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Greenberg aims to recapture the raw flavor and psychological acuity of 1970s character portraits like Five Easy Pieces--but the character in question is completely of the moment. Neurotic and anxious Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) comes to L.A. to stay in his brother's house, where he reconnects with old bandmates and falls, with painful awkwardness, into a relationship with his brother's personal assistant, Florence Marr (Greta Gerwig, sweetheart of the "mumblecore" movement). But this movie is not about plot--it's about human frailty and finding a moral or spiritual significance in caring for a dog or driving someone on an errand. Stiller sheds his usual bag of twitchy tricks and conveys the brittle spirit of a man defeated by his own intelligence. Gerwig has an odd, hapless charm; she makes aimlessness appealing. As a romance, the movie falters--while it's obvious why Roger would be attracted to Florence's youth and vulnerability, it's less clear why Florence wouldn't be repelled by Roger's sometimes-cruel instability. But writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) has gotten even better at capturing the history of two people with brief, incisive strokes; Roger's prickly history with his friends becomes vividly clear in a few conversations. As a core sampling of the contemporary psyche, Greenberg is rewarding. Also featuring excellent performances by Jennifer Jason Leigh (eXistenZ) and Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill). --Bret Fetzer
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However, this is not a "dog movie", despite Mahler the hound's importance to how the plot (such as it is) unfurls. Actually, it is hard to say what it "Greenberg" is at all, except perhaps a psychological (not thriller but rather) snoozer.
The writer and director, Noah Baumbach, thinks of Greater Los Angeles, Calif. itself as the chief character. There's some plausibility in that and -- let's be grateful -- L.A. seldom lets one down as a consciously intended element (rather than posing as somewhere else) in a movie. I grew up in Los Angeles County, first, as a poor white kid in the 1940s in the blighted, overwhelmingly black neighbourhood that Bell/Southgate/Watts together comprise, only later, to any considerable extent, Latino. Then the family, after many moves, settled in North Hollywood/Studio City, a really lovely part of Greater L.A., then, later still, in Long Beach (which I left for once for all in 1967 for the East Coast and, eventually, for Québec). Long Beach, which is not a setting, either, for anything in this film, but similar enough to other L.A. turf, was a city that, back in the 1940s and 1950s, was the working bloke's modest equivalent of the wealthy folk's Malibu vacation playland, at much more affordable prices and with lots of Long Beach's own peculiar funk (such as that of the inimitably tacky Oogla Smith's variety). So, yeah, I do appreciate the film's urban-suburban Los Angeles setting that I experienced with such diversity earlier in life. For all of that, however, a film needs more than that to be of any wide interest to a large public.Read more ›
fascinating and sometimes maddening.
Ben Stiller plays a truly unlikable 'hero', a man so angry that he
can't maintain any sort of real friendship, much less romantic
What's admirable about the film, is that all the acting is so rich and
subtle, as is the writing, that no one ends up a caricature.
There's also an admirable unwillingness to give into convention, to
provide easy answers or heartwarming redemption. This is about a man
maybe taking the first step from A to B and we're not sure in the end
he'll even make it that far.
On the downside, there is a certain repetitiveness to it. We 'get'
Greenberg and his anger, and sometimes the going in circles feels like
just filling time instead of proving a point about how stuck the
character is emotionally.
Also, there's mention of Greenberg's vulnerability, but if that had
been allowed to be just a bit more evident it might have better
balanced his off-putting downside. As is, on first viewing, the film
felt a bit removed and intellectual.
But I could easily imagine that impression changing on revisiting, now
that I'm prepared for it's dark and difficult tone.
In any case, I found this a very good, if challenging film that's well worth
seeing, from one of our most interesting creators of complex characters.
On the other hand, it certainly won't be to everyone's taste or mood. I have
a feeling reactions to a film that has this much 'nails on a chalkboard' feeling
is a very individual, subjective matter.
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Something very interesting and smart that the director does is starting the film from Florence's (Greta Gerwig) perspective. Florence is Roger Greenberg's (Ben Stiller) brother's assistant. His brother and family are going away on vacation to Vietnam and Greenberg comes to his brother's house in L.A to stay after living in New York City and coming off of a recent stint in a mental hospital. While Greenberg is the main character, the film starts with Florence and we are shown in a brief period of time what her life is like. She has a best friend named Gina, she is a good and hard working assistant and she goes to a bar where she eventually has a one night stand which is clearly irregular and dissatisfying for her. She is awkward; certainly not someone who asserts herself around others. She is not meek though; she is just not quite sure of herself as an individual yet. By aligning us with Florence, an easily relatable character right from the beginning, Baumbach is able to balance her with Greenberg's own inadequacies and allows Florence to be more than just the "girl". She becomes a character in her own right, just as important to the story through Baumbach's use of her in the film's first scenes.
