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ACROSS
1 Like dorms for
both men and
women
5 Military sch.
9 Fall in folds
14 Chomp
15 Swimmer’s path
16 More cold and
wet, weatherwise
17 Serb or Croat
18 “Liberal” pursuits
19 Can’t stop loving
20 Three Stooges
movie, e.g.
23 Michigan or
Mead
24 Update from a
pilot, for short
25 Induction 
cooktop
alternative
33 Double-reed
woodwinds
34 “What did you
say?”
35 Key with one
sharp: Abbr.
36 Light brown
37 Driver’s license
test
41 Post-OR area
42 Three-pronged
Greek letters
44 Buffet table
coffee server
45 River mammal
47 Fluffy dessert
51 Eisenhower’s
nickname
52 Hip ’60s Brits
53 Eco-friendly
request ... and a
hint to sorting out
the aptly circled
letters
59 Vonnegut literary
device
60 Enterprise
captain born
3/22/2233
61 Puts on TV
63 Low card
64 Lawn border
65 Finger or toe 
part
66 Chose (to)
67 Evidence of
ownership
68 Community org.
known by its first
letter

DOWN
1 “Kevin Can Wait”
network
2 Lubricates
3 Bibliography list
shortener: Abbr.
4 Reduce
monetarily
5 Denali National
Park state
6 Price-fixing
syndicate
7 Against
8 Fam. tree member
9 NFL player
selection events
10 Give off
11 GI on the run
12 Curly salon job
13 Before, in verse
21 Analyze
grammatically
22 One-named “We
R Who We R”
singer
25 Offensive to
some, for short
26 Embarrass
27 “Pagliacci” clown
28 Treaty of __: War
of 1812 ender
29 “La Cage __
Folles”
30 Fails to include

31 Bad habits
32 Accustom (to)
38 Winter holidays
39 __ of Good
Feelings
40 In a funk
43 Bill Nye’s field
46 Florence’s region
48 Approved
49 Come to light
50 Made fun of
53 Practice for the
GMAT, e.g.

54 Ill-mannered 
sort
55 Struggled to
make, with “out”
56 Taxi trip
57 Neeson of
“Kinsey”
58 Idle of Monty
Python
59 Wedding vow
words
62 Patty Hearst’s
abductors: Abbr.

By Andrew Sand
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11/07/17

11/07/17

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DOMINIC POLSINELLY/DAILY ARTS WRITER

When everything sucks, 
LCD Soundsystem rocks

As the clever hopes expire of 

a low dishonest decade, there 
are still fleeting moments 
of unfettered joy. That is to 
say, when everything else is 
bad, LCD Soundsystem’s live 
show will still be really, really 
good. It’s the kind of good that 
preserves itself in amber and 
makes a home in the deepest 
chambers of your heart.

But, of course, this isn’t 

the band’s first time around 
the block. The last time they 
played in Detroit they were at 
the Fillmore, around the block 
(and over a couple streets) 
from the Masonic Temple, 
where they set up shop this 
past weekend for two nights of 
dancing, joy and — naturally — 
a little nostalgia. 

The 
initial 
reservations 

that came with the band’s 
unexpected reunion were that 
the illusion of immortality that 
accompanies 
a 
resurrection 

would undermine the urgency 
their sound was built upon. 
The worry was that when they 
closed their set — as they always 
have and probably always will 
— singing, “This could be the 
last time,” it wouldn’t mean 
anything anymore.

While I’d like to affix my 

badge of unrelenting faith 
and say I never worried: I did. 

But, my worries were proven 
absurd last weekend when LCD 
Soundsystem, as deep down I 
knew they would, gave two of 
the greatest live performances 
I might ever be lucky enough 
to see.

There 
was 
a 
moment 

on 
Friday 
night, 
between 

“You 
Wanted 
a 
Hit” 
and 

“Tribulations,” where James 
Murphy looked back at Nancy 
Whang and the two seemed to 
share a quick moment of awe. 
The thrill of their reunion, 
the illicit audacity of it, hasn’t 
worn off yet. 

That energy translated to 

the crowd, who pulsed with 
expectant energy hours before 
Murphy and company took 
the stage. And as soon as they 
did, opening Friday night with 
american dream opener “Oh 
Baby” and Saturday with “Us v. 
Them,” the room exploded.

They still maintain all the 

trappings — Murphy’s bullet 
microphone, 
his 
periodic 

assent of an amp, calculated 
(yet 
seamless) 
mid-song 

instrument rearrangements — 
that define them as singular 
both in sound and presentation. 
No one can throw a party like 
James Murphy because no one 
would probably plan a party as 
meticulously as James Murphy.

