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...chorus. Then Axl and the guitars break in, hard. It's catchy and rocking and modern sounding, and his voice sounds all over the place, in an impressive way. The chorus is from the woman, and there are some sound effects - like a rap song. And there are two short guitar solos, either from Slash, Buckethead or Bumblefoot - the first of which has a silly, fun Eddie Van Halen quality. All I get from the lyrics is that, apparently, Axl is upset about the way an ex treated him. She, apparently, is "crazy." I'm guessing she has a different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chinese Democracy Review | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...Chesty answers - like his warning to Republicans not to "run the same playbook they ran in 2004" because the American people won't buy it - landed almost as pillowy as his deliberately vague replies (Bill Clinton is "a brilliant politician" and was "an outstanding President." In short, if the goal of any presidential news conference is to get out unscathed, Obama may have what it takes. Can he use the forum to inspire, to engage, to delight? "Thanks guys!" he called as he walked off, leaving the question unanswered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's 'Presidential' Press Event | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson and the Bulldogs represented the marquee matchup on the sunny June afternoon, drawing the largest crowd in the short tenure of the sponsorship of Jack Wills. Jack Wills is a British clothing retailer that’s popular among wealthy English students...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

Carlin started doing stand-up comedy in the early '60s and had fashioned a successful career by the middle of the decade: a short-haired performer with skinny ties, well known to TV audiences for his sharp parodies of commercials and fast-talking DJs and a "hippy dippy weatherman." But as he watched the protest marches of the late '60s and absorbed the new spirit of the counterculture, Carlin decided that he was talking to the wrong audience, that he needed to change his act and his whole attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Carlin Changed Comedy | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...blew herself up last July, there were 40 policemen, and no women, on duty at the checkpoint. At 9:30 in the morning, a light-colored Opel Saloon drove to within 100 yards of the checkpoint, dropped off a female passenger and turned back toward Ramadi. The woman was short and stout, wore a billowing black gown known as an abaya, and her face was veiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mind of a Female Suicide Bomber | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

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