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...well as Latin and dance-club influences, while never forgetting to deliver at least a smidge of sex (usually more) in her songs and videos. Of the new generation, Britney Spears is the most precocious student. On her most recent album, Britney, Spears messes around with hip-hop rhythm--the white girl's stock assertion of musical growth--and sings I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, giving listeners a coy, up-to-the-minute account of her mental and physical development...
...child lyrics: call it all-natural gra-soul-a. It's nearly always a little too sweet, with Young's voice reaching high to deliver heartfelt avowals of love tinged with sadness at the state of the world. A tightly professional backup of organ, mid-tempo drums and precise rhythm guitar keeps him from getting too wild and loose. But most songs go on for too long, and the rare tracks where he lets a little anger creep in, like Let's Roll, his homage to the Sept. 11 passengers of Flight 93, come as a welcome change. Too much...
...meet with BC and the Radcliffe lightweights, with wins in the Varsity Four, Novice Eight and 2nd Novice Eight events. The varsity boat pulled a four-length victory over the Eagles while the 2V finished ahead of the Black and White lightweight boat and BC, setting a rhythm that Radcliffe hopes to carry into this weekend...
However, everything changed when the Dismemberment Plan came on stage. Despite the violence implied by their name, the Plan are, like Death Cab, an upbeat emo band. Unlike Death Cab, they are loud, energetic, complex, irreverent and eclectic. The band consists of Travis Morrison (lead singer and rhythm guitar), Jason Caddell (lead guitar and keyboard), Eric Axelson (bass guitar and keyboard) and Joe Easley (drums). Each of them played a strong role in the sound of the band and the leadership position seemed to pass back and forth between them over the course of the show...
...stories tumble out spontaneously and unrehearsed. He ignores specific questions in favor of animal rights discourses, rhetoric about changing the world, borderline flirtatious remarks about beauty and fingernail polish and gushing adoration of Cornel West. Brother Blue snaps his fingers, speaks in rhythm, drops to whispers, scrunches his face on the verge of tears, stands up to “jive and dance.” His continuous energy is an imposing, persistent vibe in the room. Especially when he’s asking “Do you think you’re beautiful?” Also, when...