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...Nepal has some serious issues, but the situation is not hopeless. It is preposterous to consider the opinion of a constitutional monarch, who may not play any active role in mainstream politics, on how vital his responsibility is while sidelining the other major political players, such as the constitutionally elected representatives and the Maoists. Yes, we have been swindled by our political parties time and again, but like it or not, our hopes rest with them. Let's give our infant democracy some time to grow. If Japan and Germany could rise up from ashes, literally, so will we someday...
...scorned are gone, the good stuff tends not to travel, and there's still some not-so-good stuff around (Saddam Hussein was said to be fond of Mateus rosé, a vestige of the bad old days). But now rosé is making a bid for the mainstream, as winemakers try to anticipate the next trend in a fickle market. Wineries like Château Sainte Marguerite from Côtes de Provence are producing crisp, fruity tipples - and more of them now being exported. The color of rosé generally comes from juice that has been left...
From a critical perspective, it isn’t too surprising when artists fail to really appreciate the very things that make them great. But it can be depressing when someone like Timbaland—who pulled mainstream hip-hop out of the gutter in the late 90s and changed popular music for the better—seeks inspiration from two acts that exemplify everything traditional, comforting and safe about modern pop (Yorke et al excused). “Real” musicians wouldn’t have come up with the android beatbox hiccupping under Missy?...
...Milkshake” quadruples the effect, with Kelis confined to the role of a club diva providing the vocal riffs and the real star being the skanking analog low-end. It’s the closest I’ve heard mainstream hip-hop get to house music, where minimal “jack tracks” work more like DJ tools than as complete pieces of music, and the human presence is fully mechanized in between pulses of the drum machine. Appropriately, Kelis sounds so bored in “Milkshake” she’s practically disembodied...
...between things like “Milkshake” and producing rock bands, the Neptunes are barely contained by hip-hop as a genre. In truth, “In Da Club” is the only joint from this past year still in my head, all mainstream and sewage-level underground productions of 2003 considered. That song, and 50 Cent, are redolent of hip-hop’s gradual ascension more than two decades in the making. They say 50 signaled the return of the hardcore thug emcee, the embodiment of the streets and the real and Tupac Shakur...