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...another alliance was born: unlikely, unsentimental, hard nosed, clear eyed and dead set on driving poverty into history. The rocker's job is to be raucous, grab our attention. The engineers' job is to make things work. 2005 is the year they turned the corner, when Bono charmed and bullied and morally blackmailed the leaders of the world's richest countries into forgiving $40 billion in debt owed by the poorest; now those countries can spend the money on health and schools rather than interest payments--and have no more excuses for not doing so. The Gateses, having built...
...consistently connected with an audience that treated even new songs like old favorites.Calexico’s multiplicity of styles slowly built on one another over the course of the set. The moody but irresistibly melodic pop of “Cruel” blended into the gradually-building rocker “Jesus and Tequila,” which set many heads to rhythmic nodding, before the song erupted in wonderfully-restrained dissonance. Trumpets wailed over Burns’ distorted guitar as he hammered out a passionate, uonison-bend heavy solo. The band quickly followed with a commendable rendition...
...says the attacks have "put limits on the amount of capital we can raise, how fast we can grow and how many people we can employ." His company's stock, at $76 in January, has tumbled into the low $30s. Byrne filed an unfair-practices suit in August against Rocker Partners, which specializes in short selling. Rocker says the suit is "frivolous" and blames Overstock's disappointing results for the stock slide...
...core challenges for these narratives is keeping all of the stories and characters equally compelling. Although Tricked falters in some cases, it still manages to keep itself afloat over some treacherous waters. The Ray Beam and Lily storyline, for example, stretches credulity with its portrait of a decadent rocker, while Lily's character remains an enigma. Robinson does best with the two stories that are at the extremes of personal drama: one quiet and understated, the other of increasingly violent paranoia. Caprice, the cute, funny and loveable waitress with an unfortunate case of low self esteem that results in poor...
...above all, the spectacle was an awesome display of Celentano's media might. Since first airing two weeks ago, RockPolitik has smashed all ratings records; some 12.5 million Italians, a 49% audience share, tuned in to see last week's show. Celentano is pulling them in with his rocker roots (in the 1950s, he was Italy's Elvis Presley) and his biting critique of Berlusconi's private and political domination of Italian broadcasting. During the show's premiere, Celentano gave a sizzling monologue demanding a free press and declaring open season for satire. He flashed national rankings for freedom...