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WEAR. A great dam made across a river, accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Jacob's Law Dict. h.t. Vide Dam.



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As we've seen in New Orleans and across the world in past months, the illusion of technological control wears thin when it has the power of weather to contend with.
The novelty of hearing a two-and-a-half-minute excerpt from a Slayer concert recorded by a cell phone wears thin almost as quickly as Cat Rave, 2004, a wall-size projection (made in collaboration with Frankie Martin) of a family pet settling down in the middle of a psychedelic interior.
Clever ideas, but the premise wears thin long before the Steve Reich score does.
 
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