Word: volcano
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Volcano, I’m Still Excited...
...Volcano, I’m Still Excited...
...debut album from Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! is hard to really hate. The songs are tight, hook-filled and melodic. And when so many terrible voices rise to fame for the sake of their uniqueness, it’s nice to hear a traditional rock singer who can actually sing with confidence. The influence of conventionally gifted rock bands like The Wrens and Spoon is all over the place. The band seem to genuinely want to put together an album showing their deep association with everything that stands for indie rock today. Carnival casio synth, unexpected drum...
...Swiss as an offense. Tax havens, says Richard Hay, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in London who represents tax havens and some investor groups, "don't want to commit commercial suicide by moving ahead of international standards." He adds: "We are not willing to jump into the volcano if others are not ready to follow." Corporations feel the same way: Why give up a legal advantage? The board of Tyco, for example, is recommending to shareholders that they vote at the annual meeting next month for the scandal-ridden firm to remain incorporated in low-tax Bermuda. But some investors...
...draw parallels between the supremacy of ancient Rome and the current hyperpower of the U.S. Does he intend us to read the devastation of Pompeii as somehow analogous to the attacks of 9/11? A divine check on the hubris of empire? The connection feels reckless at best. Sometimes a volcano is just a volcano. --By Lev Grossman