Once we are introduced to Greenberg, Florence only recieves a few more scenes to herself because after all, this is a story about Roger Greenberg first and foremost. However, the focus on her perspective is never lost, keeping the examination of her character in check throughout the film. Greenberg is a carpenter now, not what he planned for his life but he does the job. While in L.A though, he has decided to experimentally do nothing. He attempts to reconnect with his best friend Ivan (Rhys Ifans) who is going through a trial separation. Ivan's character parallels Greenberg in the many ways in which they differ. We learn that he and Ivan used to have a band called The Magic Marker with a couple of others, that they were offered a record deal and that Roger turned down without consulting the rest of the group drastically altering the lives of the other group members involuntarily. He did not want to sign with a major label because he felt they would become corporate slaves. The problem is that this was the only offer the band received leading to the band's brake up prompting Greenberg's move to New York shortly after. He and Ivan have never discussed any of this and while Ivan genuinely enjoys seeing Greenberg again, he also has a difficult time with it which we see through his increasing reluctance towards Greenberg every time they see each other. These scenes between the two of them are show so much about the passage of time (a major theme in the film) and display Greenberg's inability to look outside of his own world. Ivan wants a friend to talk to but all Roger can say is that he is happy that Ivan is splitting from his wife as he never liked them together in the first place. He cannot understand why Ivan is so upset about the speration even though Ivan is clearly distraught over the effect this will have on his son Victor.
One of the more fascinating things about Greenberg is the grudge he has about his own generation for not being the current generation and the absolute disdain he has for the current generation for simply existing. All he sees are kids that rely too much on technology and have lost a grip on the world. He sees kids who are lost and are incapable of asserting themselves as a culturally relevant and thoughtful crowd. Not to mention that his references go over their heads. One review of the film remarks on the climactic party scene in which he takes coke and rants about his disgust for the present youth. The review notes that the scene does not give the kids a chance, making them voiceless and stupid citing unfairness and offense that the youth of today are portrayed as such a hopeless bunch. This reviewer misses the point entirely. This film is not about presenting us with fair portrayals of youth culture. It is about getting into Greenberg's head and seeing people as he sees them. These kids are not meant to represent youth culture; they are meant to represent how Greenberg sees youth culture. The scene is a brilliant one, rife with tension in a situation that would not normally carry it.
Greenberg's relationship with Florence could be the most frustrating aspect of the film for some but also the most rewarding. Mainly because of the way he treats her. While his mind bounces back and forth as to whether or not he wants to be with this person even casually, he drags Florence through every single back and forth moment he has, instead of keeping it to himself. He then proceeds to blame Florence for his feelings, telling her that everything he is conflicted about is her fault. His mood changes drastically within individual scenes with her. Florence, in the meantime, likes him a lot but is conflicted about him both because of his behavior and also having just come out of a long relationship. She also excuses a lot fo his behaviour because she knows about his stay in the hospital. Her best friend Gina, does not want her with him because of the way he treats her. Having also read complaints that Florence ends up simply catering to Greenberg's needs and is a weak character, there is a scene to counter that claim between Florence and Gina as we hear why Florence refuses to lose interest in him. She explains her choices and Greenberg is humanized enough for us to see why Florence makes the decisions she does. In addition to this, Florence has a breaking point proving she is not a character that can be constantlyy trampled on. This displays in part why Florence is not a weak character but an individual making a personal choice for better or worse.
The scene where Florence tells a story could be the most awkward, tense and hateful moment of Greenberg's behavior. Without going too much into it, as those who have seen it will know exactly what this refers to, it really shows Roger's impatience with others and how short a string his dissatisfaction with a conversation has. It is probably the moment people will hate Greenberg that most; at least it was for me. As for my reaction, it was the one moment that I said out loud in the theater "Oh my God". An overreaction? Probably, but it was a really surprising turn to a scene that started out on such good terms.
