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Together the books offer a yin-yang morality tale, with Brasco the straight arrow detailing how criminals conduct their craft and Hill the lifelong criminal attempting to straighten up and fly right. By virtue of its frank, confessional nature, Hill's story is more intimate and his prose more chewy; Brasco's is a thoughtful dissertation on wiseguyness. Both, however, are so crammed with revealing anecdotes, sick behavior and dark humor that you won't soon fuhgeddaboutem. --By Jeffrey Ressner
...year ago, U.S. Central Command was saying the 150,000 troops needed for the initial invasion could be reduced to 30,000 by last September. Then by Christmas the new goal was to reduce the force to 105,000 by spring. Now, concedes Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, the arrow is pointing up. "The debate is about whether to keep 135,000 troops there or to add more," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Warning that tensions may only grow with the approach of June 30, the day the U.S. plans to return sovereignty to Iraq, General John Abizaid...
...being at the forefront of the evolution of hip-hop culture is nothing new for Gab. Blackalicious have garnered much critical acclaim for their interesting collaborations with other artists, especially musicians not known for fitting into the narrow hip-hop roles of DJ and MC. On Blazing Arrow, songs featured people such as slam poet and activist Saul Williams, Rage Against the Machine’s Zach De La Rocha and the legendary poet and jazz singer Gil Scott-Heron (most famous for his fiery work, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?...
Although this approach worked extremely well on Arrow, Gab mentioned that on the next Blackalicious record he and Xcel will be taking a more concentrated musical approach. This announcement seems to dovetail well with many other recent traditional-minded releases by artists such as Aesop Rock, Sage Francis (via his Non-Prophets collaboration with Joe Beats), Soul Position (RJD2 and Blueprint) and Boston’s own Akrobatik, many of which have emphasized the classic rap duo sound (one MC rapping over melodic beats provided by one DJ) over more dramatic experimentation...
...month does provide students with non-credit and for-credit activities that could not be offered in any other environment. With wide participation from faculty and student clubs, MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) allows students to do lab work, learn topology, shoot a bow-and-arrow, weld aluminum and watch imported anime—literally everyday. Middlebury’s J-term includes extensive travel and service opportunities. At Harvard, an ideal J-term could open up the possibility of international travel, research and volunteer work. Student groups could also take advantage of January to plan ambitious...