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...good for publicity, but a U.S. artist has earned the wrath of anti-immigrant groups by designing shoes that, in theory at least, help illegals cross the border from Mexico. Brincos--Spanish for jump--feature ankle support for traversing treacherous terrain, a compass and, on the insole, a map of the best route from Tijuana to San Diego. Made in China, handed out for free in Tijuana and sold for $215 in San Diego, the shoes were created by Judi Werthein to show how a product can mean different things in different economies and, as she puts...
...says, laughing. “I was in grad school at the time.” Rather than launch into a story of Vodka’s raucous college years, however, Krukowski’s conversation gravitates more toward Duchamp. “Duchamp was an artist in every sense,” he says. “He even made music, although it was pretty conceptual. …It’s connected to what I’m teaching now, although I’m not using Duchamp, because my class is specifically about music...
...music, Monson also points out that economic issues were another profoundly important part of jazz’s dialogue with politics. She reasons, “The 1960s were a battle of ownership and control. African-Americans got a raw deal in the music industry. An African-American artist would come up with a song, a major label would decide that this was a happening song, but that they wanted Pat Boone to do it instead!” As a practitioner and a professor of music, Monson embodies a certain working philosophy: study music in all its implications...
It’s a common enough story in the music world: an aging artist loudly insults the current style, sending waves through the whole scene. But this time, the feuding parties aren’t Nas and Benzino.Barry Burns, the guitarist for Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, called recent BRIT Award winners James Blunt and Coldplay’s Chris Martin a “twat” and a “fuckface,” respectively. MCs have been capped for much less.But given all the news coverage and corresponding hype—and increased record sales?...
...artist you want to play at your top level, but after hour six you’re like, ‘what the hell can I show them that they haven’t seen yet?’" she adds...