Yet Another Tribute to Radiohead: Part III
This week, I will be finishing my review of Radiohead’s discography with their late-career releases, in which I think the band perfected their sound, producing two masterpieces that are not only the crowning achievements
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Inside Out
Innovation is funny, isn’t it? Sometimes the simplest idea is completely out of reach until someone thinks of it. After that, it becomes obvious. Take the Centre George Pompidou. This museum in Paris turns
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Beetle World
Last Monday, on my way back from a day’s work at UNAM, I had the good fortune to come across a Calosoma larva—also called caterpillar hunters, these beautifully colored beetles are voracious hunters both
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On the Psychedelic Edge, Part 2
So I’ve already discussed two examples from two different subdivisions (krautrock and raga rock) of psychedelic rock. Let’s go on: Third – Soft Machine This band named after the William Burroughs novel was, along
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In Praise of Erasmus
“I have never met anyone who didn’t like Erasmus,” a close friend of mine once said. Indeed, my experience with regard to the Erasmus student exchange program verifies her remarks. It was culturally eye-opening,
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The #Hashtag Pandemic
We see it everywhere, and most of the time its purpose is misconstrued, to say the least. I see it as a kind of epidemic taking over generation after generation, as most of its
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Hobbies That Will Look Good
Writing a CV and going to job interviews are the biggest hurdles faced by ordinary people who are searching for work. Candidates for employment must tell employers all about themselves in just a couple
Read More »Yet Another Tribute to Radiohead: Part II
In my previous column, I discussed two early milestones of the legendary rock outfit’s discography. This week, I will introduce three more of their albums, which date from the 2000s and mark milestones for
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