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...result can fall on a spectrum somewhere between two extremes. It can result in, at one end, an album that lacks any semblance of cohesion, where the styles fight furiously against each other to dominate. At the other end, the collaboration can result in an album greater than the sum of its two parts, where the combined styles complement each other so that an entirely novel sound emerges, one that neither musician could have produced alone. It is towards the latter end of this spectrum that we find Broken Bells, the new collaboration between James Mercer, lead singer...
...clones of the quote-unquote original to press. (Note to self: Clone With the Wind? A Room of One's Clone? A-clone-ment?) As for Grahame-Smith, he turned around and sold a novel called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to a large New York City publisher for a sum rumored to be in the mid - six figures. Bennett Cerf, founder of Random House, once remarked that the most surefire best seller imaginable would be a book called Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. He was close. (See TIME's photo-essay "The Rise of Zombies...
Finally, no one disagrees that we must address the root causes of terrorism. However, American counterterrorism policy must not be a zero-sum game. We must pursue both objectives—addressing terrorism’s causes and protecting ourselves from threats already in motion—with utmost vigor. Obama’s decision to reauthorize the Patriot Act validates its crucial role as an integral element of this effort...
Though administrators say they are pleased with the results of last year’s budget-cutting measures—including a wave of layoffs and an early retirement package for staff—Smith described the remaining sum as “huge,” earlier this year...
...Side A its catchy and occasionally danceable sound. On “Good Morning (The Future),” Rogue states, “The future / isn’t what it used to be / I’m not surprised.” With this, he seems to sum up the band’s current direction: a perhaps-not-unexpected move from an intimate sound into more electronic...