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...irresponsible, especially now that the Cold Crush Brothers’ Grandmaster Caz leads bus tours of the South Bronx for flabby middle-class fans. But beyond the obvious danger of fetishization suggested by the recent invasion of many of rap’s holy sites by camera-toting amateur anthropologists lurk more subtle methodological problems.As tennis shoes and ghettoblasters fill gallery walls, hip-hop curators will inevitably encounter many of the same issues of performance and ephemerality that plague today’s Dada chroniclers at the National Gallery of Art.But while both art forms emphasize live improvisation and countercultural...
...there's nothing to connect them to Lashkar-e-Toibaa"-a reference to the Pakistani militant group fighting in Kashmir with links to the Pakistani establishment that has carried attacks across India and, until recently, was routinely fingered for any act of violence here. The officer added that the amateur nature of the devices suggested the bombers were poorly funded, and most likely had no support from any government...
...Fatel’s comic stylings, they do not make for a complete or satisfying act. At first blush, “Super Retardo” is hilarious, but his lecherousness grows stale rapidly. Upon further listening, Fatel begins to sound like a confessional sex offender moonlighting as an amateur comedian. Unless he grows as a performer—and unless his subject material grows with him—Fatel’s performance will always remain crude and one-dimensional. Ultimately, however, these faults should not necessarily dissuade people from picking up “Super Retardo?...
...different,” Summers responded. “Yours is one of the more novel suggestions that I’ve received, but I’m open to every possibility.” Though Summers’ tennis skills still don’t rise above the amateur level, last night bore a closer resemblance to a Grand Slam event. Harvard University Police Department provided security, checking Harvard identification at the door—and a group of five Crimson editors and former Crimson executives seated in the third row greeted Summers with the letters...
...life remains unprotected: water and food supplies; refineries, energy grids and pipelines; bridges, tunnels, trains, trucks and cargo containers; as well as the cyberbackbone that underpins the information age in which we live. The security measures we have been cobbling together are hardly fit to deter amateur thieves, vandals and hackers, never mind determined terrorists. Worse still, small improvements are often oversold as giant steps forward, lowering the guard of average citizens as they carry on their daily routine with an unwarranted sense of confidence. For instance, while the flying public is busy shedding shoes and bags...