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...have been popular for at least several years, but because the Strokes, all young men in their early twenties, came of age in the late '90s, and the proto-punk, punk and post-punk bands their sound recalls are '60s, '70s and '80s acts; is the idea that their singer, Julian Casablancas, writes songs infused with nostalgia for the Television album that played during his conception? His songs suggest he knows his late-'70s New York punk bands backward and forwards, but a distinctive voice emerges in every one, one that reflects the been-there-done-that milieu of early...
...Tidus, the protagonist, sounds like the lead singer of a suburban boy band. If there are four flavors of hero, Tidus is of the “irreverent teen” variety, though he’s more often chubby-cheeked crybaby than wise aleck. His native metropolis is commercialized and techno-cool, with five-story video screens broadcasting statistics of fictitious sports over glittering golden skywalks. Tidus matches: his caution-yellow clothing evokes some fantastical line of clubwear...
...live performance, even more than writing and recording, that has been DiFranco’s main artistic focus. In this respect she is more travelling preacher than singer-songwriter, gaining converts with each live performance. A woman whose politics place her at odds with big business, DiFranco has always aimed at resisting the categorization typical of Top 40 hype. Intensely critical of the media, her popularity as a musical artist has not grown through the wheelings and dealings of press agents and A-list management. Rather it is the home-grown, personal success of her live performances and the tremendous...
Lagemann succeeds Jerome T. Murphy, who was dean from 1992 through June 2001. Professors of Education Judith D. Singer and John B. Willet have served jointly as acting dean this year, while an advisory committee convened by Summers has been meeting to find a new dean...
...Singer, who will return to the faculty when Lagemann takes over in July, said she was impressed by the time and energy that Summers devoted to the search, considering that GSE is smaller and often overlooked in comparison to the larger graduate schools...