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With all these challenges, it’s no surprise that Mogwai’s work over the past ten years has been somewhat uneven. When they’re weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...going on,” Thomas said. “And he’s already resigned.” TRYING TIMES Underlying many opinion pieces nationwide is a perception that Summers cared more about students than professors did. “Senior professors can shunt off the more tedious jobs, like teaching freshmen or grading papers, to low-caste graduate students or visiting lecturers,” Tierney wrote. “That’s why Summers had to push them to teach survey courses and other basics.” Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the 300th Anniversary...
...think I listened to this song 300 times in the span of a week while making a small format music video for it. While most people might get sick after such seemingly tedious listening, the more time I spent with it, the more I’ve come to identify with the song...
Achor adds that learning practical things always comes easier than learning “tedious and pointless ones that are disconnected from the rest of their lives...
...basic idea for the film sounds rather appealing—aging seductress Lady Erlynne (Helen Hunt, “As Good As It Gets”) makes her way down to the Italian Riviera and disrupts the marital bliss of the genteelly tedious Windemeres. Gossip, spying through binoculars, and mistaken identities ensue. It’s a big zany ride through 1930s British society, complete with doddering alcoholic Brits for comic relief. Unfortunately, it all ends up being rather ungainly. This harmless movie won’t provoke any violent reactions, but it is a pitiful tribute to Wilde?...