The 
set 
wound 
it’s 

way 
through 
the 
band’s 

discography, 
hitting 
classic 

concert 
highlights 
like 

“Movement” 
and 
“Get 

Innocuous!” which inspired 
a small group of punk kids to 
open up a humble pit.

Their first stop in Detroit 

since the release of american 
dream 
in 
September, 
the 

show was an introduction to 
the 
performance-enhanced 

nuances of tracks like “tonite” 
and “call the police.” A bop 
on 
headphones, 
“tonite” 

is 
elevated 
to 
dance-punk 

platinum live.

Before 
their 
post-“pee 

break” encore, Nancy Whang 
took over lead vocals for a 
cover of Chic’s “I Want Your 
Love” and the band left us with 
a haunting rendition of Sound 
of Silver tearjerker “New York, 
I Love You But You’re Bringing 
Me Down,” before coming back 
for a encore trilogy of hits. 

An album and six years older, 

LCD 
Soundsystem 
haven’t 

lost any of their spark. They 
matched the crowd beat for 
beat, feeding off our rhythm 
as we danced to the one they 
created. Which is all to say: 
They still rock. 

Maybe 
the 
more 
things 

change, the more they stay 
the same. All I know is, LCD 
Soundsystem is always going 
to close with “All My Friends” 
and every time it’s going to lift 
me up and put me back down 
again restored, reenergized 
and re-in love with my friends. 
And sometimes that’s all the 
stability I need.

MADELEINE GAUDIN

Senior Arts Editor

ARTIST INTERVIEW
A conversation with Cloud 
Nothings’s Dylan Baldi

Earlier this year, I had the 

pleasure of witnessing Cloud 
Nothings headline El Club in 
support of their most recent 
album, 
Life 
Without 
Sound. 

Over the course of their career, 
Cloud Nothings has continued 
to grow and flourish by existing 
in the gray area between indie 
rock and punk, never quite 
committing to one genre over 
the other. What results is a 
group of musicians with a knack 
for energetic shows and a tight, 
clean sound.

The band played at The 

Majestic Theater in Detroit 
opening for Canada’s own indie 
rock gems Japandroids, a match 
made in heaven between two of 
modern rock’s catchiest groups.

In 
a 
phone 
conversation 

with frontman Dylan Baldi, we 
talked about the band’s recent 
experiences on tour opening 
for Japandroids, the growth 
of Cloud Nothings since its 
inception and future plans for 
the band.

The Michigan Daily: Could 

you reflect on your experiences 
touring with Japandroids thus 
far?

Dylan Baldi: Sure. We were 

in Canada for most of (the first 
week), through a lot of Canada 
I’ve never been to. So it’s been 
kind of fun going through 
there. Touring through parts 
of the country that I’ve never 

even thought about going to. 
Just seeing what’s it’s like for a 
Canadian band to do that all the 
time, and thinking about how it 
can be really kind of taxing to 
make really long drives through 
what feels like the middle of 
nowhere, and just tour Canada 
all the time. It was interesting to 
get that perspective of touring 
through a different country. 
And the tour’s been fun.

TMD: Do you see a lot of 

overlap with your fans and 
Japandroids’ fans or do you 
think you’ve been reaching a 
new fanbase on this tour?

Baldi: I think a lot of the 

people who come to the shows 
are there specifically to see 
Japandroids. 
We 
get 
some 

people who are there to see us 
for sure, but it does feel like 
they’re 
Japandroids’ 
shows, 

which is cool. I think a lot of 
their fans may not know who 
we are, so it’s kind of fun to play 
for people who don’t know who 
you are every night. It makes the 
shows interesting, where you 
can never really tell what people 
are thinking.

TMD: How do you feel the 

crowds have been reacting to 
your sets compared to your last 
headlining tour?

Baldi: Pretty good. There’s 

like a little pocket of people. 
Usually you can tell when people 
know the songs, so those people 
have been going crazy. Everyone 
seems into it, you know. Nobody 
seems bored or anything. And 
we’re selling all sorts of t-shirts 
so somebody likes it.

TMD: Now that Life Without 

Sound is a few months away 
from being a year old, could you 
tell me how you think Cloud 
Nothings has grown since you 
first started?

Baldi: We’ve just become 

more and more — I just did 
another 
interview 
actually 

where I kind of said something 
similar — but it’s almost like 
a telepathic unit at this point. 
Where like we’ll have little parts 
in the songs that we’ll change 
every night or something, but 
none of us will talk about it 
or say like “We should do this 
differently!” It’ll just sort of 
happen on its own. We’ll be like 
“Oh, interesting, how did we do 
that without talking about it?” 
That’s something we probably 
couldn’t have done seven years 
ago whenever the band first 
started. Just little moments 
like that have definitely grown 
throughout time and been more 
fun to kind of naturally see what 
happens. We’re just a better 
band than we were when we 
started.

