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...program, writing, “As the predominant connotation of the word shifted over time, [the playwrights] Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt adjusted the text to make it extra-clear that ‘rape’ in this context means ‘abduction…seizure??kidnapping.’” The directors were correct that the meaning of the word changed, but the change occurred in the 15th century at the latest. By 1960, “rape” meant what it means today; all that changed in the interim...
Released to little fanfare on a label previously known for experimental electronica, “Beautiful Seizure?? is a serendipitous indie debut, even if few songs lend themselves to OC soundtracks and sobby mixtapes...
...stop-start tribute to the various legacies of their Chicago post-rock predecessors (from mathy Shellac flourishes to Tortoise ambience), “Pulling My Face In And Out of Distortion, I Blink Too Much” lets the credits roll on “Beautiful Seizure?? in a fittingly demented sing-song fashion. Guitars roll downstream with a twang of finality, as trumpets sound the band’s exit with gusto...
...Bill of Rights, the bulwark of a society committed to ordered liberty, has emerged from the past year tattered. A host of freedoms—freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, due process, access to legal counsel and protection against unwarranted search and seizure??have been the victims of a national leadership that has unflatteringly sought to acquire power at every opportunity...
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