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...features the lyrics, “I have black thoughts / Therefore my name’s the same”). The Roots have always invoked canonical elements of black culture—their first proper release was called “Things Fall Apart,” after all??and as one of the few touring rap acts featuring extensive funk instrumentation, they’re the closest thing out there to an extant Family Stone or the J.B.’s. Their arrangements and aggressively jammy live shows have carried Black Thought’s workmanlike...
...these artists justify such gruesome excesses? The possibility of an aesthetic justification is out of the question, after all??it’s not as if there’s anything beautiful about the slow starvation of a mangy mutt or in the minced guts of a goldfish. Unlike filmmaker Werner Herzog, for example, whose macabre yet stunning Lessons of Darkness portrays the burning Kuwaiti oil fields of the Gulf War, many performance artists do not court any kind of beauty. Instead, they often redeem their projects with the vague notion of “protest?...
...among those for whom politics is a profession, and it is now incumbent upon them to make the final decision: which candidate will be the strongest one to throw against McCain? Ironically, there is almost no complaint about the Republican process and its “winner take all?? primary system. That system produces the same results Democratic superdelegates will ultimately provide: a conclusion and a nominee.Yet, while there shouldn’t be a major overhaul to the way the system works now, here are some questions both parties ought to be asking themselves about how primaries...
...type basement, unless we band together and protest. (Look what disassociating ourselves in 1984 has gotten us: nothing!) But hey, I don’t want no hateration in this dancery. I want to congratulate a Harvard student body that has definitively improved its fashion. I will miss you all??especially your love of inappropriate bowties and strange long cashmere coats. Three Tips to Continue Rocking the the Free World in My Absence: 1) Remember to perform the basic functions of hygiene, as that is important in any stage of one’s life. 2) Wear...
...gold. In the French Quarter, we browsed souvenir shops, sampled pralines, and listened to a jazz band perform in an outdoor cafe. But after delighting in the bustle of the French Quarter, we saw another part of New Orleans that didn’t look like America at all??the Ninth Ward. Gabe Unger ’11’s friend from New Orleans, Kimble Wright, and his mom led us around the Ninth Ward by car, where we encountered dozens of deserted stores and shopping malls. As the closed roller coasters of Six Flags rose over...