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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...such problem: residents in Japan became bothered by the mini-sonic booms created by the bullet train as it exited tunnels near residential areas. Benyus said that the solution was found by turning to a bird called the Kingfisher, which catches its prey by dive-bombing into bodies of water without creating a single ripple thanks to certain properties of its tapering beak. Design firm JR West solved the noise issue by adapting the nose of the train to mimic the Kingfisher’s beak, increasing the train’s speed by 10 percent and reducing energy consumption...

Author: By Jacob D. Roberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Speaks Of “Nature’s Blueprint” | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...know) who exactly Pance Party is, here's a brief, eloquent introduction from Pance Party’s website: “Pance Party is fun at all costs, hyper-absurd, preposterous dance music expressed through innovative sounds, delightfully catchy leads, and face-melting bass—enough raw sonic energy to turn even the most negative Nancy into a raving lunatic on the dance floor...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Bash with Pance Party! | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...translations, as strong as “how” and “Apollo” or as faint as “achieved” and “god.” Nevertheless, these pique our imaginations to the fact that these poems have a deep sonic lyrical quality embedded into them. Snow eschews rhyme, focusing on clarity and accuracy...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revisiting Rilke's Translations | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...translations, as strong as “how” and “Apollo” or as faint as “achieved” and “god.” Nevertheless, these pique our imaginations to the fact that these poems have a deep sonic lyrical quality embedded into them. Snow eschews rhyme, focusing on clarity and accuracy...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revisiting Rilke's Translations | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...very much to the Flaming Lips. The downright raucous “Aquarius Sabotage,” a sort of ecstatic surf-rock jam, equipped with glockenspiel and an orchestral coda, raises the paradox as its thesis: the Flaming Lips want their bull and their china shop too. The sonic center of the album, “Powerless,” is a sinister instrumental piece over which guitarist Steve Drozd erratically improvises, to an effect at turns intense and enervating. But the most thrilling moment of “Embryonic” is towards its end?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Flaming Lips | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

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