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Since childhood, Concetta Bertoldi says, she has been a conduit through which the dead contact the living. TIME chatted with the popular author about how ordinary folk can commune with deceased relatives, what it's like on the Other Side, and other supernatural insights from her book Do Dead People Watch You Shower? (And yes, it turns out they...
...ornery. The Irish followed where the Dutch and French led in 2005, rejecting in their own referendums the proposed European constitution. The Irish no, in other words, was one of those moments that showed the fault lines in Europe's union, between young and old, élites and ordinary folk, and - especially - between Brussels insiders and the citizens they represent...
...boiling over. The Georgia-based band R.E.M. was an alternative pioneer in the mid-'80s that went mainstream years before Pearl Jam was even formed. What's new is that the record charts are now crowded with alternative bands ranging from the arty-rock quartet Smashing Pumpkins to the folk-tinged Soul Asylum. MTV's Alternative Nation program and the Lollapalooza road tour, which feature the new breed, have become the hippest venues going...
What They're in French First Lady Carla Bruni might blame hubby Nicolas Sarkozy for the lukewarm reviews of her latest folk-pop album, Comme Si Rien N'Etait (As If Nothing Happened). Though nearly half a million people logged on to the chanteuse's website before the much hyped July 11 release, sales are slow, and 55% of French voters think Sarkozy is merely using his wife to boost his image. With lyrics like "my lord, my darling, my orgy" (which presumably refer to Sarkozy)--that's quite an image indeed...
...eccentric poet who serves as the government's chief of protocol, and dabbles in songwriting herself - her greatest hits include upbeat Sandinista remixes to John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" and Bob Marley's "One Love." Mejia could not claim ownership of the songs, she argued, because the folk singer had simply been "an instrument for the divine rhythm" that came through his body "from an unknown, sacred place." Murillo then showcased her own ability to channel the divine rhythm by arranging a full orchestra remix of Mejia's famous revolutionary hymn "La Consigna" at a government rally...