Greenberg's rare but genuine attempts at reconnection contribute to his humanization. His most desperate attempt to reconnect comes from his efforts at striking up a friendship and possible relationship with Beth (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an ex-girlfriend who he is clearly still thinks about. She has been through so much, a husband, kids and an impending divorce, that for her the relationship does not even feel like it happened. Her indifference towards him perfectly captures his mourning and hatred towards time and the things it can blur, distance and effect in so many ways as if nothing ever even happened. He really does try with her but it does not work and the scene with the two of them in the restaurant is painful to watch (there are a lot of painful scenes in this) as he talks to her about moments and days between the two of them which she cannot recall and does not seem to care to attempt to.
This is without a doubt Ben Stiller's best performance; a role that he was born to play (picturing anyone else playing Roger is impossible). He is stripped of extravagance and is not afraid to make Greenberg as unlikable as the script portrays him and succeeds beautifully in all the moments that Baumbach gives him to deepen the character, get in his head and show us through his face the pain, awkwardness and trouble he has functioning in society. Greta Gerwig is a real find. This is her first foray into the mainstream after being a hugely relevant contributor to the mumblecore movement. Last year she memorably played best friend Megan in Ti West's The House of the Devil and she has a rich career ahead of her. She is just as interesting to watch as Stiller and both actors make us understand why their characters do the things they do largely contributing to the film's success We may not approve but we understand. The two also have a great deal of what many on screen pairs fail to these days; chemistry. On a final note concerning the performances, Rhys Ifans is so good in this that by the end I wanted an entire film dedicated to Ivan as it becomes so evident that his story is merely touched upon.
Baumbach's direction is at turns observational and subjective. There are times when he takes a step back to let us see what Greenberg's interactions are really like, objectively letting us observe the negative effect and impact he has on other people. This allows us to view his current place in the world and to fully see why his cold and hateful behavior is not accepted in most social circles. Baumbach performs a balancing act with this and scenes where we are subjectively let inside of Greenberg's mind and shown exactly what he goes through in a social situation and how he sees everyone else. The scene that perfectly captures this is the first party scene in which Ivan and Roger attend a birthday party for one of their friends' children. Baumbach inserts a montage with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem's score pervading in the background, competing in the audio track with the dialogue taking place combined with quick non-linear cuts and portions of various conversations Greenberg has at the party. All of it equals an entirely overwhelming montage in the constant awkwardness of Greenberg's complete misfire in every encounter he has and the techniques that Baumbach employs through his use of editing and audio overload. He perfectly conveys Greenberg's subjective experience in social situations and through the effect this scene has on the viewer, we feel the way he feels involuntarily aligning us with the protagonist. The scene culminates in a stunning moment with an extended overhead shot of Greenberg alone but surrounded by children running around and adults stationed in stable conversation. He is lost, confused and unsuccessful in his attempt to function at this party through a combination of his own coldness towards others and his genuine discomfort with them.
We have come to the personal part of this review. Noah Baumbach is, for me, in the top tier of working directors and screenwriters not only in his own scripts but in his contribution to two Wes Anderson films. I adore every work of his because of his courage in the characters he writes and the way he challenges his audience to really dig deep into his examinations of upper middle class angst as he relentlessly enforces the validity of his characters' feelings. He knows that not everyone is going to relate to them and furthermore he knows that many are going to actively invalidate their plights through personal assertion. There is nothing wrong with this. Just because his characters can be difficult to relate to does not mean that they do not deserve to have their stories told. Films that are challenging in this regard are refreshing to me and much more interesting than the majority of work out there. He makes his characters ugly but valid and fully realized.
That is why I love Margot at the Wedding so much. Margot was refreshing for me personally because of how brutally unlikable she is. There is a difference between brutally unlikable and brutally uninteresting. In many writer's but more often studios' attempts to create easily marketable and relatable characters the result is many times a dull and redundant story. I am surprised by how many found Greenberg to be so completely intolerable considering that not only does the character grow by the end of the film but also because this film is so much more accessible in my opinion than Margot. Also, while Florence's actions might be questionable in her unwillingness to give up on Roger at times when you may want her to, she is very easily likable not to mention Ivan who is extremely easy to attach to.
I guess I am so deeply fond of it because Greenberg felt disturbingly relatable. Reviewers have referred to his character as a monster which is completely pushing the line. I find it interesting that people are much more inclined to accept the actions of characters that kill people in films before they can accept a character like Roger Greenberg. Greenberg is unlikable. He is stuck in a largely middle-aged conundrum; as Ivan (Rhys Ifans) talks about late in the film, he is incapable of embracing the fact that his life has not turned out as he planned, a problem which taken on its own should be relatable to many. His misanthropy and his disconnect from society and all of the things that make him so hateful to many others felt familiar to me in my own feelings, especially in his disconnect with the current generation which would be my own. Obviously my feelings are not nearly as generalized or unwavering as it is for him but I felt a connection with him to the point where by the end of the film I truly loved this character and outside of much of his treatment of Florence and Ivan, I cannot say his actions upset me all that much. I never approved of them but I was more fascinated by his actions than pissed off.
