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...while, the fidel-capped bloggers weren’t sure about The Killers. But then Brandon Flowers, the band’s lead singer, announced that their 2006 LP would be among the best albums of the past twenty years. And then “Sam??s Town” finally dropped, and it turned out that by “best” Flowers meant “derivative” and “pompous.” Cue the indie backlash...
What makes Flowers’ grandiose statements particularly unpalatable is the band’s unwavering mediocrity. They quote their influences—80s commercial New Wave on their debut “Hot Fuss,” and now, on “Sam??s Town,” Bruce Springsteen—verbatim, adding nothing new. They steal without contrition, and, what’s worse, without irony...
...their latest album, “Sam??s Town,” lead singer Brandon Flowers and his Merry Bunch of Killers have turned musically and thematically towards New Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen, using his brand of proletarian songwriting to illuminate the plight of their blue-collar peers on the mean streets of Vegas...
...warm OJ. “It tastes grosser than my water at home,” says Colleen L. Lenahan ’10 of the Yard’s H2O. “I drink bottled water for sure.” But Stephen S. “Sam?? Corda, the managing director of the Cambridge Water Department, begs to differ. “I think it’s very good,” says Corda of that not-so-dirty water. “I drink it every day.” While Corda...
...Southeast Asian cultures. Dog is considered a delicacy in many Asian countries; unfortunately for new immigrants to the Land of the Free, here any savage who disrespects a dog enough to eat one is not wanted. The message is clear: Your tastes aren’t to Uncle Sam??s liking—assimilate...