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...volume for about 4½ hours a day.) The risk of permanent hearing loss, Portnuff says, can increase with just five minutes of exposure a day to music at full volume. Over time, the noise can damage the delicate hair cells in the inner ear that transform sound waves to the electrical signals that the brain understands as sound...
...hinting at the punk-ish attitude and raucous live shows they’ve been known for. Unfortunately, only two other songs on the album convey the same appeal; “Sing Tommorow’s Praise” showcases their shoegaze influences, creating a dense wall of sound rather than an delicate melody, while the volume fluctuations of “Sunshower” allow it to be pretty without being irritating. The band’s disinterest with variety on the rest of the album is nothing short of frustrating. Someone felt the need to include...
...vivid portrait of an artist of the political bent and the ways he brought his movement to fruition, his practical leadership qualities render much of his correspondence patently dull. Many of the letters are laundry lists of tasks that must be tackled by the addressed; at times they can sound like office work rather than the start of an artistic revolution. Nonetheless, “Correspondence” presents a friendly introduction to Situationist International, by virtue of the fact that these letters constitute a portrait of the original Situationist. Through his correspondences, Guy Debord delegates and manipulates those closest...
...second track, “Never Had Nobody Like You.” While she provides a dainty counterpoint to M. Ward’s forceful vocal performance, what really stands out is the songwriting. At first listen, “Never Had Nobody Like You” sounds like a simple upbeat pop ditty. With closer attention, however, the incorporation of disparate musical styles emerges. The instances are subtle: the bluesy snare drum break that gives momentum to the transition from chorus to verse, the folksy vocal melismas that make the chorus downright infectious, and the blissful, gospel-esque...
...movie. These show Miley doing normal teenage things like riding a horse, driving in a car, glaring lustfully at an attractive guy in a cowboy hat and getting very wet jumping into a rock pool. Keep in mind that Miley is 17, so if those last two sound a little creepy, that’s because they are. I would say the video fortunately consists of more than this, but it really isn’t that fortunate. We get Miley walking down a Roman-straight road, getting rained on—ending up wet once again?...