Greenberg's ability to openly show his disdain for everything, which is what turns so many people off from him, is an aspect I cannot relate to. However, in relation to my own thoughts at times, yes I do relate to some of the things he says. His experience in social situations feels eerily familiar. His concerns about middle aged life and the way he so fully feels the passage of time is something that I relate to in my youth which is just a little terrifying. Throughout the film all I kept thinking was that this film was not made for people my age; so why do I understand everything he is going through even if I do not relate to the way he goes about dealing with his issues. The film, which is alternately and much of the time simultaneously very funny and also very depressing felt relatable and true to me. While I am not at the age to fully understand that passage of time, opportunity and examination of self growth I felt a very strong connection making me one of the many that truly loved this film.
If everyone liked Greenberg the film would not be successful because that would mean that Baumbach had not stayed true to his title character. Greenberg will alienate some and unite others but through portraying a character fully and deeply on both the director's and the character's own terms whether or not people relate to it or sympathize with his plight enough to care about the film makes this a unique, brave and acutely observational character study that will be hated by many and cherished by many for years to come.
The film follows Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a 40-year-old man who has recently suffered a nervous breakdown and is now struggling to just "do nothing." He returns to L.A., where he had grown up and had a semi-successful rock band, and housesits for his brother, Phillip (Chris Messina), while he and his family are away on an extended vacation. Greenberg meets his brother's assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig), and begins a halting, awkward romance with her. He reconnects with his old band mates -- including Ivan (Rhys Ifans) -- who are still bitter about a record deal that Roger ruined 15 years ago. Roger also attempts to date Beth (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an old girlfriend, but she rejects him.
The film is unconventional. I do disagree, however, that everyone in this film is unlikable. Greta Gerwig is excellent as Greenberg's love interest, as is Jennifer Jason Leigh, Noah Baumbach's wife. The film is out of the mainstream, but when looking at all of the junk coming out of Hollywood these days, that is a good thing.
If you liked films like "The Squid and the Whale" or some of Wes Anderson's work, and you are willing to go in with an open mind, I recommend this film.
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) a New York based carpenter who once had a shot at rock star glory, is recently out of a mental institution for severe depression. He's now in Hollywood, house-sitting for his brother and family, who are on extended vacation. House-sitting pretty much involves taking care of Mahler, the family German shepherd. And Roger is assisted in this minimal task by Florence (Greta Gerwig), the personal assistant of Roger's brother...she brings him groceries and essentially handles any small tasks Roger might have.
Thus, Roger is allowed to wallow in his self pity. He "engages" himself in the idea of constructing a doghouse for Mahler...and constantly insists that he's doing a great and noble and generous thing by building it. Yet, over the course of what feels like a few weeks, he only gets about halfway done. He is stuck in a malaise of self-hatred...which hatred he shares generously with those around him by being scornful and dismissive. Everyone is a fake or a phony. Everyone is worthy of derision. But when simply arising in the morning is a monumental task, I imagine it would be hard to care much for your fellow man.
Florence, a clearly intelligent young woman who is also adrift in a life going nowhere, would normally be the most depressing character in any other movie, but in comparison to Roger, she is practically sunshine and light. She also suffers from low self-esteem, which has her engaging in a series of one-night stands that leave her clearly unfulfilled and feeling even worse about herself. She and Roger drift into a "sort of" relationship. They come together briefly for a "date," then Roger says or does something awful and the bounce apart. Her friends tell her to leave him alone. His inner-voice makes him wonder why he treats her so badly. He clearly likes something about her (perhaps her openness to feeling, rather than his cutting-off of feeling), but then he acts as though he can't abide her. He's like the kid in elementary school who punches the girl he really likes, to show how immune to liking a girl he is.
Stiller also reaches out to his old bandmates, particularly Ivan (Rhys Ifans)...these men were once his friends, but years ago, with a record contract on the table, Greenberg apparently scuttled the whole deal and the band fell apart. This has bred enormous resentments between the men. Ivan, a good man struggling to hold his family together, seems genuinely interested in befriending Greenberg. He seems to feel responsible for providing some companionship, however strained, to this lost soul. But Greenberg can't stop picking away at the man, mocking his choice of a marriage partner and generally belittling him.
