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Articles tagged "barak obama, politics, music" Column: The RockistWe All Know the Way to Sesame Streetby Michael Brett[20.Nov.09] :. In the 2008 presidential election, America crossed the Henson Point -- the point where we are a post-Baby Boomer society. The Rockist calls for a champagne toast. Books ReviewCracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction by Caleb Kellyby Richard Elliott[18.Nov.09] :. Kelly's study provides access to some fascinating theories of, and experiments in, the "wrong" uses of technology as explored by some important sound artists of the phonographic era. Music ReviewLaura Nyro: Mother’s Spiritualby Omar Kholeif[13.Nov.09] :. Examining the re-release of Nyro's overlooked Mother's Spiritual reveals that there is still much to appreciate. Music ReviewBell Horses: The Loves Last Timeby Saxon Baird[11.Nov.09] :. For better or worse, Bell Horses debut of melancholy electro-pop goes down like water and acts like a sleeping pill. Books ReviewThe Death of Conservatism by Sam Tanenhausby Chris Barsanti[6.Nov.09] :. Tanenhaus elegantly argues that the American conservatism might be at low ebb, but that should not be expected to last. Nor should liberals (as prone to premature gloating as their rivals) even want it to happen. Books ReviewNocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguroby Christopher Guerin[15.Oct.09] :. Kazuo Ishiguro’s first collection of short fiction, though more grounded in everyday experience than his recent novels, is tinged with his sense of the strange and sad, and, new for him, the humorous. Why? - Eskimo Snow (new album / tour dates / video)by Eleanore Catolico[22.Sep.09] :. Why? Eskimo Snow (Anticon) Releasing: 22 September Bay Area art-poppers Why? release Eskimo Snow today on Anticon. This time around, their music has a more folksy panache... Sin Fang Bous Announces North American Tour (tour dates / video / MP3)by Eleanore Catolico[16.Sep.09] :. Stop it Sindri! I keep getting lost in your dewy eyes. Sindri Mar Sigfusson, bandleader of the whimsical pop-folk group Seabear, has just announced North American tour dates in support of his solo... Juliette Lewis Talks and Sings on Ferguson (tour dates / video)by Eleanore Catolico[14.Sep.09] :. Juliette Lewis is like that woman in the bar who’s gotten into fights (and won) and ain’t no fool to a man’s game. She infuses this feral power into her high octane rock... Soundscape of the Body Politic: The Songs of Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Inherent Vice’by Eleanore Catolico[10.Sep.09] :. Interpolators of literature always try to figure out how we, as readers, glean the book in our hands. Arguments between the likes of Harold Bloom and the New Critics in the ‘50s, whose polemics... Micachu & the Shapes - “Turn Me Well” (video)by Eleanore Catolico[10.Sep.09] :. Mica Levi’s Jewellry has garnered accolades because of its beautifully constructed bizarreness, a synecdoche of pop atonality.Yesterday, the 21-year-old Levi, performing under the stage... The (Indie) Music Industry Is All Rightby Liz Colville[31.Aug.09] :. The media is too preoccupied with the funeral arrangements of the mainstream music industry to celebrate the life that is happening elsewhere. Happy! Candy! Fun! Shonen Knife’s Rock Euphoria Returns (video)by Eleanore Catolico[28.Aug.09] :. Your favorite Japanese-all female-banana chip lovin’-pop punk trio is back. With new bassist Ritsuko Taneda added to the lineup, alongside lead/guitar Naoko Yamano and drummer Etsuko Nakanishi,... Featured Article Sound AffectsQueering Madonna & stardom: As contradictory as Uncle Tom, except in reverseby Diepiriye Kuku[9.Apr.09] :. Madonna was as contradictory as Uncle Tom, except in reverse. She claimed to challenge the institution and dominance of the church while worshiping at the mantle of capitalism and white supremacy in ways that only reinforced the nexus of gender, race and class oppression and mutual exploitation. John Zorn by John Brackettby Michael Patrick Brady[28.Jan.09] :. One must be willing to risk being consumed by the dark, cabalistic world Zorn has created around his art. Deft documentary shows two sides of Lee Atwaterby Roddie Burris [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][2.Oct.08] :. COLUMBIA, S.C.—In the final days of his 1980 campaign for Congress, Columbia attorney Tom Turnipseed had a firm lead in the polls in his race against Lexington County’s Floyd Spence. On... The Political Machine 2008by L.B. Jeffries[30.Jul.08] :. It’s like playing Monopoly without the dice or the satisfaction of ever owning property. You just go around and around the board bidding on things. Invincible: Shapeshiftersby Alexis Pauline Gumbs[16.Jul.08] :. Every A&R's worst nightmare is a sustainable media movement's dream come true. Do political endorsements matter?by Naftali Bendavid [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][11.Jan.08] :. CHICAGO—Word trickles out from a campaign that a “major endorsement” is expected. Then the name of the endorser is breathlessly leaked. Finally the endorser emerges - at a rally,... Texas bloggers reap the fruit of new political cloutby Karen Brooks [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][29.Nov.07] :. AUSTIN, Texas - The decidedly liberal Texas blogosphere, once content with its role as outsider critic, is finally putting its money where its mouse is. Earlier this year, bloggers formed a loose... Admiring Oliver Sacksby Jillian Burt[19.Oct.07] :. The neurologist Oliver Sacks has an extraordinary ability to write the life of the mind. Where others see illness, dementia, a fearsome strangeness and shy away, he’s respectfully fascinated... A Hypothetical Problemby Jillian Burt[17.Sep.07] :. The polls say that 99% of people who read this story will be fascinated by it. A further 25%, if they re-read the story in a week’s time will be equally impressed. New CD revives Hialeah, Fla.