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...insanity.The undeniable power of the first song would have been enough to justify the Seeds’ dramatic shift in sound, but the album brandishes ten more tracks burning on the same brand of fuel. “Today’s Lesson,” a road-trip rocker, surges along on a foreboding bass riff while Cave croons about lust and violence jumping from dreams to the waking world. “Night of the Lotus Eaters” perverts the myth of a Mediterranean cult of hallucinogen-gorging island dwellers, casting them as post-apocalyptic street hunters...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

When I was thirteen, my dad and my brother Jay went on a road-trip with Jay’s all-star little-league baseball team. My mom doesn’t know how to cook (there was the particularly memorable night when she tried to make “three-cheese” pasta, which ended up congealed at the bottom of the pot and licked by our cat who had a penchant for cheddar), so instead she ordered a large pizza with artichoke hearts from Pizza-A-Go-Go. I hadn’t seen Shakespeare in Love...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot for Cold Pizza | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...innocuous phrase may appeal to many customers, it can also be intended as code for "not owned by immigrants," an attempt to divert business from upstanding first- or second-generation citizens whose ethnicity distinguishes them from most of their small-town neighbors. To those in the know, like veteran road-trip author Michael Wallis, AMERICAN OWNED is a subtle reminder of the days when customers, too, suffered from prejudice--back when African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and, at least on Route 66, poor Oklahomans fleeing to California were all denied lodging. "[Innkeepers] are trying to prey on people's prejudice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No-Tell Motels | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...amped for Yardfest. You can’t wait to relive your days of Stephan Jenkins admiration and rocking out in your rooms to “Semi-Charmed Life.” But for the rest of you, maybe it’s time for a road-trip: If you’re pissed because your inner- indie snob is offended, head over to Brown. Performers there include The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Mission of Burma and Yo La Tengo. “A band that less people have heard, but that the people who do know are really...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Want Something Else | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...skipper Noah Welch ’05. Both blueliners presented a dual threat to opponents, blending a knack for scoring with a willingness to go nose-to-nose with top-line forwards.But most importantly, like Welch, Reese skated with poise and self-assurance, something not lost on his former road-trip roommate.“Dylan’s got a lot of confidence,” noted Welch at the end of Reese’s sophomore season. “He’s not a cocky kid, but he’s a pretty confident...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2006-07: The Man With a Plan | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

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