What is convincing about GREENBERG is that no one has a sudden flash of redemption. The script hews closely to what "real life" would be like...if these characters DO make any progress, it will be tentative and painfully slow. Most of the time, it's one step forward, two steps back. The best we can hope for is to see the dynamic shift to two steps forward and one step back.
This makes it very hard to warm up to the characters. They are fascinating and involving, but throughout viewing this, I was constantly telling myself, "These are awful people. I could care less what happens to them." This was particularly true for Greenberg. I felt sorry but frustrated for Florence...but Roger Greenberg needed a good smack upside the head.
That the movie is enjoyable at all is due to some sharp writing, including the use of the dog Mahler as the vehicle through which Roger and Florence can tentatively bond. Their concern for the dog gives them excuses to come together, even when angry at each other. Further, the excellent work from Stiller and Gerwig elevates the film. These two interesting actors give themselves completely over to their work, and it's very effective. Gerwig is not someone I've noticed before, but she is vulnerable and assured in her work. I'd like to see her now tackle a less trouble character; I suspect there's an effervescent personality there. And Stiller has always had a dark side, even in his most "family friendly" characters; but here he just gives himself over completely to that darkness. I hope like heck he isn't really like this...but he sure plays it convincingly. And Rhys Ifans gives another outstanding performance. He's quiet and contained, so that when his inevitable outpouring of feeling comes, the impact is all the greater.
I encourage adult movie-goers who enjoy tight writing and good acting to check out GREENBERG. If you're looking for a "happy" time at the movies, though...look elsewhere.
Writer/Director Noah Baumbach's previous films are Kicking & Screaming - Criterion Collection, The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition) and Margot at the Wedding. The tone and harsh reality of those films should give you a good idea of what to expect here. The film has a number of uncomfortable scenes but they aren't played in a broad and obvious way as many other films might have done. Greenberg seems very, very real. The laughs earned by the film come from a very perceptive observation of a character who seems lost wherever he goes.
What Ben Stiller does with this role is a revelation -- he makes an audience sympathetic to a very unsympathetic character. If a character like Greenberg has even the slight possibility of finding love and happiness then there is truly hope for us all.
Ben Stiller hasn't shown acting chops like this in years and it's very refreshing to see him take on an adult role for a change.
'Greenberg' is easily one of the best films of 2010 and will find a place on many Top Ten lists. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
There may not be a great deal of forward momentum or traditional drama in "Greenberg," but if believable dialogue, relentlessly dry humor, and almost hilariously awkward sex scenes are your thing, you'll definitely find yourself in the right place. Baumbach shows an admirable commitment to avoiding predictable character arcs and contrived plot developments, showing Greenberg at both his best and worst and forcing viewers to try to find sympathy for him in the quiet moments between his blowups. While he's the kind of guy you want to root for, Roger certainly doesn't make it easy--as played by Stiller, Roger walks (and frequently jumps over) a fine line between "endearingly quirky nonconformist" and "off-putting jerk". Stiller's performance does contain traces of the neurotic-nerd persona he's developed in countless better-known films, but there's an oddly alien aspect to Greenberg that conveys the impression of someone who doesn't quite understand social graces and has lost the will to try.
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Japanese only SHM-CD paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2011.
The essential New York rock band of the post-punk era, Sonic Youth care as much about the quasi-symphonic, microtonal art-guitar music of composers like Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca as they do about the rock-song form, and with Daydream Nation, they struck their greatest balance between the two. The songs hover gorgeously for extended lengths, letting guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo intertwine fragile tonalities as carefully as it's possible to do at wall-shaking volume, while Moore and bassist Kim Gordon's untutored voices disaffectedly intone words that flirt with pop stupidity, high-art eloquence, and urban cool. When they bear down and rock, they do it with a blurry intensity that finds gorgeousness at the heart of discord. --Douglas Wolk
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"Daydream Nation" begins with the most accessible song Sonic Youth recorded in the 80's, the sonorous "Teen Age Riot." Laced with multiple hooks and affecting lyrics, the opener is this album's guidepost, presenting listeners with a caricature of the band's principal innovation: the combination of melody and instrumentation with fury and disorganization. From there, expansive tracks such as "The Sprawl," "'Cross the Breeze," "Total Trash," and "Trilogy" conjoin beautiful, haunting passages with strident vocals and thrashing guitars, while songs like "Candle," "Hey Joni," and "Silver Rocket" are more succinct, hooky jaunts which enthrall the listener while battering his or her ear drums like a punching bag.Read more ›
Evol, Sister and Daydream Nation are the perfect night of introspection that leads into the daylight of being in the world. These albums move within each other and I find it difficult to separate them. They are my favorite Sonic Youth albums. Fuzzy, not quite songs, attacks on strings and drums, there is no real beginning or end to Daydream Nation. Sonic Youth is a noisy band, but noise in a good way where the dissonace is music, and it is a music felt more than it is a music heard. Daydream Nation with it's wonderful teenage riot and candle...stands as both a great song set and as an extended mood piece. All kudos to Moore and company for this creation. The three albums together represent a lesson in guitar beyond anything that followed for Sonic Youth (for me).
