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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2004
Rock statesmen excel on LP
BY CHRIS COLETTA
SENIOR WRITER
At this point in their 25-year
career, New York City avant-rock
legends Sonic Youth aren’t likely to
throw any curveballs.
That’s not to say the group’s last
release, 2002’s Murray Street, was
not a fine return to form after a
string of subpar albums that called
its relevancy into question. It was.
But it, like almost all of the
band’s best LPs, was more of a step
to the side than a step forward.
Murray Street did the same
thing all Sonic Youth records try to
do: bridge the brute noise of no
wave, the experimental sensibilities
of the Velvet Underground and a
Beatlesque sense of melody into a
coherent package. It just did those
things better than previous efforts.
So it’s no surprise that the
group’s new album, Sonic Nurse,
picks up where Murray Street’s
lengthy meditations left off and
combines them with the rougher
edges of the band’s earlier work
with impressive results.
The primary difference between
the two albums is one of tone.
Where Murray Street was plaintive
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10 Gulf state
11 Angle that's not right?
12 Turn inside out
13 Hues
18 Sturluson saga
19 "Born Free" lioness
24 Sue of "Lolita"
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23 Tribal leaders
26 Epsom _
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31 Muse of poets
32 Old card game
33 Jason's ship
37 "Float like a butterfly"
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41 Mai cocktail
43 Help out
44 "Whatever Wants"
46 Track circuit
48 Funereal piece
50 Elated
54 Ant
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60 French season
61 Ovid's outfit
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MUSICfS&VIEW
SONIC YOUTH
SONIC NURSE
★★★★
and languid, Sonic Nurse is restless
and agitated, qualities that reveal
themselves immediately in the
album’s opener, “Pattern
Recognition.”
The first song on Murray Street,
“The Empty Page,” rolled along on
waves of counterpoint and texture,
breaking only momentarily for a
cathartic, dissonant release. By
contrast, “Pattern Recognition”
immediately kicks in with heavy
drums and an amelodic guitar lick
before giving way to the earthy
rasps of bassist Kim Gordon and
an avalanche of feedback.
It’s a hell of an opener, and in
fact, Gordon’s contributions are
perhaps the biggest surprises on
Sonic Nurse.
Throughout the band’s history,
Gordon has come up with some
gems, including Murray Streets
sexy “Sympathy for the
Strawberry.” Just as often, she’s
come up with momentum killers
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30 Mauna
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35 Caron title role
36 Baltic Sea feeder
39 Pipe bend
40 Wild oxen
42 Screen superstar
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such as the aforementioned
album’s “Plastic Sun.”
But all her songs here range
from good (the quasi-feminist,
sludge-like “Kim Gordon and the
Arthur Doyle Hand Cream”) to fan
tastic (the seven-minute, atmos
pheric “I Love You Golden Blue”).
Of course, ageless wonder
Thurston Moore comes through
with five of the album’s remaining
six songs, including the closer,
“Peace Attack.” A quiet, gorgeous
rumination on President Bush’s
post-Sept. 11 policies, it’s one of the
few respectable protest songs
released in the wake of war and
serves as a poignant reminder of
the outside world.
Ultimately, Sonic Nurse doesn’t
break any new ground, and its few
missteps, particularly the dull
“Paper Cut Exit,” prevent it from
matching the band’s late-’Bos peak.
Still, you can expect this one to
show up on lots of end-of-year lists
alongside a dozen albums made
by younger bands who worship at
their altar.
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Buddhist fable reflects
on life’s timeless ideals
BY PHILIP MCFEE
SENIOR WRITER
In the green highlands of Korea,
there sits a Buddhist shrine, float
ing on a serene, isolated lake.
In this magical setting reside a
young boy and his elderly mentor,
a strict, but warm-hearted monk.
The premise for Ki-duk Kim’s
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...
and Spring” presents the film as a
visual treat —a delicate, respectful
fable about the power of natural
beauty, and, ultimately, love.
Perhaps that’s the movie’s lone
shortfall. It makes a promise and
fulfills it, offering little in the way
of variation or nuances.
But, for what it offers, this
warm tale delivers. It’s a treat for
audiences seeking a glimpse of an
austere life, full of morals and spir
itual significance.
