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...remix" concept - blending old and new, sacred and mundane - is an apt metaphor for contemporary African art. Ghanaian artist El Anatsui makes a dazzling metal cloth, reminiscent of ceremonial fabrics, from thousands of aluminum bottle tops. Mozambican sculptor Gonçalo Mabunda domesticates assault rifles and other weapons by transforming them into furniture. In Le Monde Vomissant (The Vomiting World), Democratic Republic of Congo painter Chéri Samba depicts a starving globe throwing up the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century...
...times, The IA’s full-bodied and soulful sound was reminiscent of classic fusion acts such as Medeski, Martin and Wood as well as more current genre-benders such as Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Galactic or Soulive. The Galactic comparison seems especially apt after hearing the band members stretch out on their 15-minute opening instrumental...
...Bush is the ultimate "Blink" President, to use author Malcolm Gladwell's catchy term, and recent title, for instantaneous, subconscious decision making. The slogan on Gladwell's book jacket-"Don't Think-Blink!"-is a perfect mantra for an attention- deficit-disordered society, and an apt description of the electric jolt Bush has brought to politics and policy. It certainly was the subtext of the 2004 presidential campaign: Kerry's thinking seemed tortured, paralytic; Bush's blinking seemed strong and decisive...
...EXTRAORDINARILY SPECIFIC, BY WHICH I MEAN THEY'RE ALWAYS ABOUT PEOPLE DEALING NONIDEOLOGICALLY WITH SOME ISSUE. I don't think I've ever done a project 'cause I said, "Geez, philosophically, I'm right in line with this guy. This is me." I think I'm more apt to choose a role that isn't me. If you think back on Dirty Harry, for instance, people saw him as just a rogue cop. But he's a rogue cop who's just lost his wife. He's sort of a sad guy, and he's equally saddened and angered...
...cowlick because I could see the cameras rolling in the distance. Peter Rader, a Harvard alumnus and successful screenplay writer, was waiting for us with cameras in tow. The footage was for an upcoming documentary Rader is making concerning the relationship between Harvard and Hollywood, an apt scenario for our immersion into...