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£ "i &&%$£$$%$ r IXK*"'* y i. %kt t!ltyj$$ejj *> " t J?- -A tesS*-« ~^^--V^*v«»,-^*.^fiM»MiJ|^^ r,v W , *^3^^;Br«S*fS,t^ -i5^- 1" >'». "».. - ~;-~ ."•- N Ha!% »©& iw.'rv^a*^' .i^-t-ii.i-.^^f^j^. **»*.» .1. jWM^T-^fumAMtE^Trp ** *<WUW 2 CULTURE FRIDAY, 31 MARCH, 2006 THE UBYSSEY Harper discs strictly black and white FRIDAY, 31 MARCH, 2006 VOL.LXXXVII N°47 BEN HARPER the album into two black and white anti-paeans from "Reason to Both Sides of the Gun discs allows Harper to maintain the Mourn" through to "Cryin Won't Virgin Records concinnity of each, the first being Help You Now," and ends with the RANT LITERARY SUPPLEMENT softer—more reminiscent of his short denouement of "Happy COORDINATORS by D. Winter White earlier work; the second has a Everafter In Your Eyes." This disc is Alia Dharssi, Mary Leighton & CULTURE STAFF broader range of stylistic variety a beautiful piece of work. Colleen Tang and experimentation. The black disc is the "b§te-noir" of Ben Harper's music has acted as an The white disk begins and ends the package. Some of the songs work EDITORIAL BOARD aid for many people. His breadth of with maudlin tunes. Starting with well by themselves, but the arrange COORDINATING EDITOR Jesse Marchand topics, lyrical diversity and range of songs of separation and unfulfilled ment does not show the thoughtrut [email protected]. ca styles make it seem as though there desire is an unusual touch for an ness of the first Listening to it leaves NEWS EDITORS Paul Evans SC Eric Szeto is always a song from his repertoire artist, but Harper pulls it off one with the feeling that Harper had a [email protected] ca that will suit the moment So of superbly. Just listen to the names of hodgepodge of songs left over after interesting package, and moreover CULTURE EDITOR Simon Underwood course when he releases his first the songs: "Morning Yearning*; making the first, but that he could not is pertinent to the content white [email protected] ca find a way to make them fit into an good, black bad. The quality of the solo effort in a few years it will act as "Waiting for You"; "Picture in a SPORTS EDITOR Megan Smyth a cynosure in the culture. Frame"; "Never Leave Lonely album, so they ended up thereafter on white disc more than makes up for [email protected] Opening the package of Both Alone." From this he moves into an the black disc. And that's fine, but you the lack of thought in the black, so Sides of the Gun, you are confront instrumental that calls to mind probably won't want to listen to it this album is worth buying even if FEATURES/NATIONAL EDITOR ed by the strict black and white warm beaches in tropical places. straight through many times. you are only going to listen to the Bryan Zandberg [email protected] ca The disc then works to a climax with The colour-coding creates an white disk—it is that good. II packaging of the album. Dividing PHOTO EDITOR Yinan Max Wang [email protected] ca PRODUCTION MANAGER Michelle Mayne Two pasts converge in Claire Morrall's haunting, "ethereal" novel [email protected] COORDINATORS NATURAL FLIGHTS OF THE The premise of Natural Flights because it's actually not the point of 2 5 years ago. With many flashbacks VOLUNTEERS Colleen Tang HUMAN MIND of the Human Mind is haunting the story like I thought it was. to her husband, we see that she is [email protected] ca by Claire Morrall enough. Peter Straker has killed 78 Essentially, this novel is about troubled because after finding RESEARCH/LETTERS Claudia Li Sceptre people and the 25th anniversary of the human heart and the pain it someone who appreciates her after [email protected] ca their deaths is fast-approaching. He can endure. There is Peter her emergence from her sister's by Gemini Cheng talks to them in his mind, in his Straker, who cannot escape the shadow, she is actually shunned by The Ubyssey is the official student newspaper of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday CULTUREWRITER dreams, while he lives in a light past because he bears the respon his family and is eventually aban by The Ubyssey Publications Sodety. We are an autonomous, house on the Devon coast sibility of 78 deaths. At first, doned without explanation by the democratically run student organisation, and all students are If improbable situations are your Imogen Doody has just inherited Straker is silenced by his sin, man she loves. encouraged to participate. although he quickly begins to What makes a compelling story Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They thing, maybe you'll like Clare a cottage by Straker's lighthouse, are the expressed opinion of the staff, and do not necessarily Morrall's second novel, Natural and as Straker is drawn into helping open up when he meets Doody. is the pain behind the characters. reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the Flights of the Human Mind. her repair it, their pasts gradually The silence is effective at first— We meet some of the people whom University of British Columbia. All editorial content appearing in begin to converge. the antihero cannot bring himself Straker has killed, and the loved The Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey Publications Society. She's a good writer and an Stories, opinions, photographs and artwork contained herein entertaining read; you won't pick A couple of questions I had to speak, but his sudden decision ones left behind. For some, the pain cannot be reproduced without the expressed, written permission up this book and stop reading it about this novel were answered to talk is actually unexpected and has turned to anger, culminating in of The Ubyssey Publications Sodety. because it's bad. It's good, and more quickly than I expected. Why goes unnoticed within the narra what I deemed a far-fetched climax. The Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press shows a darker side of humanity. did he kill 78 people? How did he tive. Rather than save speech for It paints an accurate picture of what (CUP) and adheres to CUP's guiding principles. his atonement, Morrall chooses to Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include That said, the novel was slightly kill 78 people? Did he even want to? human nature is capable of, but I'm your phone number, student number and signature (not for disappointing for what it could Right from the beginning, it's obvi have Straker speak without fuss not sure who would find it truly real publication) as well as your year and faculty with all submissions. have been. Reviews hail it as "ethe ous that the incident has plagued early on in the novel. istic. But I have to ask: is this really ID will be checked when submissions are dropped off at the editorial office of The Ubyssey, otherwise verification will be done real" and "heart-stopping," but I his dreams. As for the how and the There is Doody, who is bitter a problem? I didn't like the ending, by phone. 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