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...nine-thirty on a chilly morning in January, and four Harvard students are yelling at the tops of their lungs. Their voices form a single chant with a dozen other demonstrators: "Not the Church, not the state, women must decide their fate...
...telling about the prominence of the abortion issue in almost Monty Pythonesque debates on both sides: Republican candidates appeared to be debating over how much they hate abortion; Democrats quibbled over who was more pro-choice and who got there first. Oh, for the days when a candidate could chant "It's the economy, stupid" as a mantra...
...need massive public rallies and demonstrations not just because they look pretty or it's fun to chant, but because that's how you really exercise power and bring large numbers of people [into the campaign]," says second-year law student Aaron D. Bartley, the founder of the living wage campaign...
...coolest new additions to the Marley catalog is the just-released CD Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong/Island). The album features duets with Marley and some of today's best hip-hop performers, including Lauryn Hill and Busta Rhymes. The hip-hoppers supply new vocals, while Marley's are drawn from alternate takes in decades-old recording sessions. "We got the idea, well, from Daddy basically," says Marley's son Stephen, who served as executive producer. "It was one of his dreams to get to the urban youth of America...
...music on Chant Down Babylon slips on easily, like a father's shirt. Projects that pair living stars with dead ones can and should inspire a bit of terror in music fans; such endeavors leave artists we love posthumously vulnerable to pairings with Celine Dion. Fortunately, the matches on Chant Down Babylon, smartly managed by Stephen Marley, are both engaging and respectful. One standout: Lauryn Hill and Bob, sharing laughs and warmth across decades on Turn Your Lights Down Low. "It didn't feel as if I was recording with someone who wasn't there," says Hill...