TMD: I know tour is a busy 

time, but do you have plans for 
a new Cloud Nothings record in 
the near future?

Baldi: I want to get something 

next year. That would be the 
goal for me, because we put this 
record out, we toured it, and 
now we’re done. It seems like it’s 
already time to get something 
new out there and try to have a 
reason to go back on tour rather 
than just play the same old songs 
again.

DOMINIC POLSINELLI

Daily Arts Writer

COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
Local poet Cal Freeman 
brings flair to advocacy

Established local poet and 

critic Cal Freeman is bringing 
his new work, “Fight Songs,” 
to Literati Bookstore. Freeman 
uses rustic imagery to convey 
themes of social advocacy as 
he simultaneously, lyrically 
describes the struggle of the 
working class in Southeast 
Michigan.

“Fight Songs” 

is a collection of 
poems that deals 
with 
themes 

of 
social 
and 

ecological justice 
and 
politics. 

From 
a 
young 

age, 
Freeman 

was 
interested 

in 
the 
ecology 

of 
Southeast 

Michigan, which 
is 
where 
he 

grew up. His poems explore 
the geography of Southeast 
Michigan in the context of 
the social struggles of the 
working 
class. 
Although 

Freeman was not part of a 
working class family, he lived 
around working class families 
his entire life. He offers an 
insider’s view of the struggle 
that 
many 
working 
class 

families 
meet, 
connecting 

them 
to 
the 
ecological 

struggles that exist on the 
Michigan terrain.

“I am just telling stories of 

people and places I know,” 
said Freeman in an interview 
with the Daily. He sees social 
justice 
and 
environmental 

justice going hand-in-hand. At 
face value, many of Freeman’s 
poems may seem like an ode 
to 
the 
natural 
landscape 

of Michigan. If one reads 
between the lines, however, 
powerful statements of social 
injustice are being made.

Freeman, who reviews the 

work of other poets for the 
radio show “Stateside,” on 
Michigan 
Public 
Radio, 
is 

highly influenced by other 
local poets. Through constant 
exposure 
to 
the 
poetic 

experiments being conducted 
by other local poets Freeman is 
inspired to take risks and shake 
conventions. Additionally, his 
poetry is highly influenced 
by confessional poets such as 
Anne Sexton. The poems in 

“Fight 
Songs” 

resemble journal 
entries, 
yet 

these 
personal 

anecdotes 
have 
clout 
in 

the 
broader 

Michigan 
community.

“I 
try 
to 

go 
more 
for 

experience, 
something 
the 

reader 
can 
get 

invested 
in,” 

Freeman 
said. 
He 
invites 

us to be invested in his own 
mind, articulating his own 
perception on the challenges 
of the working class and the 
current 
environmental 
and 

political states of Southeast 
Michigan.

The book contains elegies 

and odes to the deceased 
members of the Southeast 
Michigan community, whether 
he knew them personally or 
not. Freeman is most proud 
of his poem, “Dearborn,” in 
which he exposes the uncut 
history of his home state and 
vilifies the traditional heroes 
of his neighborhood, most 
notably Henry Ford. The poem 
is the elegy to a young man 
named Kevin Matthews, a 
man with schizophrenia who 
was murdered by an off-duty 
police officer. Freeman, in 
his typical fashion, presents 
natural images that evoke 
the rugged Michigan terrain, 

exposing the dark past of his 
hometown’s hero, Henry Ford, 
and exploring the murder of 
the young Matthews. This 
narrative brings the reader 
into 
the 
deep 
history 
of 

Dearborn, as well as its natural 
landscape.

Freeman’s 
poetry 
speaks 

to local Michiganders, but 
he hopes hopes that it speaks 
to a larger audience as well. 
Freeman 
said 
he 
wants 

his 
work 
to 
“complicate 

(Michigan) in people’s minds.” 
There are many who have 
not experienced the social 
injustices 
that 
plague 
the 

working class or the raw nature 
scenes of Michigan. He hopes 
that Michigan is now thought 
of as more than just a state that 

produces cars and Motown, 
but as a place of complexity. 
Freeman is excited to share 
his work with Ann Arbor, 
bringing awareness to social 
issues that have been ignored 
for a long time in the Michigan 
community and creating a 
space of vulnerability and 
confession.

ISABELLE HASSLUND

For the Daily

Literati 

presents Cal 

Freeman

Literati Bookstore

Friday, November 

10th @ 7 P.M. 

Free

His poems 
explore the 
geography 
of Southeast 

Michigan in the 
context of the 

social struggles of 
the working class

CONCERT REVIEW