Besides being part of a whole (evol, sister and daydream) that is both separate and conjoined to punk, the cult of Velvet Underground (will it ever stop? being worshipped?), and the beloved shoegazing and prog angst of Manchester and Oxford, Sonic Youth was able to align with greats such as Husker Du and Patti Smith Group (guitar great Lenny Kaye). Daydream Nation did more than have a sound, it had a reason to exist and that was as representation of the sleep our Reagan youth was in at the time. And really now, Daydream Nation was about a daydream nation. Will someone please record a disc that does something besides imitating earlier sounds? Daydream Nation and Sonic Youth gave a new sound, and that stands as mark enough of a great album.
On "Daydream Nation," Sonic Youth began using more predictable rock that marked the beginning of their descent into typical '90's rock. Thurston Moore's voice became less animated at this point, which really took away from the overall energetic feeling they once had. Kim Gordon's voice had much more of an edge to it, but female vocals in rock just don't work as well as some males.
On the other hand, the feedback work on this album was the best they have ever done. Maybe that's because it's a relief to the rock they were using on the rest of the album. The normal rock they use on the album is really good, but its drug down by the vocals.
The worst song is the lightweight opener, "Teenage Riot." The next three are their most energetic, but then they fail to carry the momentum with "Eric's Trip," just because it's a bad song. The one song that makes this album worth owning is "Total Trash," which is probably the best Sonic Youth song. The way the song self-destructs is absolutely incredible.
Then comes "Hey Joni," which is where the album begins spiraling down. The only songs that save the rest of the album is "Providence" and "Trilogy: the Wonder."
Even though Sonic Youth were not the first to use feedback in their music, they were the best at it. Perhaps the strategic manner in which they use the feedback is what make their music so powerful. It would really be interesting to see a metal band use feedback and arrangements like Sonic Youth does. It would make sense to have self-destructing metal songs caused by the heaviness they can deliver.
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I wish I could give this a higher rating because this is one of the records that really defined the New Age sound. Read morePublished 10 months ago by Paola
I have been raised on Sonic youth, this is one of their best albums. The tracks are all pretty good, and they are all good length, and more musical than most of their stuff! Read morePublished on May 1 2012 by Emily
listen: I am a sonic youth enthusiast, and I do NOT own all their albums. But I know this: I know good music when I hear it. My first SY album was EVOL, which blew me away. Read morePublished on June 17 2004 by Fat Brad
Perhaps no band represents the gap between poseurs of the alt-80's/90's and those who just like good music than Sonic Youth. Read morePublished on May 10 2004
Much of Sonic Youth's career has been a resounding confirmation of the fact that noisy, discordant music can be extremely fun to listen to, and "Daydream Nation" is among... Read morePublished on April 30 2004 by Wheelchair Assassin
the album starts off with one of my favourite songs ever... teenage riot. daydream nation has some great rock songs, and "providence" is a experimental/post-rock type... Read morePublished on April 24 2004 by lost_weasel
Every sonic youth album is good but kim gordon ruins most of it because she sux. Her songs consist of her reading poetry behind feedback. Read morePublished on April 1 2004 by CAt
Another out-of-the-blue impulse buy based on hype, I am still somewhat on the fence with this album. Read morePublished on March 7 2004 by Kurt Lennon
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Hi, You can call me "FUTUREHOPE". I live in orange county California...I am connected to money and power here in OC as well as long term preppy families. I grew up in private schools. My family is politically connected.
I was one of the top students in my college. after awhile I was approached by several professors and 1 more student. We had discussions similar to the teachings of the lluminati....I met a girl at the college and we fell in love...After that,one day she basically told me she was in a cult and that they set-up our relationship to recruit me ,however should could not betray me...the other student basically told me the same thing. She asked me to help get her out of her cult. Their were other people who asked me the same thing..the evil ones have followed me 24 hours...tapped my phones...turned or blackmailed all my friends/families..because no one will help me..they just hang up very scared??
