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...unlike the Dead, or any other group of comparable longevity, the Flaming Lips have fashioned a legacy through constant rejuvenation. Their greatest albums—1993’s “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart,” 1999’s “The Soft Bulletin,” and now 2009’s “Embryonic”—have all been the culmination of a radical change in sound and direction...
This is what made the band’s 2004 release, “At War With The Mystics,” such a frustrating album. Anyone familiar with the band’s two previous albums—“The Soft Bulletin” and 2002’s “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”—will be able to point to the myriad recycle tropes that propped that record up. “Mystics” attempts to craft simpler, theoretically catchier—and typically somewhat monotonous?...
...lens through which comparisons to earlier material can be made. The sheer level of studio precision involved in crafting these songs—feedback and percussion loops, vocal layering, electronic flourishes—can’t escape a comparison to the techniques that brought “The Soft Bulletin” to life. But the relationship between the two records is almost totally inverted: while “The Soft Bulletin” brought a cinematic—at times even an operatic—sensibility to its structure, emphasizing the individual track as an autonomous episode within...
...With the militants answering the planned army offensive on their northwestern strongholds by sending suicide squads to target the government's soft underbelly in the cities, Pakistanis everywhere are grimly bracing for more violence - and pondering their country's prospects. "I have scrapped the lecture I was going to give tomorrow," says art professor Hashmi. "Instead, I am going to just present images to my students. One set will show the Pakistan that these terrorists want. The other will show the type of Pakistan that has been. I'll ask, 'What was Pakistan?' and 'What is Pakistan...
...270g Soft Butter 162g Light Brown Sugar 185g Sugar 2.5 Eggs 3g Vanilla Extract 500g Flour 1.3g Baking Soda 0.3g Salt 635g Chocolate Chips...