When Wu-Tang Clan leader and rabid chess enthusiast RZA was asked who was his favorite showbiz opponent, he responded in a heartbeat: Paul Banks. It’s true, says Interpol’s cryptic crooner. He and the rapper have played several serious games. “But RZA is an infinitely better player. He’s beyond hobbyist. He’s studied — and I’ve just played tons of chess. And chess goes by ranking systems, so if you’re in some chess community online, it’s very humbling.
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As a keen-eared composer, Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler says many aesthetic ingredients went into his quartet’s self-titled new fourth set. One was the 1960 anniversary-model Gretsch, hooked up to a vintage Princeton amp, he employed to sketch angular tracks like “Lights,” “Barricade” and “Safe Without.”
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No presidential statement or White House press briefing was held on it. All that can be found about it on the official White House Web site is the Dec. 17 announcement and one-paragraph text of President Barack Obama’s Executive Order 12425, with this innocuous headline: “Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a public international organization entitled to enjoy certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities.”
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