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...Mount Vernon Statement isn't the only manifesto making the rounds on Capitol Hill - a preliminary version of the Tea Party Patriots' Contract from America, a riff on Newt Gingrich's Contract with America, will be unveiled as the CPAC convention gets under way. But if these competing visions indicate a coming struggle for the soul of the party, they also indicate optimism, as groups vie to put their imprimatur on the movement at a time when Congress is paralyzed by gridlock, the Obama Administration's agenda is sputtering, and the midterm elections are shaping up as a favorable cycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a New Manifesto Woo the Tea Party? | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...standing here / Oh I’m not standing here,” he yells on “Written in Reverse,” the album’s bluntest approach to its running themes of heartbreak and self-doubt. As its initially clunky piano riff gives way to harsh outbursts of bass and guitar, “Written in Reverse” emerges as a pummeling, persistent beast, closing out the otherwise tightly-wound A-side with well-earned fury...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...sixth feature such a warm surprise. It could also be that “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is a light, lovely, and clever comedy that finds the director’s vision coinciding with pure entertainment for the first time in years. A stop-motion animated riff on Roald Dahl’s classic book, the film reunites Anderson with frequent screenwriting collaborator Noah Baumbach (director of “The Squid and the Whale”), casting George Clooney as the title character in a war for land and life against a trio of demonic factory-farmers...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...most faithful of renditions: the Muppets do gloss over some of the song's racier lyrics. "Mama, just killed a man/ Put a gun against his head/ Pulled my trigger/ Now he's dead" becomes a monosyllabic riff ("Mama! ... Mama?") by the drummer Animal. But these are kids' show characters, after all, and by the time Miss Piggy finishes the song with an epic solo delivered atop a piano, the few omissions seem like a trifling complaint. (See pictures of Sesame Street's 40-year cavalcade of stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Muppet-Style | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...Fang,” tells a typical rock story of youthful indulgence and masculine indiscretions—“Sometimes you break a finger on the other hand / Think you got me confused for a better man.” Set to a relatively jaunty riff, the song shows the album is willing to compromise a little in the way of accessibility while still retaining its hard rock edge...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Them Crooked Vultures | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

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