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...none of that song’s charm. “Radio Cure” is another example of a song better left in the studio. Its dissonant chordal structure and hushed vocals are buried in the bustle of live performance, making its inclusion here incongruous. An energetic closing salvo of “Oh distance has a way/of making love understandable” partially redeems the cut, but can’t save it from redundancy. Tweedy himself is captivatingly mysterious, alternately capable of whispering fragments of poetry and screaming vocal hooks, the consummate enigmatic band leader...
Before he arrived in China, the President took some swipes at Beijing. Giving a speech in Japan on what aides call his "freedom agenda" for Asia, he lauded Taiwan for democratic advances and urged mainland China to yield to citizens who want to "worship without state control." The salvo might have been less brazen than when Bill Clinton in 1998 reprimanded then President Jiang Zemin on live TV in Beijing for "the use of force" at Tiananmen Square. But Bush's gesture no doubt delighted his conservative base. After the service, he stood outside the church with his arm around...
While all of Harvard’s attention was focused on the football game in New Haven, the Crimson men’s basketball team opened the season with a resounding salvo of its own on Saturday, knocking off three-time defending America East champion Vermont 65-57 at Lavietes Pavilion...
While all of Harvard’s attention was focused on the football game in New Haven, the Crimson men’s basketball team opened its season with a resounding salvo of its own on Saturday, knocking off three-time defending America East champion Vermont 65-57 at Lavietes Pavilion. Harvard (1-0) handed Vermont a loss in the Catamounts’ first action since last year’s NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a stunning overtime defeat of No. 4 seed Syracuse in the first round. The win was the first season-opening victory...
...strengths only brought the Super Furry Animals’ weaknesses into sharper contrast. The group sounded flat and uninterested, a problem exacerbated by the choice of material, with several tracks from their recent sub-par LP “Love Kraft.” The opening salvo of songs all blended together into a morass of undistinguished low-key Beach Boys homage. The Furries’ trademark has always been their eccentricities, but here the music seemed positively average, and the quirky presentation came across as more silly than innovative. While their previously preferred mode of entrance was an honest...