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...recent years, an ever-growing chorus of festivalgoers has complained about the sanitization of music and arts fests, and not without reason. At this year's Glastonbury music festival in the U.K., for example, well-heeled attendees paid more than $10,000 each to stay in luxury tented accommodation?a far cry from the event's countercultural origins. And it seems that no large gathering?from Japan's Summer Sonic to Scotland's T in the Park?is without its gaudy glut of sponsors' logos. But for those who rail against the commodification of culture, there is always Burning...
...recent years, an ever-growing chorus of festivalgoers has complained about the sanitization of music and arts fests, and not without reason. At this year's Glastonbury music festival in the U.K., for example, well-heeled attendees paid more than $10,000 each to stay in luxury tented accommodation - a far cry from the event's countercultural origins. And it seems that no large gathering - from Japan's Summer Sonic to Scotland's T in the Park - is without its gaudy glut of sponsors' logos. But for those who rail against the commodification of culture, there's always Burning...
...from his hospital bed with his jaw wired shut and asked for a drum machine," says Dash. "That impressed me." Three weeks after the accident, with his jaw still shut, West went to a studio and mumbled Through the Wire, a song about the crash built on the accelerated chorus of Chaka Khan's Through the Fire. It was dramatic and funny ("I drink a Boost for breakfast, a Ensure for dizzert/ Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp"), and it finally persuaded Roc-A-Fella to move ahead with a Kanye West album. "Death," says West...
...blustery, hyperkinetic Cramer bouncing around the set howling stock-market strategy. He punctuates his advice with a battery of noise effects: "Sell! Sell! Sell!" a voice booms through the studio after Cramer hits one of 15 large red buttons on the set; another one elicits a Hallelujah Chorus...
...Time seems to move backward. Unfortunately, my favorite music instructor is leaving this year, so band won't be the same. All of my teachers are great and appreciate my humor and hard work. After school, I practice piano, sing in a chorus, and go to my church's after school program. Sometimes, on Friday nights, I attend PYC, which is a babysitting bonanza where I help sit for groups of up to 20 kids. I don't do it for the money; I do it because I like spending time with Lilliputians. For those of you who have seen...