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Loving the National and Reckoning with the Unmagnificent Lives of Adults

THE NATIONAL Mon 11/27 Arlene Schnitzer GRAHAM MACINDOE I havenโ€™t always loved the National. Initially, their music struck me as deeply unnecessary, a pleasant but forgettable soundtrack for Subaru showrooms and Baby-Bjรถrn sojourns. But I didnโ€™t hate themโ€”itโ€™s very hard to hate the National. How do you summon antipathy for something so benign and familiar? […]

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