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...three rappers, along with Gsann and Nelly’s younger siblings and traditional Masaai singer Yamat (aka Merenge), use their Swahili hip hop to encourage Tanzanian children and adolescents to reject the nation’s dominant youth culture, in which violence is the norm. Instead, they urge listeners to “go back to their roots,” as Gsann says. Speaking at a screening of “Hali Halisi,” a 2000 documentary about Tanzanian hip hop in which X Plastaz are featured, Gsann explained that his family used to have...
...press photo as if you interrupted his twilight mourn-fest. And so you might guess that Calla’s new album, “Strength In Numbers,” would come across as languidly melancholic, the kind of thing your local high school debate semi-finalist might listen to in order to feel “alternative.” But despite the cheesy poisonous flower name and the fact that the album’s first song, “Sanctify,” rolls in with music that could score one of The Rock?...
...control. The ones that could feature anything from Pavement to the N*SYNC song you were too cheap or embarrassed to buy. You know—the radio tape. Nowadays, it’s in danger.In the days before Google and Soulseek, radio tapes were an easy way for listeners to cheaply record all of the songs they either didn’t know the names of or were too poor (or stingy) to buy. Listeners could tape a favorite DJ’s entire set or a random hour of air and listen to it later.Maybe after a couple...
...presented an autobiographical piece about a traumatic experience as if it were fiction. “I wanted to get honest feedback,” she says. As a result, her peers extensively criticized the main character, not knowing it was Hellman herself. Although it may be difficult to listen to criticism, Eleanor M. Boudreau ’07 says negative reader feedback is necessary, even if it may be painful. “You have a choice in workshop to make changes or not.” says Boudreau. “Sometimes I don’t agree...
...creaky fin de siècle roller coaster, the rollicking Daniel Johnston cover exemplifies Ward’s newfound balancing act. Offsetting the pounding drums, which swell repeatedly to (almost) fist-pump-inducing crescendos, Ward’s throwback vocal style, with support from singer Neko Case, reminds listeners of older, gentler, “pre-war” tunes. The three songs that follow the title track on this single release are good, too—but not great. Apparently, on a tiny release like this, listeners miss out on features that have defined Ward?...