Word: weirdness
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Aesop Rock makes backpackers across the continent salivate. He is the embodiment of “lyricism,” spitting out line after abstract line in ideal multi-syllabic, rapid-fire fashion. He makes his own beats, off-kilter pastiches of lo-fi drums and weird bass noises. Devoid of charisma, he is a bastion of grim determination and pure skills. And best of all, he is Underground—known only to the backpacking elite, his primary means of publicity for several years was the internet. Now on New York City’s Def Jux label?...
...wake of Sept. 11, Americans have struggled to express their national pride in a multitude of ways. The prize for Harvard’s most weird and wonderful tribute comes in the form of an anonymous balloon sculpture of the Statue of Liberty which graces the halls of the Science Center, tucked next to Chemistry Lab 10. Despite the obvious love which has been poured into the artwork, however, one question lingers in the minds of the befuddled chemists who pass by every day—a question which normally resides outside the realm of scientific contemplation...
...finds herself inexplicably drawn to the mysterious grey figure, confessing that “I’m partially attracted to it”. Many laugh as they walk by, exclaiming like Garwin Y. Chen ‘03, “how weird!”. A few, like Emily Ludmir ‘03, question the overall effect of a Statue of Liberty likeness now sadly contorted and misshapen by shrunken balloons. Ludmir worries that “it almost seems like a mockery of patriotic sentiment” and Cami K. Lau ‘04 notes...
Hailing as I do from New York, the Capital of the Weird, this is saying a lot. The reassuring thing about New York, though, is that for the most part, you know what to expect. Hawkers in the park, Bible-spouting evangelists on the subway, disgruntled and tattooed psychics in the Village—a whole army of the strange and outrageous...
...through some of the most grueling training in sports, and its archers may face the toughest regimen of all. Archers regularly go on forced moonlit marches. At past sessions, they have handled snakes, practiced nighttime combat-style beach landings and run up mountains while carrying boats. Physically demanding, the weird regime also hones the mental toughness archers need to consistently plunk arrows into a bull's-eye 70 m away. But a few athletes are fighting back, criticizing such workouts as not worth the risk. Midway through the August training camp, which was meant to prepare athletes for the Archery...