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...Stars For better or for worse, Josh Ritter’s “The Animal Years” could just as easily have been released in the 1970s, if not earlier. He’s an adept, though plain, troubadour, who here treads the well-worn path of mostly-acoustic folk, fusing the singer/songwriter vibe with bluegrass and country-western. In this release, Ritter has built solidly from the down home sound of his earlier albums, and he has effectively expanded his lyrical and musical creativity without losing his distinctively homespun sound. His rendition of mellow folk music...
...Chief showed his sense of humor on an "Ask the White House" Web chat in 2004 when he was asked if he had picked the tie the President had worn on TV a few nights before. His reply: "No !! (All I can say is that Mrs. Bush was not here that day.)" Asked about the role of prayer in his management style, Card typed: "I feel very blessed to work for our President. I do pray and know that others pray...
Ryan Tindle, 21, carried that legacy to its modern-day extreme. In middle school, he started ditching class, trying to escape a tough home life by ingratiating himself with older kids who played rough. So it was little surprise when he traveled the well-worn path of the troublemaker, dropping out of high school and promptly beating up an older kid so severely that Ryan was sentenced to a year at Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility. Once inside, one of the few times he picked up a pencil, he used it to stab another inmate in the hand. He felt that...
...fashion in order to gain accurate perspective on Harvard’s particular wretchedness. It shows us what we must work on, but can also—on rare occasion—make us feel smug in our hearts.I came expecting to see the detritus of fashion worn by the types of Dave Matthews adherents who also want to go to law school. And that’s what I got. But, strangely enough, it was equal parts terrifying and refreshing.The journey started inauspiciously enough. After a layover in a bus terminal—during which I was only able...
Though “Bones” attempts to present focused, mature, cleaned-up songs, the writing sounds like a band that is dehydrated and worn out after intensive touring. The strongest song on the new album, “Cheated Hearts,” with gorgeous chord turns that evokes the group’s biggest hit, “Maps,” is actually an old song that the band have been playing live for at least two years, clear evidence that the band’s writing talents have diminished...