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...numerous awards, says her teen years in besieged Sarajevo shook her to the core. "Every minute you wonder what will happen after you die," she says. "You cannot postpone those questions until old age." After years of dabbling in Buddhism and Judaism, and a phase as a punk rocker with blue hair, four years ago Begic adopted the Islamic head scarf and long dress and became deeply religious. She says the decision "caused an earthquake" among her family and friends, who are still uncomfortable with her devotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosnia's Islamic Revival | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...Boston Beatdown,” which focused on a different hardcore scene that many on RH deride as “bro-core.” RH comper Jacob N. Augenstern ’10 spent the set moshing with and leaping on a local punk rocker, but afterwards, the two patted each other on the back and introduced themselves. “It’s not necessarily overtly violent in nature, even though it’s this really aggressive music,” Augenstern says...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hardcore Harvard | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

After a prolonged hiatus, Eminem is back to prove that he has graduated from his former persona as fast food worker and Bat-Dre’s sidekick. Now he’s Bret Mathers, rocker of love. But even Eminem knows his Guitar Hero skills don’t quite translate to rock singing chops, so he’s called in Dina Rae for the chorus. He’d asked Jessica Simpson to do it, but she was busy catching cheeseburgers from Tony Romo. By now, Eminem’s realized that if he?...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Eminem | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...statement of fact. To tell the artist that the vocals on “Wavvves” are drowned out by charged chaos, or that a strong buzz of feedback stifles his melodies, would be to acknowledge his accomplishments rather than to deplore his defects. Coming from indie rocker Nathan Williams, whose music is variously categorized as crust pop, noise punk or even “shitgaze”—a descriptive variant of “shoegaze”—it is not surprising that his second album is every bit as defiantly clamorous...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wavves | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...music downloaded around the globe in 2008 - 40 billion files - was illegal. That would suggest that a ban in France might not actually help French artists too much because their work could still be pilfered elsewhere. But the sad truth is that royalties for presidential buddies like withered rocker Johnny Hallyday or comic actor Christian Clavier still do come primarily from France. After all, who else really wants their stuff in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Cracks Down on Internet Downloads | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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