I found out that everyone of the people I have met in the last year are in this cult.teachers/friends/cops/etc...they set a whole life up with fake friends etc most of them actually began to like me and didn't want to betray/kill me...it has been a very long term setup..years in the making and lots of money and people.... I just wanted to help the girl/others and now this..The weird part is I contacted connections within the CIA-homeland security-FBI-mossad....MY only hope is the connections I made with these agencies before this ...I really want to help these people...Yesterday I was told by my people that the White upper class Illuminati is in full support of me. my college studies are mostly technical sciences...computer hacking...radio science..communications...
this cult has followed me for days yet the weird
part is they haven't killed me yet...they just follow me and stalk me...I can tell when they listen to my phone cuz ill say on the phone im going somewhere and when I get there ..they are already there? plus every once in awhile they have a female friend of mine call me and I found out that she has been a witch the whole time...I have talked to many of their witches...they all ask if I really love this girl or if it is a scam...the witches call me and are very interested in finding out if I really love her?
THEY all have positions in academia/law enforcement/governmemt/freemason lodges/witchcraft covens. The witches think I want the girl for secret information however I told them I just want her for love...some think im a agent trying to get her to testify....
I DO HAVE very high connections to military intelligence agencies from several bases...however they wont meet me in the field unless they are in the background...watching...Im sure at this point their is a DRONE above me at all times...I am too valuable...
however im terrified snd exhausted...they closed my bank account and im running the streets, my rich friends wont help? I keep telling them I just love the girl and do not care what they are involved in but they wont leave me alone..some of the witches I talked to believe I love the girl others think im an agent..I have a few questions...
WHY wont they kill me? Is this just some Illuminati initiation game? it is very real...This cult approached me..not the other way around...
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[3] Diagnosing changes in hydrologic fields and their effects on the Earth system is confounded by an uneven spatiotemporal coverage of high-quality hydrologic data [Huntington, 2006], shrinking observational networks [Bates et al., 2008], and relatively short time series [e.g., Wentz et al., 2007]. Natural variability [Ziegler et al., 2003], interactions with atmospheric circulation patterns [Arnell and Liu, 2001], global dimming and brightening [Wild et al., 2008], and regionally contrasting changes in precipitation [Zhang et al., 2007] also act to complicate relationships between hydroclimate and terrestrial carbon sink strength.
[4] Understanding the interplay between hydrologic change and carbon cycling is a frontier challenge in the context of global environmental change. Because of the tight coupling of water and carbon cycling, changes in hydrologic variables influence terrestrial carbon sink strength [Nemani et al., 2002; Schwalm et al., 2010; Zhao and Running, 2010]. Here we present a bottom-up approach that extends observed footprint-scale relationships between carbon cycling and hydrologic change to global monthly maps of carbon flux anomalies from 1948 to 2009. We merge data from a global network of eddy covariance flux towers [Baldocchi, 2008], reanalyzed climate data [Kalnay et al., 1996], and time-varying land cover [Chini et al., 2009] to derive global, observationally based estimates of carbon flux attributable to hydrologic change. We address the following questions: How large are carbon sources/sinks resulting from long-term trends in hydroclimate? Which regions of the globe exhibit the largest trends? Where is the uncertainty the largest?


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Afghan incidents stem from cultural disconnect
Australians are understandably upset at the killing of Australian soldiers by the Afghans they are mentoring.
"Green-on-blue" incidents have been occurring in Afghanistan for the past six years, but more than half of the total deaths have occurred in the past 12 months - and that upward trend seems set to continue.
"Green" refers to Afghan security forces, commonly the military and police, while "blue" refers to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which includes the US, UK and Australia. To date, at least 52 ISAF personnel have died in green-on-blue incidents since 2005, with 26 killed since November 2010. Four of those 26 have been Australian Army personnel.
The past year's list is as follows: In November 2010, An Afghan border policeman killed six Americans, while another Afghan policeman killed five British soldiers; in March 2011, an Afghan soldier killed three British Army Gurkhas, while an Afghan pilot killed eight USAF members and an American contractor; in May 2011 an Afghan soldier killed one Australian soldier, and; in October 2011, an Afghan sergeant killed three Australians. This month an Afghan soldier wounded three Australians.
