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...find sex, or even the aura of sexuality, in films by the current generation of pop-referencing auteurs. They swarm all over the violence in '60s-'70s grindhouse movies but are squeamish in showing the eroticism that once was crucial to the genre. The generation of "kids with beards," as Billy Wilder called Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese, took their cues from a wide range of movie sources - Saturday-matinee serials, John Cassavetes improv dramas, European angst-athons - and if they got excessive, it was in kitsch and violence, not sex. Rodriguez got some puffs...
...prior efforts. The track “Put Your Hands On Me” is a great example of Stone’s updated soul vibe. The song manages to be sultry without relying on cheap tricks—a feat that seems like a miracle in a pop world characterized by Britney’s provocative gasps and Beyoncé’s unbridled sex appeal. “Girl They Won’t Believe It” would fit comfortably on a ’70s soul compilation: with its three-part back-up vocals...
...Daft Punk Is Playing at my House”—but that song’s teenagers have matured into musicians on an uncool continent, jabbing back at the accented discotheque acolytes across the Atlantic. Which is funny, since Murphy owes a lot to European influences. They pop up everywhere: The Human League, Neu!, Bowie—the list goes on, and Murphy keeps self-consciously adding to it. But what else can he do? These are the albums he owns; it’s the music he likes; and making more of it is what he does...
This month’s celebration will look to build on the success of last spring’s inaugural Yardfest, which featured piano-pop virtuoso Ben Folds and drew about 7,000 undergraduates to Tercentary Theater...
...Noted pop ensemble Third Eye Blind will anchor the college’s second annual Yardfest celebration a few weeks from now, the College Events Board (CEB) announced yesterday afternoon...