‘s, forgotten musical pastby Amy Driscoll [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Sep.07] :. HIALEAH, Fla.—Before the Miami Sound Machine hit it big and the Buena Vista Social Club became an international sensation, the future of Cuban music was being shaped in a place not generally... The Boys From Dolores: Fidel Castros Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmesby Enrique Fernandez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][31.Jul.07] :. Travel writer captures the essence of Fidel's school days in The Boys From Dolores. The United States and Central America: Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility by Mark Rosenbeby Alejandra Labanca [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Jul.07] :. Scholar says the cycle of neglect that marks U.S. policy toward Central America isn't likely to be broken soon. No he didn’t! Antonio Villaraigosa’s bimbo eruptionby Amy DePaul[5.Jul.07] :. Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times ran a story about a Telemundo news correspondent who has been assigned to cover politics, local news and the city’s mayor for the last year and a... New York dominates political fieldby Philip Dine [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][25.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON - The Heartland and most of the rest of the country has long had an iffy view of New York, admiring its energy but wary of its culture, personality and values. That arms-length... Russia turns up heat on dissidentsby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][13.May.07] :. ARKHANGELSK, Russia—Few in Russia would consider Alexander Donskoi a serious contender to take over the Kremlin in 2008. Few even know who he is. His political life amounts to two years as... You Go Girls: “The View” as Distaff “Crossfire”by Amy DePaul[25.Apr.07] :. Feminists have long lamented the lack of women writers in newspaper opinion pages and on magazine staffs of influential magazines like The New Yorker and New Republic. And women... Russia’s first president Boris Yeltsin dies at 76by RIA Novosti [(MCT)][23.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected leader (1991-1999), has died at the age of 76 of cardiac arrest. Yeltsin was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in 1931 and... Edwards loses little financial support to Clinton, Obamaby Rob Christensen and David Raynor [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Apr.07] :. RALEIGH, N.C. - When Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards swept into Birmingham in January, he didn’t have any problem finding a raft of big-time contributors. Alabamians, many of... Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibehby Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][20.Apr.07] :. Bring together Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh (1949- ) and Israeli statesman Shimon Peres (1923-) and the first thought that occurs to any longtime observer of the Arab-Israeli conflict is: Get a room. Kasparov arrested as police break up Dissenters’ March in Moscowby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Waves of truncheon-wielding police swiftly broke up a march protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government Saturday, arresting Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and... Political crisis threatens fragile democracy in Ukraineby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. KIEV, Ukraine - Amid a sea of orange flags and banners crammed into a small downtown roundabout, Vyacheslav Kireichuk angrily jabs his finger toward Independence Square about 200 yards away. There,... Obama plans fundraisers in Clinton’s back yardby Celeste Katz [New York Daily News (MCT)][6.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - Sen. Barack Obama has raised a ton of campaign money in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s backyard, and as the next round of fund-raising begins, he’s coming right back to Manhattan for... Obama approaches Clinton’s fundraising totalby Margaret Talev [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama’s bombshell announcement Wednesday that his presidential campaign already has raised $25 million grabbed the political world’s attention and threatened Sen.... Obama forced opponents from race in first campaignby David Jackson and Ray Long [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][4.Apr.07] :. CHICAGO - The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. There they began the tedious process of... Damiera: M(US)ICby Dave Hoffman[6.Mar.07] :. Damiera plays hyperkinetic, angular indie rock, echoing At the Drive-In, or Coheed & Cambria without the weird prog-rock tendencies. Madonna: Musicby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.00] :. And indeed, for Madonna, music, like most everything else, is always going to do something. |
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