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...innovative DJ collective from Tijuana, Nortec fuses the oompah sounds of Mexican regional music with electronica imported from the U.S. and Europe. For this album, the crew went beyond its mixing boards and invited local musicians to record with it. The result: a rich collection that embraces the clash of dissonant cultures. The thumping Revu Rockers deftly weaves blaring trumpets with a solid house beat into a hybrid that is greater than the sum of its parts. If only our politicians understood border crossing half as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Sizzling CDs from South of the Border | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...become what we once mocked - then the Idle of Spamalot isn't too far from the "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" pub character in the early Flying Circus days. He wants everyone in the theater to get it, get it? This is clear from the show's brief overture, with oompah tubas and tiptoeing xylophones practically poking the audience in the ribs to announce what follows will be musical comedy stopping just short of a Spike Jones all-out aural assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pythonostalgia! | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...active '68er. But he too absorbed the values of the protesters and their hunger for social justice. His ready grin and populist touch were for many young Germans a welcome relief from Helmut Kohl, his predecessor as Chancellor, whose fondness for woollen sweaters and oompah brass bands reminded many of a past their parents and grandparents preferred not to discuss. Schröder's ease in front of the camera and on the stump helped his party recoup a seven-point deficit in opinion polls prior to last month's election. There's a sense in Berlin that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye To All That | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

...18th century hotel in the middle of the oldest part of town and features excellent cuisine and a first-rate wine list. The oldest vintage dates from 1704 (a mere $3,227). More reasonable was a $36 bottle of 1989 Breuer Riesling from the Bischofberg vineyard. Often oompah bands can be heard in the distance?a perfect German winery experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Riesling | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...18th century hotel in the middle of the oldest part of town and features excellent cuisine and a first-rate wine list. The oldest vintage dates from 1704 (a mere $3,227). More reasonable was a $36 bottle of 1989 Breuer Riesling from the Bischofberg vineyard. Often oompah bands can be heard in the distance - a perfect German winery experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Riesling | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

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