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Monthly Archives: August 2007
We Wait in Summertime
As reported in yesterday’s New York Times: The research reveals that “the sense of having a body, of being in a bodily self,” is actually constructed from multiple sensory streams, said Matthew Botvinick, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Princeton University, an expert on body and mind who was not involved in the experiments. Usually [...]
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Portrait of Herself: a letter
Keren Ann-”It Ain’t No Crime” (from Keren Ann) Monday, August 20, 2007 Washington, DC Dear Reader, Have you by any chance gotten around to hearing Keren Ann‘s new self-titled album? It’s! Jesus, I’ve been wanting to ask you for weeks, or what by now has felt like weeks. More. Just to ask if you’ve heard. [...]
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Swift lippin’, ego trippin’, and body snatchin’
After witnessing Scotter’s recent cry for help, lamenting the lack of a proper sequel to Beck’s magnificently funky Midnite Vultures, I grew concerned and did what any good friend would do: I consulted with a professional. Through word of mouth I encounted a nice Jewish doctor by the name of Funkenstein, who was quickly able [...]
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What Happened to Midnight Vultures 2?
In an era when music critics trash albums simply because they sound like the artist’s previous album, I think that we need to be able to recognize that when something’s done right, it bears repeating. For example, the severest criticism I’ve heard of Interpol’s new album, Our Love to Admire, is identical to its highest [...]
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PB&J in STL
Peter Bjorn and John, ft. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin The Pageant St. Louis, MO: Aug. 7, 2007 The black-and-white “PETER BJORN AND JOHN BACKDROP” faded to black, while the pentatonic Asian riff of “Young Folks” was played out on a pre-recorded sitar. Before long, the PETER BJORN AND JOHN BASS DRUM began to [...]
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Interpol at the Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI, July 27, 2007
An organ begins the show with a long, steady whole note. A timpani-like thudding introduces time to the note, thus creating music out of a noise, offering an entrance for guitarist Daniel Kessler to begin playing the opening notes to “Pioneer to the Falls,” the first song on Interpol’s new album, Our Love to Admire. [...]
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Shaolin Rising