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...decent-sized audience began clapping and snapping their fingers to the ambling, sometimes random beat, getting picked up by a bigger label seemed more than plausible for Grizzly Bear. Still, Droste says Grizzly Bear prefers to do things their own way. He’s hoping to secure a better deal for the band’s next project—right now, he explains, “We don’t really have distribution”—and he wants to get Grizzly Bear more listeners, but Droste isn’t expecting an instant crossover...
...degrees and deliver an arrow to his own face. It’s time to revolutionize the holiday and reclaim it for the masses. Valentine’s Day shouldn’t just be about reinforcing preexisting love affairs; it should be about hooking up with random people and somehow ending up with an unfathomable supply of “Sweethearts” candy. In the end, it is a pagan holiday, so let’s act like pagans, not self-satisfied assholes...
...ballot paper that would be confusing to even the most practiced of electorates. For one thing, the vast majority of the candidates won't be mentioned anywhere on it. Each voter has one vote, which must be given to one of the 111 political parties and coalitions, listed in random order decided by lottery, on a ballot the size of a broad-sheet newspaper. Each party or coalition is identified by name, a graphic symbol, a number, and the name of the candidate at the top of its list. Most of these groupings are recent creations, largely unknown among Iraqis...
...view the song currently playing, and it holds only 126 tracks. (A $150 model doubles that capacity.) It's called the Shuffle because that's the best thing you can do with it: stick it into the USB port of your computer, and it will quickly download a new random selection (or a particular playlist) from the iTunes jukebox. This is great if you're a passive music listener but infuriating if you like to find particular songs...
Researchers have devised other tools to look at more transient moods. Csikszentmihalyi pioneered a method of using beepers and, later, handheld computers to contact subjects at random intervals. A pop-up screen presents an array of questions: What are you doing? How much are you enjoying it? Are you alone or interacting with someone else? The method, called experience sampling, is costly, intrusive and time consuming, but it provides an excellent picture of satisfaction and engagement at a specific time during a specific activity...