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JuiceboxThe StrokesWhat do you get when you combine five swaggering New York hipsters, rooftop lesbian soft porn, nausea-inducing taxi-cab cunnilingus, and a dirty bathroom stall hookup? There are two possibilities: Finals Club initiation season, or the music video for “Juicebox,” the newest pomp-rock mashup by the Strokes, those loveably trendsetters widely known as the saviors of indie swagger. And let me tell you, my friends, the “Juicebox” video has enough bravado to fill a bathtub or two. Over a pilfered bass riff, the video bounces between...
...Orleans?” “Most of us don’t know what it means to miss New Orleans,” Vinson said in opening remarks. “Most of us don’t know how it feels to be forced to your rooftop and be stranded for days....Though the initial disaster has passed, the real relief work has yet to begin.” Perry Tsai ’07, whose home in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie was badly damaged, led the Harvard LowKeys in an a capella arrangement...
...Whump. The top of the insurgents' building blossoms black smoke. Over the cacophony of machine-gun fire and explosions, the leader of the commando team bellows to his men that the insurgents have spotted them. "Displace, displace--they got our position!" he yells, as the troops vacate the open rooftop in a stooped sprint...
...rare while, foresight is too. For years, researchers have described exactly what would happen if a megahurricane hit New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf region. They predicted that the city levees would not hold. Their elaborate computer models showed that tens of thousands would be left behind. They described rooftop rescues, 80% of New Orleans underwater and "toxic gumbo" purling through the streets. If experts had prophesied a terrorist attack with that kind of accuracy, they would be under suspicion for treason...
...developed, but consumers are starting to demonstrate a new awareness of environmental issues. Consider the popularity of the Toyota Prius and other hybrid cars. And design advances are winning converts: see-through solar panels installed in place of regular window glass are a classy upgrade from black rooftop arrays...