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...could we generally characterize this year? I’d think of it as the triumph of the new: not one of these established artists were able to claim much relevance, and follow-up efforts by great hopes like Interpol and the Hives went the way of the Strokes’ sophomore release—good, but not carrying through on the promise of their breakthroughs. A couple of specific moments clinched this year for me. One was in early March, when some friends dragged me off to hear this band Franz Ferdinand at a full house...
BILL: It has been a strange and good year for pop music. I think your talk about the “triumph of the new” is right on the money, Chris. In the past year, independent music has resonated with a larger and more diverse audience than ever before, due primarily to a dramatic increase in exposure. Past vehicles for indie dissemination—obscure music rags, for instance, but above all the unconquerable mixtape—have yielded to the power of the internet. Indie is no longer the realm of the snob and the obsessive. Eager...
...Sullivan from setting the school record for most wins by a men’s basketball coach. He needs just one more victory to break the mark of 142 held by Floyd Wilson, which he tied when the Crimson notched its first win of the season, an 85-75 triumph over Northeastern...
...rematch against No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth yesterday, No. 5 Harvard saw a promising afternoon and a would-be triumph sour into the most recent defeat in its four-game losing streak...
...then, Harvard shouldn’t be proud of its spectacular victory over Yale; rather, let it mourn its loss on the much more important field of overcomplicated pranks. Harvardsucks.org is inundated with comments, as the pranksters become inappropriately excited just thinking about their triumph...