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...reading at the concert, catapulted into the ranks of hipster icons after the 2000 publication of “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand called the part-memoir, part-novel the “MTV?? version of “The Catcher and the Rye” in an article in The New Yorker...
...immediate future. But his friends believe he will thrive in his creative projects in the real world as much as he did at Harvard. Ravishankara’s online video shorts have gained him minor fame, and his movies have been featured on MTV??s college network. Now, as he heads out into the real world, he’s set on making it in the film industry. This year’s graduating class has enjoyed four years full of Ravishankara’s creative works. Beginning with the band “Action Man?...
...then I considered the potential repercussions of a conviction, and my initial ambivalence towards the fate of the students gave way to trepidation. While certain of MIT’s more famous “hacks” appear to have been staged by students auditioning for MTV??s “Beauty and the Geek,” the “hack” is a time-honored tradition every bit as venerated at MIT as the Harvard-Yale football game is here...
...wondering when biological terrorism got to be so trendy. Named for its lethal drumbeat and infectious lyrics, the video for “Bird Flu” sends the native Sri Lankan back to her roots for a low-budget production that could double as the M.I.A edition of MTV??s ‘Cribs.’ While prancing in a tie-dyed shirt and policeman’s badge, M.I.A. leads a gyrating pack of six-year-olds in a wild parade down the streets of a third world country (presumably Sri Lanka). The children...
...pretty boring: I subscribe to an online newsfeed about all things Beck. A month ago, an intern for MTV??s college-oriented offshoot, mtvU, distributes a solicitation that made its way to the feed: the network was looking for a college kid to interview Beck. I submitted my information and 15 potential questions for the interview, and a week and a half later, I get a call telling me I’ve won. I’m headed to Times Square to do an interview with Beck...