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...logging long hours for the Democratic contender, Senator Barack Obama, before the Texas Primary. Encouraged by her freshman seminar professor Maxine Isaacs of the Kennedy School, Harris jumped at the chance to get involved. She has championed Obama from the start because of “his ability to convey his message to a wide range of voters—young, old, black and white.” While Johnson and Harris don’t quite see eye to eye politically, both glowed about their experiences. And they say we’re apathetic...Geez...
...media. They can capture emotion more viscerally than a policy paper. (By playing off the rhythm and call-and-response of Obama's words, Yes We Can literally rendered his prose into lyrics.) And as much as people may say that they don't care about celebrity endorsements, videos convey the intangible sense that people are moved enough by a candidate to create...
...lack of socioeconomic progress in the African American community, ends with Howard Beale’s words from the 1976 movie “Network.” His speech is first reversed to produce a sort of poetic rhythm set against sped-up, mixed-down audio effects that convey a distinctly weird feel. Beale’s unaltered vocalizations ring out: “All I know is you got to get mad. I’m a human being, dammit! My life has value!” Harmonically, “Twinkle?...
...Italian neo-realism movement of the ’40s, and that analogy isn’t so far off. For better or for worse, these movies are for the people. The directors, especially Emeruwa, seem firmly decided on capturing stories that portray life in Nigeria and that convey a message about society in their country. “Check Point,” which tells the story of innocent men gunned down by bad cops at a police checkpoint, was actually conceived in reaction to the appointment of a local police chief, who promised to eliminate corruption...
...seems obvious that Darnielle knows what makes his albums work: a hybrid of the mundane and the openly emotive. No matter the accompaniment, something beneath the sonic exterior of “Heretic Pride” clearly understands emotions in a highly personal way and knows how to convey them beautifully to the listener...