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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