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...conspicuous shortcomings of the album come on tracks that are limited by a rap vocabulary. “Sweepstakes,” which features Mos Def, contains the album’s only mention of stock hip-hop figures, as the rap star confidently spits, “There’s rappers and dealers and players and me / They say that they’re winners / Okay, well let’s see.” Not only are these rhymes depressingly conventional, but worse, they cast the beats in the background, thereby preventing the best aspect...

Author: By Alexander E. Traub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gorillaz | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Though only four posts have been made so far, the list currently has 111 subscribers. Discussion topics include a proposal to visit the New England Aquarium, and to view The Princess Bride in Currier House “in hi-def and surround sound glory,” according to Majadla’s post.  The List also serves as a platform for less event-oriented communication (one entrepreneurial individual succeeded in selling a set of LSAT books). Learn more after the jump...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A List to Keep You Company During J-Term | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...then there's that high-def JumboTron - the world's largest - a mammoth, four-sided, Cleopatra's barge of video screens stretching 160 ft. in length. For many fans, especially the ones in the nosebleed seats, what they see on that screen will be their experience of the game. By comparison, the actual teams will be little dots scrambling on a field far below - except in the rare cases when the two worlds collide. In a much discussed incident during a preseason game at the stadium in August, A.J. Trapasso of the Tennessee Titans managed to bonk the JumboTron with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the New Dallas Cowboys Stadium | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...music started out well mixed, but later it seemed as if the formal had fallen into a time warp to the 80s. After the DJ played Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aint No Mountain High Enough, Michael Jackson, Def Leppard, Jessie’s Girl and Bon Jovi again, FlyBy just wanted to go home. And speaking of getting home, while the yellow school bus shuttle service meant not having to pay for a cab, it was a yellow school bus. Yeah. Flashbacks to middle school included...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, D. PATRICK Knoth, and Amy Sun | Title: BALLin! FlyBy’s Formal Reviews Pt. III | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little. I got to do a TV concert called CMT Crossroads with them, where they pair up a country artist with legends in rock 'n' roll. I was singing Def Leppard songs, and they were singing my songs. It was just a complete out-of-body experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Taylor Swift | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

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