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...gimmick, but I knew it wasn't," he says. He eventually quit school to promote rap full time. In 1983 he and a friend named Rick Rubin, a student at New York University, pooled their savings and started the Def (rap for cool) Jam (music) label. They signed a distribution deal with CBS Records two years later. (Rubin left in 1988 over differences about the direction of the company...
...DOMINGO has made 79 opera recordings, and his repertory encompasses Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini, as well as French and Spanish opera. Pavarotti may rival him in vocal beauty, but no singer today is as versatile. So when Deutsche Grammophon set out to recap his two decades with the label, there was plenty to choose from. The first of 10 CDs of highlights to be released this year is Arias, Songs & Tangos. It is a monument to his vigorous musicianship. Over time Domingo's voice has become darker and richer, his style more fluent and less mannered. The only regret...
...quintessence of the council's new recommended definition lies in the definition of sexual negligence, or what The Crimson has termed "grey area." I believe this label to be a disservice not only to the UC, who see more importance in this than mere "grey area," but to the entire undergraduate community. The Crimson had a duty to inform the Harvard community properly of the significance and gravity of what has been termed "sexual negligence." This category opens up an entirely new outlook on the definition of rape...
...label "anti-Semitic," which has been attributed to Counter and Reid, has been literally career-damaging to Black leaders in the past. The Crimson's careless invocation of the very loaded term, "anti-Semitic," not only serves to create the climate for Counter's dismissal (which The Crimson calls for) but also conveniently redirects the focus of his letter away from its original purpose--to critique The Crimson's coverage of racerelated issues on campus...
Such is the logic of alternative rock. It goes something like this: A really cool "alternative" band is somehow presumptuous enough to sign a record contract with a major label. Now everyone can buy their tapes. They get some radio play. They make a video. They tour. Bingo. "Mainstream. "Sellout. Q.E.D...