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...flurry of sensationalist stories in music magazines that envisioned the rock paradigm being overtaken by a legion of keyboard-wielding techno-freaks, in some kind of premillennial musical cyborg invasion. The truth was that artists like Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers themselves represented a rock-happy crossover breed, integrating elements from rave culture in order to fashion radio-friendly pop music, and that meanwhile, the music’s core stayed in the domain of underground record labels...
Rose thinks Murphy looks for a specific breed of player when he is out recruiting...
Rose thinks Murphy looks for a specific breed of player when he is out recruiting...
...half, Americans have given compassion, toil and more than $1 billion to salve the wounds of that day. Even before terror struck, philanthropic activity had reached an all-time high, in monetary terms and in the diversity of charitable organizations. The technology boom of the 1990s created a new breed of Carnegies and Astors who approach giving in a different way from their predecessors. These and other donors are taking far greater interest in how their contributions are spent. They want to discover new ways to make their giving effective. They want to change systems that don't work. These...
...though, that Jay paces the stage when delivering a story, there is something which is his own—a certain weight, almost sadness, which comes with the recognition that he is among the last of a dying breed. In one moment of seemingly innocuous levity, he turns to an audience member and explains, “So I have to ask you to take a card. That’s all I do... in life.” In Jay’s pause there is more than good comic timing—there is the burden of truth...