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It calls for rooting out “waste, fraud, and abuse,” that all-purpose chimera evoked by budget-cutters as a painless way of reducing costs, but which no one ever seems to accomplish.

A simple message, which evokes a multitude of memories for almost an entire nation, neatly summed up what Nadal means to Spain.

The song she co-wrote for “Twisters” is built on a simple, repeating, arpeggiated riff on its two main chords, generating a contemplative sound, evoking a long drive on a flat, open highway.

But there was an additional inspiration that might explain why the music evokes such deep reservoirs of feeling: It started off as a breakup song.

That one big thing in Stockhausen’s utopian vision is a new sense of community that evolves from the creation of this sacred space evoking otherworldliness.