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Writer-producer Joss Whedon has played with the conventions of monster stories (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), space sagas (Firefly) and comic books (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog). Now, with Dollhouse (Fox, Fridays, 9 p.m. E.T.), he tries dystopian sci-fi. Echo is not a slave, technically; she goes to the Dollhouse after having run into unspecified trouble as an idealistic college grad named Caroline. The deal: if she becomes an active, the company makes her problem go away--along with all her memories. The threads running through this ambitious serial: Who was she? And what...
...seamless ocean of arpeggiated electronic sound, the album affects a reoccurring cycle of freak-pop whose contours range from low-end love songs to psychedelic-dance.The album’s ambitious opener sets the tone. “In The Flowers” seems to emerge from outer space, with Portner’s vocals fading in and out over various layers of keyboard sound, before blossoming all at once into a percussive, anthemic epiphany. Portner’s vocal harmonies with Lennox have never sounded better, while the former’s impressive range has always been the signature...
...studied the more inscrutable and elaborate non-Euclidean geometry or knot theory. And it would seem that if anyone is primed for success in this difficult endeavor, it’s Livio, who is both an astrophysicist and the head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute. But while his approach is appealing to any curious reader, his inability to draw concrete conclusions is frustrating for even the most forgiving...
...statement. “But of equal importance, he has been an extraordinary mentor having fostered the careers of numerous future leaders in the field.” Scadden added that he was particularly saddened by Gilliland’s departure as the two had been planning adjacent laboratory space in Allston. “People are still dealing with the fact that he will not be there,” Zon said. “Finding someone of his prestige will be a long process.” —Staff writer Laura G. Mirviss can be reached...
...crate filled with decaying red apples punctured with nails. Xinran Yuan ’10, also a Crimson photo editor, calls her sculpture from her VES 30 class the more literal interpretation of peer pressure and self-realization. “I was dealing with evoking awareness of the space within people, this idea of inner space and searching for the traces of oneself,” Yuan said. “Eventually the whole piece is meant to decay.”Kayla A. Escobedo ’12 continued the theme of personal development, using her oil painting...