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...lyrical fragments “which could never be songs.” Sidling into his fanciful form through a soundscape of Pole-like dub and fuzzed out guitar lines, he transubstantiates his snippets’ individual unsongness into lyrical gold. Dose sing-speaks couplets like “what??s left are fires beating off of faces” and “the bright red skeleton of a cynic” until the anthemic refrain of “no wet concrete for new song street…” kicks in paradoxically, negating...
...about, is finding situations where people win. It’s not about tricking people into doing stuff, it’s not about being a hardass. It’s about being comfortable and working in your pajamas, because that’s gonna end up being what??s best for everyone...
...what??s it like to be known for something other than your name? D.A., did people know you because of your headband last year...
...what??s the truth beneath these delicious falsehoods? Well, at a very basic level, Meloy is a bespectacled young thirtysomething from Helena, Montana with a degree in creative writing and a uniquely nasal singing voice. In 2001, while living in Portland, he and a handful of similarly-minded individuals formed a band called the Decemberists, named after the group of Russian insurgents who unsuccessfully tried to stage a coup against Tsar Nicholas I in 1825. That brand of exotic, obscure, and only-half-serious historical reference has come to define the work of the band, from their...
...little like saying Harvard College shouldn’t be held responsible for Harvard University’s practices because it is only one part of the University. The CNPC owns more than 80 percent of PetroChina. Profits from PetroChina find their way into CNPC hands and vice versa. What??s more, a recent restructuring plan may put the CNPC’s Sudanese investments directly into PetroChina’s hands. Still, the exact logistical arrangment is irrelevant; Harvard money is flowing to one of the most brutal regimes on the planet. It doesn?...