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Sales of Pavement's fuzzed-out masterpiece don't stack up to the rounding errors on Nevermind, but its influence on Beck, Blur, Radiohead and countless other musicians of the '90s is incalculable. Lead singer and former Whitney Museum of Art security guard Stephen Malkmus expressed alienation with the same lo-fi guitar grit of Kurt Cobain, but his lyrics and vocals were models of cryptic passion. Somehow his word salads communicated both the ennui of a suburban smart-ass and an awareness that ennui isn't tragic...
...thanked the sergeant and moved on. He certainly meant well. But the truth is my new address is much more likely to be bombed. This morning as I woke up, the sound of an explosion reached my bedroom window, which is mostly covered by a stack of sandbags to guard against blasts. Then another. I'm told that's normal, just the sound of morning rush hour around here...
...affordable convertible. Its standout feature is a retractable hard-top, which doubles as a sun-roof. Flip a switch and in 25 seconds, it automatically stows in the rear. Watching this shape-changing act is worth the price of admission; the rear deck opens, the roof panels split apart, stack atop each other and neatly fold away. If you engage this feature in a parking lot, be prepared to discuss it with the gawking onlookers...
...traditionally focuses its efforts on the championship four and championship eight events, with the four usually occupied by seniors or the members with the most varsity experience. Other collegiate programs—notably Cal, last year’s national champion, and Princeton, the IRA silver medalist—stack the championship eight event with their varsity eights.The University of Washington was the first collegiate boat to finish in the championship eight event, coming in with a time of 14:21.917—just 11 seconds off the pace of the winning US national team entry. Harvard?...
...sound booth for “Bette and Boo,” surrounded by rolls of electrical tape and a stack of sound-effect tapes that reaches to the ceiling, Ur is taking Shearer’s words literally...