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Like a holiday gift from an outlaw uncle or a grenade dropped into a mantelpiece stocking, Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart arrives to challenge pop-music purists and Dylan's rep as a perennial pioneer. Some listeners will want to pat the singer on the back--hard, so he can cough up whatever it is that makes him sound like a tubercular hobo who's wandered into a karaoke bar at Yuletide. Others will wonder what statement Dylan, a Jew who for a while declared himself a born-again Christian, is making with a 15-song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Like a Rolling Snowman | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Authors are on both sides of the barricades. Opponents of the settlement include silver-maned folk singer Arlo Guthrie and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo, author of the so-called torture memos for President George W. Bush. The settlement counts The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan and noir crime novelist Elmore Leonard among its supporters. The deal has many other supporters as well, from disability rights groups to Dr. Seuss Enterprises and the National Grange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Antitrust Battle Over Google's Library | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...King of Gluttons." This September, "food fighter" Ayari Sato won against seven competitors through three rounds of gorging. To spice it up, they weren't told what they would be eating until the round began. And tarento Gyaru Sone, or Natsuko "Gal" Sone, is a petite competitive eater and singer who appears regularly on shows, on which she might down enormous quantities of Japanese curry and rice or 40,000 calories by eating at several restaurants during the course of a program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burger King Gives Japan a Seven-Patty Challenge | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...very classic rock feel. Starting off with nearly 40 seconds of silence, the track begins with slow, calm, and collected vocals. This is quickly joined by powerful half-note guitar chords and a guitar lick that leads into a faster tempo and repeat of the verse. With lead singer Stockdale’s passionate wail and the grandeur and straightforwardness of the melody, it sounds something like Led Zeppelin with a more metallic edge...

Author: By Alex C. Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wolfmother | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...Tabloid,” the song’s appeal and relative significance is left for the listener to discover themselves, “Musicvision” leaves little to the imagination, and much for discussion. “The awkwardness is perfect,” declares singer Thomas Mars. Bassist Deck D’Arcy asserts that his attraction to the song comes from his inability to understand why it moves him and how it functions. “D’Angelo is the only other artist we’ve found who can manage this kind...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoldering Musical Discourse, Rising from the Ashes | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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