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...masses heard a short cash-money millionaire saturating the American airwaves this summer. Yet the pop crowd probably didn’t realize that the dreadlocked Lil’ Wayne has mounted the jewel in his hip-hop crown. “Tha Carter III” represents the culmination of the most dramatic hip-hop trilogy of recent memory. As far as content goes, Lil’ Wayne’s newest album doesn’t depart far from his traditional material. With sugary club hits like “Lollipop?...
...people who show up at campaign rallies, she generates as much excitement as an incumbent President. She starts casually, talking about sports and her handsome husband (who silently smiles and waves from the wings), and telling hokey jokes about Alaska. She has the ability to size up the crowd and unleash her charm and charisma, without crossing the line into cocky or cloying...
...backstage area. I now knew—for certain—that he had been a hired participant for the music festival’s charade, but even in this bitter victory I felt no real satisfaction. Had I left for Bonnaroo expecting nothing more than music and a crowd and a psychedelics sunrise delivery man, I would not have been disappointed. As it was, I went expecting the world’s greatest music festival and, in the face of these expectations, the festival could only come up short. Even my relatively low expectations—for simple things...
...headlining band Carsick Cars’ first song I liked what I heard—and found myself in complete disbelief. Atonal music in China that wasn’t Beijing opera? Really? I was soon paying just as much attention to the band as I was to the crowd: the rock and roll ragamuffins before me had begun to beat each other up. They pushed and shoved and fell down and sometimes didn’t get back up for a while. One of them was a female co-worker, so embarrassed that she was at the concert...
...tried to reassure AIG's customers that there would be no such event. The "financial resources" of AIG's Singapore-based insurance subsidiary currently met its requirements, regulators stated in a press release. But so far, consumers in this global market have been far from comforted. Standing in the crowd on Wednesday, Karen Foo, 29, said she was only dimly aware of the underlying assets in the investment trust her insurance policy is linked to. She was determined to sell at the earliest opportunity. "I'm a little worried," Foo said with a tight smile...