Word: downtowner
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...this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around. Gordon's Innocent, a collection of ten tracks, has the electrified, hypnotic, postminimalist drive familiar to mainstream audiences from the Talking Heads, but with a rougher, anarchic bite. Indeed, the album is a Who's Who of the downtown crowd: one song, The Day the Devil Comes to Getcha, has words by Laurie Anderson, and supporting musicians include Percussionist David Van Tieghem. Innocent is a walk on the wild Lower East Side, a long way from Lincoln Center...
...PAST year or so, I have been less than complimentary about conditions at the Quad. And I still stand by many of those criticisms. But to assuage many of my friends up North, I would like to point out the merits of living in the suburbs of busy downtown Cambridge. Herewith, a list of good things about the Quad...
...true that Black males commit a disproportionately large number of petty thefts in downtown and inner-city neighborhoods, especially against the often seedy jewelry stores that dot these areas. But what is more important and seldom cited is that the overwhelming majority of Blacks are neither thieves nor robbers nor members of economic groups which depend upon crime...
...students, most of them black, who blamed their government for Machel's death. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda broke into tears when he heard the news and declared, "I accuse the South Africans openly of involvement until they are proved innocent." In Zimbabwe, thousands of youths stormed through downtown Harare, attacking whites on the streets, smashing windows and besieging South African, Malawian and U.S. offices. The worst damage was at the South African Airways ticket center, whose staff fled as the mob surged through a broken plate-glass window, smashed furniture and computer terminals, then set the building afire. Another group...
...jewelry store in a downtown neighborhood. Because you worry about robberies, admission is by buzzer...Someone arrives at your door. He is young. He is male. He is black. Do you buzz him in? Are you a racist...