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...that Borat made Imus do it or to make excuses for Imus. Even in the midst of his apology tour last week, Imus did enough of that for himself, citing his charity work, his support of black Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr., even his booking the black singing group Blind Boys of Alabama on his show. (He didn't mention how, last fall, he groused about persuading the "money grubbing" "Jewish management" to okay the booking...
...however, we live in a mash-up world, where people - especially young people - feel free to borrow one another's cultural signifiers. In a now classic episode of Chappelle's Show, comic Dave Chappelle plays a blind, black white supremacist who inadvertently calls a carload of rap-listening white boys "niggers." The kids' reaction: "Did he just call us niggers? Awesome!" The country is, at least, more pop-culturally integrated - one nation under Jessica Alba, J. Lo and Harold & Kumar - and with that comes greater comfort in talking about differences...
...have instructions on the trees. 8.FM: What’s the one thing you’re are most excited about?A: I keep asking for a rollercoaster but they refuse to give it to me.K: I’m excited for the artist actually. I love Third Eye Blind. But, I think the event is more about the atmosphere than the artist, the rides, or even the food.A: It’s bigger than the sum of it’s parts.K: I’m excited to be down there with the rest of Harvard.9.FM: In 15 seconds...
When the College Events Board recently announced that Third Eye Blind would be headlining Yardfest, you probably thought, “Well, I guess people would have been psyched about that 10 years ago.” You’d be wrong. The band, whose crystal meth-tinged mega-hit “Semi-Charmed Life” blasted across college dorms in 1997, failed to elicit any major enthusiasm among a group of Harvard College ’98 alums polled by FM. “Who are they, again?” asks Christine Folch...
...really another good concert space,” said Doubet. Luckily, the plans call for completed renovations by Labor Day, and the Cage should reopen next term, according to Associate Director of Residential Operations Zachary M. Gingo. But if the only alternative is to listen to Third Eye Blind in Tercentary Theatre, these few months might feel like a lifetime...