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...Long View I am once again dismayed by Nigeria's inability to conduct free and fair democratic elections [April 30]. There was democracy in Nigeria before, and there can be again. We have not only politicians to blame for this disgraceful situation but also those shortsighted individuals who mastermind ways to rig the voting process-burning electoral offices, stealing and stuffing ballot boxes-all in a bid to make money that won't get them past the weekend. Sheye Lawal, London
...here we are, with Nine Inch Nails’ 24th “halo” (or, in non-NIN speak, their fifth full-length release). Mastermind Trent Reznor has come a long way from his humble beginnings as a studio janitor. Thousands of rabid fans worldwide have been counting the days until “Year Zero’s” release, but a cautionary note to those same listeners: this is not the norm for Reznor and co.—and the change might be hard to swallow. As a concept album dealing with religion, mind...
...SWAT team surrounds and infiltrates the building and an unidentifiable someone is dragged away. The video feels like it could be part of a longer movie: perhaps Reznor is further populating the fictional dystopian world of his upcoming disc, “Year Zero.” As the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails, he’s responsible for every note you hear on every album, and for cultivating the band’s iconically dark image. His latest publicity stunt is a viral advertising campaign of impressive scope meant to establish the setting for the new LP. Maybe...
...Many comics artists, including Kurtzman and much of the Mad gang, had been schooled in fine art before turning to the strips. Some, like Will Elder, Kurtzman's loopiest cartoonist, and Al Feldstein, the mastermind of EC's horror and science fiction comics before becoming editor of Mad in 1956, have turned to more respectable forms of watercolors - what could easily be recognized as art, if not great art - in their twilight years. But in their prime, when Elder and Feldstein (and Herriman and Segar and King) were doing their most vigorous work, sending out comic distress signals under...
...Thelonelyisland.com: If you’re not yet aware, Andy Samberg is the new Jimmy Fallon and the mastermind behind “Dick in a Box” and “Lazy Sunday.” Watch him and his two friends, SNL writers Akiva and Jorma, in this fantastic sketch-comedy group...