A wide Parisian boulevard teems with students, as protesters link arms across the Place de la République. A white-haired man joins the demonstration, his placard mounted on a broom: “for sweeping away the police state.” Jean-Luc Godard hoists his camera. Policemen flank the sidewalks. A young leader hurls his fist into the air; an upraised crutch punctuates the shot. More »
I could be clever. I could open this article describing the bets I would make with myself whenever the Killers’ new single, “When You Were Young,” came on the radio this summer: was this it, or was it that Coldplay song again? They sound similar because both rip off Kraftwerk’s “Computer Love” (1981). I could make some more obnoxiously obscure references, maybe throw in a uniquely Dartmouth witticism, make a self-call or something. But honestly, the Killers’ new album, “Sam’s Town,” isn’t worth the effort. Lead singer Brandon Flowers, guitarist Dave Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer, and drummer Ronnie Vannuci have taken one giant collective step back with their second effort in the recording studio. A computer malfunction just wiped my iPod clean, leaving me only this album, and so, curling into a fetal position, I ask myself, “Is this a 10th circle of Hell that Dante forgot to mention?” More »
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