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...change-the-world idealism, the sort of idealism American rappers cashed in long ago when rap became about Big Business and acquiring homes in the Hamptons. At outdoor block parties in Havana, in the basement of darkened theaters or in nightclubs that throw open their doors and go bust a few weeks later, raperos touch on themes ranging from racism to ecology. The city's hip-hop scene is alive with the kind of resourcefulness needed in a place where nightly electrical interruptions and the unrelenting tropical swelter can turn music making into a sweaty test of will...
FREEDOM SONGS The Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers finds itself stranded in London when its tour goes bust in 1971. While the band is there, Island Records chief Chris Blackwell makes a deal with the group to release a record. The result is the album Catch a Fire, which melds reggae spirituality with rock-'n'-roll attitude. In later years, a wide range of acts, from rock guitarist Eric Clapton to hip-hop-soul singer Lauryn Hill, draws from the Wailers' work...
...bass and Travis M. Beamish ’04, drums, describes itself as “an edgy indie power pop quartet,” but this is an indie power pop quartet that isn’t shy about spontaneously breaking out with “Bust a Move...
...Manhattan skyline would someday be filled again. Wall Street will get back to business, and before long the irrepressible nature of investing will have filled the holes blasted in its own confidence. But in a way we have not had to deal with during this boom-and-bust decade, public worries about the economy have to do with much more than the just "the economy...
...that such a tax cut goes to the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder - even those who don't make enough to pay income taxes chip in a slice of their wages for those entitlements. Those are the people who missed the boom and are getting hurt most by the bust - and, some economists say, they're the people most likely to spend the money and keep the economy above water until businesses start making capital investments again...