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...most interesting moments occur when Hard-Fi tries to sound more Daft Punk than Maxïmo Park. But even that doesn’t always work, giving the music the unwelcome sweaty sensation of being trapped in a trashy European dischotheque. What’s most tragic about the release is that it finally gets good with the last track, “Stars of CCTV,”from which the album takes its name. It’s a completely different sound for Hard-Fi: the acoustic guitars give it an organic feel that never survives...
...darker side” of Hans Christian Andersen’s celebrated children’s stories (which, admittedly, never lurked too far beneath the surface anyway). Also unsurprisingly, Merritt’s songwriting creates a biting musical commentary for these stories, pairing sweet voices and upbeat melodies with tragic events and sinister intentions (witness “What a Fucking Lovely Day,” in which a villain remarks on the beauty of scheming and deception). Instrumentation is varied—Merritt employs sounds as diverse as the autoharp, the Chinese jinghu, and the lute?...
...Most of the government buildings and much of the city's historic districts were spared and no deaths were reported here, thought some two dozen people were injured, and it was no less tragic for the families who stood on the wrecked streets staring at homes and memories that vanished in a violent spasm of storms and tornadoes that first touched down about 7:20 p.m. Sunday roughly 60 miles southwest of Springfield and hit the capital an hour later...
...Bristol Motor Speedway. The car is a bit wider, a bit taller, a bit less long and actually a bit slower than the current models. Most important, the Car of Tomorrow is designed to be a whole lot safer than the car of today. The project was given tragic impetus during a nine-month period in 2000-2001 when a number of drivers were killed, including Petty's son Adam, then 19, and the legendary Dale Earnhardt, who ran into a wall at Daytona. Even so, the idea of developing the model was not exactly championed by the drivers...
...leave aside for a moment the political stakes. What strikes me reading the bill is that this is a case where the Purists have carried the day. If a fetus is an innocent life deserving the full protection of the law, then the circumstances of conception, no matter how tragic, are irrelevant. Punish the rapist, they say, not the baby. Even the bill?s opponents agree that it has a kind of logical integrity. If this effort succeeds it will redraw the battle lines in the 30 Years Abortion...