Word: melodye
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While MTV may have popularized the music video, in the Middle East it is chasing its clones. Competitor Rotana has four Beirut-based music channels, financed by Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal. Melody, out of Cairo, is controlled by Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris. Mohammed Yanez, MTV talent...
“I think that most of fiction is autobiographical,” Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk reflected before a packed Memorial Church audience last Friday night, exactly one year to the date of his winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. “The art of the novel...
Modest Mouse “Little Motel” Dir. Justin Francis Modest Mouse’s previous ventures into the realm of the visual have included decking out frontman Isaac Brock as a crow and a pop-up-book version of a slaughterhouse. “Little Motel?...
Just when the album’s direction seems clear, the Foo Fighters throw the listener off with “The Ballad of Beaconsfield Miners,” a guitar-picking instrumental written in collaboration with young guitar guru Kaki King. At first, the ballad is shocking from a...
Overall, The National hit all the right notes on Saturday night. Almost every song builtslowly, driven along by catchy rhythm and the gradual escalation of Berninger’s mournful singing. Attention to melody, faithfulness to studio style, and moderate portions of unleashed rocking-out can only bode well for...