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Senegal's capital was unusually subdued for a Saturday night in late February. In Dakar's popular Sicap Baobab district, the normally packed Toucan restaurant was empty and quiet, save for the voice of local pop star Cheikh Lô coming from speakers above the bar. In 1996 Lô hit international fame with Né La Thiass (Gone in a Flash), which warned about sudden changes of destiny. With Senegal emerging from a tumultuous election, the most keenly contested in its history, that lyric is timely again, echoing sentiment about the country's tippy democratic traditions and life under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flashback | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

Still, the "real" funny pages do have their appeal. Just as a few bloggers are drawn to the old-media respectability of print, some Web cartoonists are succumbing to the siren song of syndication. In January a popular webcomic, Diesel Sweeties (which features robots and hipsters making hyperironic pop-culture references), was picked up by United Features--the same company that renamed Peanuts more than 50 years ago. "I don't know why you'd want to rush to get to that cemetery," says Krahulik. "I guess everybody wants their dad to like them, right? They feel like they need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zip for the Old Strip | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...true that in his youth the President of Iran was the drummer for the British pop-music band known as the Beatles?-Lionel Bartram, Rittman, Ohio [Laughs.] Not that I'm aware of ... that's funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions: Jimmy Wales | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...great offensive pop,” Allard says...

Author: By Douglas A. Baerlein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SOFTBALL '07: Deep Frosh Class Ready To Go | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...have to be an 8-year-old to feel a little hesitant about the idea of spending 30 seconds alone with Michael Jackson. But here in Japan, fans were lining up - and paying up - for face time with the King of Pop. Earlier this month Jackson came to Tokyo for a series of "fan appreciation events," including a VIP party on March 8 for which guests shelled out $3,500 a ticket to enjoy a buffet dinner, a concert by Japanese Jackson impersonators rather than by the King himself, and a brief one-on-one moment with Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big in Japan | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

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