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Gabriel, one of the most respected and most elusive of Britain's rock elite, meant Biko to be an act of conscientious solidarity. Steven Biko was a black South African activist who died while in police custody, and, as Gabriel performs his tribute, the song takes on the power of a folk requiem. Gabriel, however, has found a resonance in Biko's death that goes beyond outrage or simple protest. The further away history moves, the deeper Biko cuts. "You can blow out a candle/ but you can't blow out a fire/ once the flame begin to catch...
...founder of Genesis, while still at England's tony Charterhouse public school, Gabriel, now 36, has an extensive rock pedigree. When he left the band in 1975 and went solo, he remained a restless creative force but gave up much of his commercial clout. The rhythmic complexities of his songs wove eerie aural patterns through which lyrics chased each other like phantoms from a surrealist serial. The music was simultaneously challenging and forbidding, and Gabriel was typed unfairly as an elitist working in a populist form. Biko began breaking this image down, and the So album...
...rock n’ roll and chugging beer are traditionally associated with men, the Harvard College Women’s Center dealt with another male-dominated environment by taking over the Pub on Saturday night. To address the under-representation of women in the rock scene, the center invited three female-led bands to perform in the Queen’s Head, as part of its “Women Rock! Pub Night.” “The vision behind this event was to celebrate women in the arts without being talky,” said Annemarie...
...Hillary Clinton. Chris Cillizza chided, "He is not someone who enjoys direct confrontation and is still learning the political necessity of the tactic," while Real Clear Politics accused Obama of "backing off." Perhaps, some theorized, he was somehow suffering from his ability to "transcend politics." He was a rock star without an anthem, all charisma but no courage...
...Clinton trudged through a week of momentum-sapping process stories - her supposed failure to leave a tip, the presence of a planted question in a town hall - Obama appeared to gain energy. His speech at the dinner was the performance of a politician, not a rock star. But he has found his voice...