Word: fusions
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...values from the corporate grasp of media conglomerates. Former curator Bill Kovach, who left last summer, was much-admired for his outspoken stance against the disorienting influence of corporate control. In particular, Kovach and other distinguished critics have pointed out that such corporate influence has led to an increased fusion of entertainment, business and editorial content, as well as an increased reliance of facts gained through speculation rather than from responsible, investigative reporting...
...repertoire. Since being signed by Sony Classical at age 18, Grigoryan has segued from flamenco and Argentine tango to Brazilian bossa nova and jazz fusion, to a new transcription of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, which he's now recording. He's played the hallowed halls of Carnegie and Wigmore, but he's also at home in Sydney's smoky Basement or a womad festival in Reading, England. "Whether he's got his guitar plugged through a sound system or he's sitting down in a string quartet, Slava has a fantastic ability to absorb the spirit of a work...
...suffer fools gladly, Park takes aim at what he calls "pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience and fraudulent science." He has targets aplenty. From homeopathy to therapeutic touch, from UFO myths to cold fusion, from self-deluding scientists to scientifically illiterate legislators, all are subjected to his penetrating critiques. A physics professor at the University of Maryland, and director of the Washington office of the American Physical Society, Park has honed his expository skills in a host of newspaper articles and TV appearances, as well as in his influential weekly e-mail newsletter, What's New. His lucid and often amusing...
...Jordan was Lord of the Air, O'Neal is King of the Mountain; if Jordan played like musical fusion, combining Dr. J's jazzy, improvisational style with a rock-'n'-rolling, aggressive athleticism, O'Neal is pure hip-hop. "I love hip-hop to death," says O'Neal, who has recorded several rap CDs. "I live for the beats. In order to hang with the fellas, you gotta have rhythm. And I got rhythm when I'm on the court...
...produces a half-Palestinian, half-Singhalese child (living in Paris or London, no doubt), an Israeli or a Tamil is deprived of a tribal enemy. Even the Palestinian or Singhalese grandparents may be eased out of longtime prejudices. Mongrelism--the human equivalent of World Music and "fusion culture"--is the brightest child of fragmentation...