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...toil. Perhaps that is why activism comes so effortlessly to Harvard students—they acutely realize the effort of employment and the comparative ease of stroking one’s ego while greedily claiming the moral high ground. The ivory-tower activist only need reach for his keyboard, or, if he feels adventurous that day, grab a placard and march in the square, to soothe his weary conscience worn down by the moral baggage of upper-middle-class luxury. Common sense approved by custom once deemed the best goods to be those most difficult to attain?...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: A Band-Aid for Bleeding Hearts | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...will.”Dean DeBlois’s directorial work is spectacularly disjointed. Rapid shifts from concert to landscape and back again occur throughout. At one point the looks deeply focused on their music, and in the next frame pianist Kjartan Sveinsson leans on his keyboard and stares into the distance. During the portions of the film where the band is shown performing, the audio occasionally doesn’t match the accompanying visual. Views of the audience show young children, grandparents, and many people who probably have never heard Sigur Rós’s music before...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sigur Rós | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...program was made using Scratch, a computer programming language designed for children that Malan chose to ease students into computer science. “I’ve always heard that CS 50 is really difficult,” says Ann Chi ’08, who created a keyboard version of Dance Dance Revolution for the project. “But Professor Malan has really been encouraging people to stay in the class—he wants to make it as accessible as possible.” His encouragement has been working: CS 50 saw its enrollment more than...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Playing With Your Professor | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...promise of Brock’s riveting vocals and the backup vocals, which combine to mourn the loss of the song’s unnamed “you.” The arrangement is classic Modest Mouse, weaving an inexplicably entrancing melody out of synthesizer, keyboard, guitar, and muted percussion lines. The abrupt revelation of the video leaves the viewer confused—is the child dead or alive? More importantly, do we even care? For much of “Little Motel,” Brock croons, “That’s what...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Modest Mouse, "Little Motel" | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...About Today,” were a nod to Doveman, who opened. His set utilized a number of National members; he concealed his vocals behind a pleasant, plodding wall of sound, at the centerpiece of which was the novel juxtaposition of banjo and keyboard...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Before Global Tour, a ‘National’ Welcome | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

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