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...Activa,” and “Green Jacket”—but all three are breathlessly quick compared to the hulking, self-consciously difficult pieces on “Cryptograms,” and all three are elevated by lead singer-songwriter Bradford Cox’s newly-discovered lilt. The more formulaic rock songs are spacey and urgent—they reinforce where “Crypograms” faltered. Chief among them are “Nothing Ever Happened” with its meaty bass-surge and “Twilight at Carbon Lake...
...artists like Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Will.I.Am shape a hip-hop resume that few others can touch, but his solo efforts have been decidedly less exciting than the tracks on which he plays the supporting role. Legend tends to come across as a baby-faced, heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriter in his own releases; he’s popular for the pared-down, piano-and-vocals sound typified by his first hit single, “Ordinary People.” This is not to say that his honest style hasn’t worked for him?...
Richard Ashcroft must be really picky about the benches he chooses to sit on. In The Verve’s new video for “Rather Be,” there doesn’t seem to be any other explanation for the four minutes the lead singer spends wandering in circles amongst the trees on Gloucestershire’s foggy, barren May Hill. However, once (or if) you get past the repetitive monotony of the video and listen to the song’s lyrics, it becomes a somberly beautiful reflection about the need to tune...
...Chase and Sanborn Hour, starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. It's weird, listening to a ventriloquist and his dummy on the radio - how can you be sure Bergen's not cheating? - but the two of them are funny enough. A few minutes pass before some joker of a singer comes on. Time to switch the dial. All you want's the dummy...
...Crow era, Alex Rivera reported on and photographed civil rights stories about the last lynchings in South Carolina and Georgia as well as school desegregation in the South. Working for newspapers like the Washington Tribune and the Pittsburgh Courier, Rivera also photographed African Americans such as opera singer Marian Anderson and tennis legend Arthur Ashe. He later spent more than 15 years as the publicist for North Carolina Central University. Rivera...