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...wearing fluorescent red stars, the SOHO corporate symbol, stood on the grounds of the Commune, sipping champagne and listening to rock bands and rappers alike - at one point the guests dancing, memorably, to the version of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech set to a hip-hop beat. You wouldn't hear that in the Forbidden City...
...antique. Young filmgoers often have to be told why the people in these movies are suddenly singing instead of speaking. And nothing dates faster than musical styles. The great American songbook of Gershwin and Porter and Rodgers standards can sound positively atonal to teen ears, just as hip-hop seems melody-deficient to the folks with hearing aids...
...from the community several thousand strong occupying the courtyards and alleys here in Songzhuang, in Beijing's eastern suburbs. The conversation ranges from gossip about colleagues through the sources of artistic inspiration to the merits of colleges in Australia, where Lu's son is studying. Later, Lu and I hop into his brand-new, lime green Jaguar and drive over to the site of the sprawling house he is having built overlooking a small lake. Proudly showing off the view from the second floor, Lu extols the virtues of living in Songzhuang. "All my friends and colleagues have moved here...
Other than classical, do you have a favorite musical genre? -Spencer J. Gordon Chesteron, Ind.I love jazz and opera. And also hip-hop. They make impressive music videos. Classical-music videos are still pretty traditional. You can probably direct one yourself. Just put a piano out in some landscape...
...fashions? -Tom St. Germain, DETROITI'm frequently asked where fashion is going, and my response is, if I knew or if the industry knew, we'd already be there. There are so many things that can trigger a trend. It may be something from the street-witness hip-hop. It may be something from a fashion show...