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...hosted by (former BFF bassist) Robert Sledge before becoming a charismatic spiritual leader. From there, the band played an entire set of new material. During the show, Folds delivered his new songs with frank sincerity and without compromising of his signature self-deprecating style. He played “Fred Jones Part 2,” the sequel to “Cigarette,” the most surprising song on Whatever, in which a man must stay up all night afraid his drug-addicted wife will accidentally burn down the house with a cigarette. Now Jones is an older...
...York kid’s fantasy—pretending to be Lou Reed and slumming through the bohemian world of the Lower East Side—the Strokes make exciting and brash music in spite of the bowel movements of an industry that produces and reproduces Christina Aguileras and Fred Dursts. It feels good to get something back every once in awhile, even at the cost of nostalgia or rock journalists taking the piss...
...through his alignment with the legendary Dr. Dre. This young rapper epitomized both the acknowledgement of pop culture with such epic verses as, “Sit me here next to Brittany Spears, shit, Christina Aguillera better switch me chairs, so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst and hear them argue over who she gave head to first,” and yet at the same time reject this culture, as he does in the poem annotated below. Despite being an outsider in the rap game, this poem hearkens back to the days of yore...
...words I read this past week, the ones that stuck with me were from Mr. Rogers, as quoted in last Friday's Wall Street Journal. Fred, who recently retired from the Neighborhood after educating and counseling kids for generations, was asked a series of questions regarding what an adult might tell a child regarding the attack. Mr. Rogers urged parents and caregivers to keep to familiar routines, limit children's TV viewing, redirect play toward "caring and nurturing themes...like making a pretend meal for the emergency helpers...
...Fred remembered his own childhood: "When I was a boy and would see scary things on the news, my mother would say to me: 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' This shows children that there are lots of people who want to keep others safe." He recommended quiet time not just for the kids but for everyone: "Parents and children should be given the chance to recognize the quiet, to hear a small voice that allows us the chance to understand death and simplicity in life. At a time like this, adults, too, should...