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Eliza C. Rubin
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R.E.M’s ‘Murmur:’ Eternally Original
By Eliza C. Rubin •
R.E.M.’s music is in part a blend of styles that already exist, and in shifting our gaze, it reinvents the way we look at these genres.
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‘The Dollop’ is Worth Your Time, If You Have Lots to Spare
By Eliza C. Rubin •
Between the tale of a cartoonist who pretended to survive in the woods, and a sea captain so brutal that he gave his men dysentery, this podcast is guaranteed to entertain.
Arts
“Altered Carbon” Presents a Grimy World, but Plodding Plot
By Eliza C. Rubin •
The premiere suffers somewhat from inconsistent anachronism—the people of the future don’t use the word “body” anymore, but still have those red, white, and blue barber-shop poles—but the overarching concept is exciting.