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...fore that the University had not properly addressed. That said, trying to shut down Satire V’s T-shirt sale goes too far. It’s just plain over-sensitivity. These shirts weren’t meant to be demeaning, and, in the parlance of pop culture where “swallows” is quickly becoming as commonplace as “sucks,” they aren’t (except if you’re a Yalie). By blowing this small issue out of proportion, BGLTSA seems to signal that it will be just...
That’s the history of Smile, possibly the most talked-about legend in pop music. The narrative proved hard to resist: Wilson, a musical genius, mysteriously imploding at the peak of his ability, leaving unfinished what might have been the answer to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band...
...first indication that Smile was not to remain an asterisk in pop history came in 2003, when Wilson (now severed from the Beach Boys) announced his intent to reconstruct and play the album in concerts across Europe. The first of those, in London, attracted instant claims of “timelessness,” both for the concert and what was increasingly seen as a new ordering and orchestration of Smile itself...
...wasn’t always this way. When the three got together as freshmen, they paid tribute to tried and true college-band traditions, popping out “three-minute pop songs” and assuming super-ironic pseudonyms like Perfect, JJK, Golden Girls and Fascists in Conservative Drag...
CELL-PHONE GAMES GIVE CHEAP THRILLS a good name. Costing about five bucks a pop, interactive games via mobile phones are booming, with U.S. consumers shelling out an estimated $250 million for them in 2004, according to research firm Zelos Group. Verizon alone offers more than 350 titles. Old favorites like Pac-Man and Tetris have been redesigned for smaller cell-phone screens. They rank among current best sellers, along with card games like blackjack and poker. But there are also plenty of sports and action games out for this fall. The newest trend is multiplayer titles like Family Feud...