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...season of its release could not be more appropriate for a group whose lifeblood is sand and salty sea. Though scores of blogs—and now magazines—like to point toward the band’s influences, which include the likes of Animal Collective and spin-off Panda Bear, Wyss and Chettri have most certainly forged a new path, incorporating elements of electronic, noise rock, experimental, and, at times, even hip-hop beats—all the while paying the utmost respect to the vibe of the Gulf Coast shoreline they grew up on. They are destined...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blind Man's Colour | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

Where Rushdie, by now a friend, used baroque language to spin fantastical tales spanning continents and centuries, Kureishi stayed street. His father figures were faded and refined - dusty relics from a more gracious time who looked to literature or socialism to block out the cold realities of being foreign-born in 1970s Britain. Their sons weren't Pakistanis but "Pakis," who snorted coke, fornicated and embraced the Thatcherite dream of making money fast. "When I was in school, the long-standing stereotype of the South Asian male was of the studious nerd, who was going straight to an enviable university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hanif Kureishi: Rebel With a Medal | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...JPMorgan Chase and attributes that success to their being better at what they do than their rivals are [Aug. 3]. Yet nowhere does Fox explain what they do or how they contribute to the economic well-being of this nation. Is that because the constant cycle of consolidations and spin-offs does nothing but assuage the egos of CEOs and enrich the executives and employees of those two firms? Christopher Kane, GRASS VALLEY, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...Rhode Island family that invented the game--and that plans spin-offs in the shape of pears and apples--has kept control of the company. Granddad's new title: top banana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Out, Scrabble | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...Skateboarders, BMX bikers and aggressive inline skaters zip down the quarter-pipe in their baggy street wear, pumping their arms whenever they land a tricky move. Small groups of teens from relatively well-off families, some still in middle school, stand on the sidelines staring in awe while beats spin over the booming speakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Graffiti, Hip-Hop, Sk8s: Tehran's Young Rebels Battle the Crackdown | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

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