Word: musicalize
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...word would fade for years until it was reborn in the early '90s, used again to describe a generation of middle-class youths interested in an alternative art and music scene. But instead of creating a culture of their own, hipsters proved content to borrow from trends long past. Take your grandmother's sweater and Bob Dylan's Wayfarers, add jean shorts, Converse All-Stars and a can of Pabst and bam - hipster...
...Some of this ridicule is a bit unfair. As stores like Urban Outfitters have mass-produced hipster chic, hipsterdom has become a part of mainstream culture, overshadowing its originators' still-strong alternative art and music scene. Those people, of course, no longer identify as hipsters, but they're not the problem. The hipsters who will be the dead end of Western Civilization are the ones who add nothing new or original and simply recycle and reduce old trends into a meaningless meme. It's for that reason that when Williamsburg's hipster playland is in crisis, there aren't many...
Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old graduate student at Boston University, stands accused of illegally downloading 30 music files using Kazaa. Under the 1999 Digital Theft Deterrence Act, he faces maximum penalties of $150,000 damages per file, or $4.5 million total, if found guilty...
...after "sampling" them or created them from previously purchased CDs to free up physical storage space might be able to argue fair use. And a defendant who shared copyrighted files during a period of time before there existed clear file-sharing laws and legal, fee-based sources of online music would present a "strong case" for fair...
...Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and the working-class anthem “Allentown,” Joel made clear why he’s lasted so long: He’s an incredibly gifted storyteller with a knack for playing a diverse range of music that has appeal across generations...