While the Taliban usually claim responsibility, they actually cause relatively few of the green-on-blue incidents. Most, at around 40 per cent, have been put down to stress of various kinds, 15 per cent to pressure put on individuals by the Taliban, and 10 per cent to Taliban disguised in Afghan uniforms. The cause of the remaining 35 per cent has not been determined.
My belief is that the upsurge in incidents has occurred because of increased recruitment, training pressures, and a cultural disconnect between trainers and Afghans.
Since US president Barack Obama announced that Afghans would be responsible for their own security by 2014, there has been increased pressure to make the Afghan National Army (ANA) combat-capable. The ANA is currently about 170,000 strong, to be built up to 260,000 by 2015. The Afghan National Police is currently 140,000, to be built up to 160,000 by next year.
It is not just a simple matter of surging the ANA to 260,000. The increase is being undermined by high desertion and attrition rates, with some Afghan units down to 60 per cent of their establishment strength. It is rather like filling a bucket with a large hole in the bottom.
ANA enlisted personnel I spoke to at the Kabul Military Training Centre were unhappy about a number of issues: poor pay, no leave, being unable to see or contact their wives and children - who were usually in another part of the country, being unable to visit their family and village to help plant the poppy crop (around November) and harvest it (around March), weak leadership, lack of suitable military equipment, Taliban pressure, government corruption etc.
The surge and desertion/attrition challenges have had two significant impacts on Afghan force development: first the need to take in and retain 8,000 army recruits per month - which inevitably means lowering the bar on standards; second is increased ISAF field-mentoring, with 5,000 ISAF soldiers now working with Afghan units.
Security vetting has been stepped up to try to weed out Afghan recruits with Taliban links and Taliban sympathies - in part to prevent green-on-blue incidents, but, as noted, Taliban connections account for only a small number of green-on-blue incidents.
The main green/blue disconnect seems to be the cultural one.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has few problems working with US, Canadian, British or New Zealand forces because of our cultural similarities and common language. The same is true to a lesser extent of our work with other forces in ISAF. But the reality is that Australian soldiers have little in common with Afghan troops.
ISAF's concerns about Afghan troops include their poor hygiene, poor discipline, inefficiency, treachery, thieving, unreliability, illiteracy, technical incompetence, corruption, lack of motivation, and drug taking. To make it harder to bridge the gap there is the language issue.
From the Afghan perspective we are infidels and uninvited occupiers of their land, lack cultural sensitivity, cause civilian casualties, don't know how to control our women - and disrespect theirs, trespass on their property, can't handle hardship, are too regimented, and are arrogant.
On the last point, one reported Afghan complaint about Australians is that they wear sunglasses at meetings, which they regard as disrespectful to their elders. I tend to agree with that. Wearing sunglasses when talking to someone not wearing sunglasses is bad manners - and wearing sunglasses at meetings with local Afghan officials is not on.
I am not sure what it is with Gen Y, but I noticed that when Julia Gillard was trying to address the troops at a soldiers' canteen at Tarin Kowt on her recent visit, the large TV screen with Australian football was still on behind her. Some soldiers seemed to be paying more attention to the TV than they were to the PM. The PM was entitled to the common courtesy of having the TV turned off for a few minutes.
A review of green-on-blue incidents seems to suggest that many could be put down to personal clashes and disagreements. In the case of the Australian incidents, the first seems to have followed an earlier argument, the second seems to have been a premeditated religiously-motivated attack, while the motivation for the third incident has not yet been disclosed.
The main problem created by such incidents is lack of trust, which undermines ISAF's and our ability to work effectively with the Afghans we are mentoring. Last year, German troops refused to go out in the field with Afghans following a green-on-blue incident that killed three Germans.
Australian soldiers in past campaigns have been well regarded for their training work with local security forces, largely due to our diggers' egalitarian and easygoing attitude. This was particularly noticeable in South Vietnam, Somalia and East Timor.
The green-on-blue problems in Afghanistan suggest that ISAF needs to be as discerning about who it integrates with Afghan units as it is about who is being recruited into the Afghan security forces.
There are also blue-on-blue, blue-on-green and green-on-green incidents in Afghanistan but to go into those would take more space than I am allowed here.
Given the range of force expansion problems, it seems doubtful that the ANA and police will be capable of safeguarding national security by 2014. A longer term issue is who will provide the training needed after 2014, and pay for the expanded Afghan security forces - at an estimated $US8 billion a year. The US is said to be keen to share that burden with others, including Australia.
Another likely complication will be the increase in Afghans seeking to come to Australia after 2014 because they are at risk from being mentored by Australians.
Clive Williams is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University's Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. He is also a former Army officer.
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