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...world beat feel of 2001’s all-star benefit song “What’s Going On.” Everything from the over-the-top vocal flourishes to the a cappella ending to Jemaine forgetting the catchy chorus is flawlessly put together to poke fun at the predictable structure of celebrity collaboration records. They even touch on all the issues: “They’re turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers, but what’s the real cost? ’Cause the sneakers don’t seem...
...resist jumping up and dancing. The melodies are not particularly complex, but drummer Chris Ellul and bassist Spencer Page have a solid feel for the blues beat. The Heavy draws liberally from tradition, and they have the musical chops, soul, and energy to pull it off. They poke fun at their own contemporary music scene with tracks like “Colleen,” about a girl who “wants everything / She want the Gucci and the Louis things / …She won’t give it up until you give her just about enough...
Omissions like that poke holes in Sarkozy's calls in London for Britain and France to sit together at the heart of Europe. So too his cosying up to the U.K. at a time when France's standing with Germany - traditionally, France's closest ally in E.U. horse trading - is down. Sure, Brown and Sarkozy are getting along just fine; time spent working together as national finance ministers at the European level has done them no harm. And Sarkozy's plans for a Mediterranean union and criticisms of the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank have irked German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
...biter that catapulted the Crimson (17-9, 10-2 Ivy) over the Big Red (17-8, 9-3) into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings. Leading by one with 34 seconds to play, Hallion was called for a reach-in foul as she attempted to poke the ball away from Cornell’s Moina Snyder at the three-point line. After Snyder missed the front end of a 1-and-1, the ball wound up in Hallion’s hands and the Big Red decided it had no choice but to foul.The crowd erupted...
...Princeton finally broke through on a 5-on-3 opportunity as the Tigers’ Mike Moore sent in a shot from the left wing at 5:50 in the second period. In the scuffle for Richter’s deflection, Princeton’s Lee Jubinville managed to poke a second attempt past Richter to tie the score at one. The favored Tigers wouldn’t go quietly in the third period, testing Richter and the Harvard defense and getting a goal on a Moore slapshot at 12:28 to make things interesting. A couple of close calls...