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...That is, to put it bluntly, no direction at all.Since forming in 2002, the Thermals have enjoyed a relatively comfortable living on a fan base fattened in no small part by the Pitchfork phenomenon. Unique among the bands in that tent, however, the Thermals cultivated a certain sound of fetishized outrage that looked faithfully back at the examples set by the impassioned lyrics of Joe Strummer and the infectious hooks of Buzzcocks singles. Their first album, “More Parts Per Million,” anticipated the more recent insurgence of lo-fi punk (No Age, Times New Viking...
...devastating earthquake rocked the city of L'Aquila, about 60 miles (95 km) east of Rome, killing at least 260 people. With more than 10,000 buildings damaged or destroyed, some 28,000 people were left homeless--many of them forced to brave frigid temperatures in makeshift tent camps. As rescue workers scrambled to pull survivors from the wreckage, authorities called the 6.3-magnitude quake the nation's worst in 30 years...
...hauls him in after midnight, as she often does, the Irish golfer retires to a specially designed indoor range in his basement. At most tournaments, Harrington is the last golfer to leave the practice ground; at one event this year he hid a stash of balls behind a hospitality tent so he could sneak back out to practice after the staff went home. As is common to addicts, those close to Harrington try to wean him off his habit. His caddy, Ronan Flood, will often urge him to resist hitting one last bucket of balls. "I'm like a scolded...
...bizarre, narrated through an unusual set of eyes—those of a teenage boy. Rodoreda’s narrator is a remarkably dispassionate protagonist, remarking in turns on the macabre and the surreal with unflinching ambivalence.Comparison is impossible to resist, as Rodoreda chooses to pitch her tent so deliberately close to that of other writers. The allegory of Rodoreda’s novel is glaringly reminiscent of its more renowned contemporary, J.M. Coetzee’s “Waiting for the Barbarians.” Whereas Coetzee uses myth to provide an account of nobility in the midst...
...Bishopsgate, one of the financial quarter's busiest streets, a separate climate-change protest opted for fun over fracas. Campaigners set up tents, strung bunting and danced to salsa music. Emerging from his purple and green domed tent, 19-year-old student Charlie Game said "something big, visual and positive" was the best way to get politicians to face up to the issue. But while he hoped that he and his friends would be allowed to camp out for a while, he "didn't want to cause much trouble." But trouble is what protesting is often about in London...