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...Saudi Arabia, home of Muslim holy cities; the partition of Arab lands by Europe after World War I; and that ultimate red-meat issue, Israel. "The original bin Laden motif is not terribly interesting to Egyptians," says Schleifer. "But now he shifted to Palestine, and this has touched a chord...
...playing, and a tall, staggering drunk, maybe inspired by the string of expletive lyrics he just heard, is returning the volley, suggesting a few things band members should do to their mothers. Some 500 fans freeze -- for a beat. Then the DJ spins a record, a guitarist slashes a chord and soon lips, lobes and eyebrows, pierced by stainless steel, glint again from the mosh pit. Wallet chains jangle, tattooed fists pump the air and well-worn skate shoes tamp the Hong Kong Exhibition Center floor. It's Friday night and LMF's 11 band members overflow the stage: three...
...A.Room might have struck a chord by waving the flag for Cantonese hip-hop but with success it's suddenly finding a larger mission. DJ Tommy earned raves from Japanese and Korean music 'zines in August with his A.Room-produced album Respect 4 Da Chopstick Hip Hop -- which he recorded with an eclectic mix of Japanese, Korean and Cantonese hip-hop artists. He believes beats can bring Asian youth together. "Because we like hip-hop we have something in common," says Tommy, who won international fame in the early '90s with his blurry-handed appearances at the world DJ competition...
What Gob—and most punk revival bands of any commercial note—fail to realize, is that punk exists in words and not notes (that in fact punk is about a devaluing of musicianship), and that love songs in the guise of punk chord progressions just don’t cut it. This, though, isn’t yet a complete value judgment: We’ve said only that Gob fails as a punk band, not as a band at large...
...memories of music’s halcyon days where songs were not a product nor a soundtrack for a car commercial, but rather signified subversion and an affront to the establishment. Arguably, that time never existed and the Strokes are simply a cleverly marketed band that have struck a chord with music critics disaffected with the cookie-cutter teen sensations and the eviscerating rap-rock fusion. Still, responsibility for the promotional hyperbole lies not on the shoulders of the Strokes, but on those sensationalizing publications who feed the hype machine and want to be first the break...