring the album, courtesy of producer Danger Mouse...
...short, the album can be heard, but it can’t really be enjoyed—eventually, one realizes that “The Good, the Bad, & The Queen?? is little more than a bad Massive Attack song. There’s some magic here, but only the most patient listeners might unlock...