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Mira Calix (the working name of Chantal Passamonte) admirably kept the vaguely disturbing vibe alive as the resident DJ, spinning records from the comfort of the rear stage, barely visible. Signed to the venerable Warp Records, she has often been called the female Aphex Twin. Yet unlike Twin’s growing penchant for self-parody, Calix showed off razor-sharp musical sensibilities and flawless taste in records with a daintily mixed set of beguiling experimental tunes...
...hours of trying to dance haphazardly to implosive quasi-funk is enough for a day, which is why Plaid garnered the most cheers and excitement. Besides their relative fame, as former members of the Black Dog—a pioneering techno outfit—and as one of the Warp label’s most acclaimed artists, Plaid throw all pretensions out the door. Their music is quirky and experimental, even resembling some of the insectile funk and robo-talk that had preceded them. Yet it’s a perfectly logical extension of the Detroit techno, electro...
That may be changing, of course, amid recession and soaring unemployment. And Lancaster and Stillman sometimes come to wildly sweeping conclusions: "Millennials are a pragmatic generation with a highly developed ability to sort through information. All their lives, they've had data spewed at them from every direction at warp speed, and guess what? They can handle it!" Is it truly meaningful to generalize about 76 million people...
...since the end of last season. Anaheim Angel Ramon Ortiz went from 26 to 29; Kansas City Royal Neifi Perez, from 26 to 28; Atlanta Brave Rafael Furcal, from 21 to 23; and Cleveland Indian BARTOLO COLON, from 26 to 27--all without celebrating a birthday. There is no warp in the time-space continuum; rather, new measures imposed since Sept. 11 require anyone applying for a work visa to show a birth certificate. In the past, many players have lied about their age to improve their chances of getting signed by the major leagues. A younger player has more...
...preserving in its purest form the Greco-Roman worship of the body, have in some ways outstripped the Olympic athletes themselves. Good health is no longer, and hasn't been for some time now, an Olympic ideal. Performance trumps all. Between their indulgence in harrowing training regimens that warp young athletes' sexual development and the widespread use of drugs and supplements meant to induce short bursts of speed and power, a lot of today's would-be medallists might be regarded, in Mormon terms, as defiled and deficient. The bulked-up, souped-up Olympian may break world records...