And seasons. Four of them, you
might say.
Keeping in mind the afore
mentioned allusions, however,
each phase of the year represents a
phase in the life of the young
monk, who viewers follow through
to the geriatric status of his former
master.
Pacing, one might think, could
be a problem, but it only poses a
hindrance in the context of the
Hollywood norm. Eastern films
aren’t renowned for their jump
cuts or sexed-up speed, and Kim’s
direction, although verging on
labored at times, continues on
with a deliberate footing ever
looking forward to the next
vignette.
The vernal segment focuses on
the stem, but caring tutelage of the
elder monk (the veritable new
comer Yeong-su Oh). Through
SAFETY
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operational policy since the deaths
at UNC-W, preferring instead to
continue their on-campus safety
efforts.
Admissions policies at UNC
system campuses also have come
under scrutiny. The system’s task
force will consider the feasibility
of performing background checks
on admitted students, a practice
that would provide an added
measure of security but that also
would cost a great deal of time
CAMPUS Y
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the time, several floors of the
building were condemned and the
structure was suffering from water
damage.
Trustees decided to greenlight
renovation plans as long as the
money was raised through private
funds.
Since then, members of the
group raised $2 million of the $3.5
million necessary for the renova
tion, but continuing damage
spurred campus leaders to request
aid from the BOT.
Many of the trustees agreed that
forming a committee to reanalyze
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The taciturn Yeo-jin Ha becomes infautated with a young monk whose
master (Young-su Oh) waits to carry her ashore from the floating shrine.
MOVNEREVIEW
“SPRING, SUMMER, FALL,
WINTER ... AND SPRING"
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repeated incidents and images,
Kim enforces the constant theme
of universal respect particularly
toward animals that pervades
the film.
The summer and fall segments,
in addition to providing the most
vivid visuals, feature the arrival of
an ailing girl who catches the eye
of the now-matured monk. It’s
summer, after all.
Heavy-handed, albeit just as
stunning, the autumn landscape
hearlds a slew of changes in the
lives of the main characters. It also
marks one of the only inclusions of
and money.
At UNC-CH, students are asked
to list and explain convictions for
any crimes besides minor traffic
violations, but no system is in place
that could ensure truthfulness.
Still, Woods said, students can’t
live in fear simply because of a few
incidents.
“You really just can’t limit it to a
university,” she said. “Things like
that happen all the time in the real
world.”
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the issues would allow for an
informed decision during the
board’s June meeting.
“It would give us an opportuni
ty to understand the building and
how the building is used,” Perry
said during the May 27 meeting.
Virgina Carson, director of the
Campus Y and member of the
committee, said the group
responded to its mission success
fully in its meeting Monday.
“I think we came out with a
really good and thoughtful
response to the questions that we
were asked.”
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a metropolitan influence, as a pair
of policemen arrive at the floating
refiige.
Of course, this breeds its fair
share of opportunities for the now
ancient monk to teach them the
value of patience, among other
things. Oh’s portayal of the monk
is the picture’s single constant, a
more subtle hint at the timeless
wisdom of Buddhist practices.
In the end, the film hits home,
lack of complexities aside. It won’t
sculpt lives, but it presents enough
empathetic characters and acces
sible lessons to have viewers capti
vated by winter.
Inevitably, the cycle comes to
comepletion, as one would expect,
and the film draws to a close. The
seasons might change, but audi
ences shouldn’t count on a similar
metamorphosis.
But, in the category of attrac
tiveness, this could well be the film
of the season.
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PARKING
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would be able to take advantage of
the 10 foot to 18 foot decline from
Franklin Street to Rosemary Street
to make the project aesthetically
"pleasing from all angles.
There are 438 existing spaces to.
be replaced and 564 needed for
the increased traffic that the new
mixed-use developments will cre
ate.
That means a total of 1,002
spaces will be required. After park
ing spaces were shuffled around,
the planners came to a total of
1,375 spots, which is more than
originally anticipated.
Planners also hope to create a
transit center to deal with the
increased activity. “We’re meeting
your demand and exceeding it in
some areas,” Pobiner said.
Planners have the duration of
the summer to conduct a financial
feasibility study for the plans.
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