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This promise is never fulfilled, however, as far too often the remaining tracks fail to distinguish themselves from where the album started. The once fresh and complexly layered sounds quickly become stale and pedantic. “Hidden Lakes,” to take just one example, maintains an aura that is reminiscent of “Meridian,” which primarily derives from Meiberg’s unchanging singing style and the repetitive nature of the underlying music. Not only is the lack of variety monotonous, it also detracts from the merits of each individual song, as each...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shearwater | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...workplace, for more than a decade, job-insecure Americans have been told to cultivate "the brand called you." Decide what your strengths are. Focus on your core competencies. Be aware of the bullet points of your identity. The message of both business and leisure today is, Distinguish between the actual and the for-public-consumption self. (See the top 10 TV series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television — and Us | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...Representative of Pennsylvania's 12th District since 1974, Jack led as courageously in Congress as he did in the Marines. A man of great integrity, he bravely spoke out against the war in Iraq in 2005, teaching us the need to distinguish between the war and the warriors who fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Murtha | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...sure the label is referring to me. For my male peers, there is the convenient label of “guy,” a term that is delightfully versatile enough to span the gap between boy and man and yet narrow enough to distinguish final club members from say, a tenured professor. There doesn’t seem to be a truly equivalent term for females—people are going to throw you odd looks if you constantly refer them as “gals.” Feminists in the 70s fought for the right...

Author: By Adrienne Y. Lee | Title: Twenty and Counting | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...caution against moving the process too quickly. “This is not going to be easy, and we have to make it very clear that each one of these advances in stem cell biology gets us closer,” says Chien. “We have to distinguish between getting a first down, getting across the 50-yard line, and a Hail Mary pass. These are important steps, but might not necessarily be the touchdown that we’ve been waiting...

Author: By Li S. Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Changing the Culture | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

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