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...work it out: Adams cruelly points out its flaws, viciously satirizing a ton of rock music.Just look at the track list. “This Is It,” “Wish You Were Here,” “She’s Lost Total Control”: if those song titles don’t sound strangely familiar, then you don’t listen to rock music. Parody’s the point.And Adams does it ridiculously well, getting nearly everyone right. There’s the Edge-like guitar...
...adjacent schools of thought, which changed shape and became different schools of thought, and which were never used again. Suddenly, sentences like, “[Alban Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra] are fully symphonic in conception, Schoenbergian in content but Mahlerian in form” make total sense, as Berg, Schoenberg, and Mahler are all three simply components of Ross’s master architectural scheme, to be manipulated at will.Not surprisingly, to the extent that there is a fundamental narrative, it is the story of high art, low art, and where they separated. The blessing...
...combined company reached a deal in late October with Gazprom, Russia's state-owned energy company, to help it develop Shtokman, a vast gas field in the Barents Sea. StatoilHydro secured a 24% share of a specially created company that will own the project's infrastructure. French rival Total earlier this year secured a similar stake...
...November." On the occasion of a British holiday that commemorates the thwarting of a 17th century plot by rebel Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament (most recently referenced in graphic novel and film V for Vendetta), the libertarian Republican raised $4.2 million in 24 hours. The one-day total sets a record for GOP candidates, besting the previous top haul by more than $1 million...
...this is a great story: Big Red quarterback Nathan Ford is knocked out early in last week’s game at Dartmouth. Sophomore wide receiver Stephen Liuzza, still wearing his catching gloves, comes on to take the snaps. In just three quarters, he posts 423 yards of total offense—292 through the air on 26-of-40 passing and another 131 on the ground on 29 carries...