(Disclosure: see fourth item.)
lead review? y | y
comparison to Talking Heads? y | y
in what graf? 2nd (of 3) | 2nd (of 7)
bringing up my alma mater? y, 1st sentence | y, 6th graf
Afro-pop? y, 3rd graf | y, 1st sentence
taking advantage of Afro-pop to give Sasha Frère-Jones what-for? n | n, that’s so 2007
# of comparisons to the Strokes? 0 | 3
description of singer’s voice? unabashedly slender | indie yelp
incomprehensible failure to compare voice to/get annoyed by Sting*? y | y
technical terms used all official-like? bright six-beat syncopations | guys, it’s Pitchfork
and those keyboards… ? go boop | have a perky, almost piping tone
specific preppy items listed by reviewer? 3: Columbia, Cape Cod, Benetton | 10: college lawn, tucked-in shirts, English-lit courses, Cheever, music major, kids whose parents use “summer” as a verb, Columbia University, Cape Cod, Oxford shirts, boat shoes
# of those that appear, from the review, to be directly mentioned in one of the songs? 3 | 3
reviewer’s attitude? hi, I’m Jon Pareles of the New York Times | hating the haterz is the new hate; party on, Wayne; party on, Garth
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