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...mess by introducing a change even its supporters acknowledge is paradoxical: extending the hours that pubs and bars can stay open. The 11:30 p.m. closing time, imposed during World War I to ensure that munitions workers could function by breakfast, has always encouraged pub crawlers to toss 'em down fast before last call. Under the new law, which took effect last month, bars can apply for licenses to stay open the entire night. Its backers argue that longer hours would encourage a more relaxed and responsible drinking culture like those found in Italy and France, where public drunkenness...
...Another Day”; synth-heavy “Forbidden Love” recalls Cher’s smash hit “Believe”; and “Get Together” bears a resemblance to Stonebridge’s “Put ‘Em High,” one of the big Europop singles of last year. The standout “Isaac” was the cause of much criticism for Madonna because she was accused of singing about Kabbalah founder Isaac Ben Luria, which violates Jewish law. (She maintains that the title...
...Heard ’Em Say"Kanye WestKanye West is a consummate collaborator. His tag-team sessions with Jay-Z, Common, and Jamie Foxx have produced some of the most incendiary singles of the decade: hits like “Izzo (H.O.V.A.),” “Go,” and “Gold Digger” topped Billboard charts and invigorated moribund radio playlists.In light of those formidable successes, it is surprising that Kanye’s most recent collaboration, with legendary animator Bill Plympton (“I Married A Strange Person?...
...Edition.” We asked for hip-hop.He delivers on this tacit demand with such future classics as “Rock On.” “I show pain in the manner/of Coltrane’s ‘Alabama’/Make ’em blaze they hammer/Real girls get down on the flo’ like David Banner/When I handle/my shit, I go bananas/Man, you walking where the animals live!” That’s just five seconds of hotness within a blazing three minutes and nineteen seconds of pure fire. This...
...can’t beat ’em, shoot over ’em. That was the strategy for the New Hampshire men’s basketball team on Tuesday night at Lavietes Pavilion. Faced with the daunting prospect of going inside against Harvard’s twin towers of junior center Brian Cusworth and captain forward Matt Stehle, the Wildcats opted for a bevy of three-point shots over the Crimson defense. As the 71-50 final score in favor of Harvard (5-0) indicates, New Hampshire (1-4) was unsuccessful. The Wildcats shot just 23.1 percent from...