Death Cab For Cutie-Narrow Stairs

I saw a really interesting documentary last night on HBO. It was called "Resolved" and it was about high school debating. As a movie it had some flaws, specifically it had two interesting stories that never really connected. But the two stories were very interesting. Especially the story about two African American students from and Los Angeles public school who shake up the debate world. I did not know that debating is not really what most people think of as debating anymore. Basically there is a new style of speaking where you spit out as many facts as you can in the time allotted. It sounds a little like the FedEx guy. Well these kids from LA start out debating like that, and they become state champs. But the next year they decide that the whole structure of debating in inherently racist because of the type of education it promotes, and a whole bunch of things. So they stop using the crazy style of talking and they hijack every debate to become a debate about debating itself. It is pretty cool to see them do that, and to turn the who process back into an actual debate. I definitely recommend this movie if you get a chance to check it out.

I can't really say the same for Death Cab For Cutie. I found this album pretty boring. 2 Stars.