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...Nebenzahl's title somewhat misleadingly suggests, the parameters of this collection coincide roughly with those of Asia. The "silk road" here distends geographically and semantically to encompass any and all lands east of Western Europe. But the Orient is more than a geographic orientation for the collection?it is an evolving and affecting idea. Nebenzahl's mapmakers?with only two exceptions?are Westerners, and the pictures they drew of unknown lands reveal more about Europe's imagination than Asia's landscape...
...band combines the energy of earnest hardcore vocals and rapid drum beats with mathematically precise, compressed guitar parts in the eight short songs of this one-sided LP. Their lyrics encompass both the angry screaming of those radically dissatisfied with politics (“…been told before this power is an unstoppable force to dictate a vision against its people / is what has been done before still out of reach? / vote, assassinate, impeach”) and the more tortured monologues of those alienated by mass culture and society...
...trial, a situation human-rights activists have dubbed "Britain's Guantánamo." The U.K.'s highest court of appeal in December declared that the measures unlawfully discriminate against non-British citizens; the laws don't apply to U.K. nationals. In response, Clarke wants to expand the law to encompass Britons, too. But instead of prison, suspects will be subject to house arrest and other "control orders" like electronic tagging and curfews in cases where prosecution or deportation is impossible. "First we go down the prosecution route," Clarke said, "but in the event that we can't do that...
...song titles on the album encompass the full range of wordwankery, from tonguetwisters like “She Swam To Sweden” to the vaguely tautological “I Was Raised A Gunfighter By A Family Of Gunfighters.” The standout track in terms of titular pretension has to be the opener, which has been dubbed with the Dillinger Four-esque whopper “Let’s See A Little Less Standing Around And A Little More Jumping Out Of Cakes.” This trend would be tolerable, and even amusing...
...academic or extracurricular pursuits, quite a few of the guys who sit next to you in Bio-Anthro lecture, in the dining hall, and in yes, the library, used to play Harvard football. I only talked to three of them in particular for this article, yet I believe they encompass a wide range of the ex-footballers on campus...