Word: songfulness
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...raucous roommate, Ken G. Singer ’12, whispering just a bit too loudly. “He loves using StickyNotes on his Mac,” I heard Singer say to a study-buddy in a hushed tone, “once, I was looking for a song on his computer and just happened to see a whole bunch of them stuck to the desktop of his computer.” “I mean, that’s not that weird,” I heard in response, “I use them...
...alpaca. Actually, the alpaca-like creature starring in online videos and lining Chinese store toy shelves is a mythical "grass-mud horse" - whose name in Chinese sounds just like a vulgar expression involving a sex act and, well, your mother. Bawdy as it may seem, an Internet children's song about the animal, full of lewd homophones, has emerged as a galvanizing protest against the Communist government's efforts to ban "subversive" material - political dissent, most importantly - from the web. Purportedly a harmless fantasy, the wink-wink, giggle-giggle creation is a virtual thumb in the eye of China...
Compassion and creativity are often the first casualties of conflict. But in Israel - where conflict has become a way of life - artistic expression sometimes still manages to transcend even the most brutal realities. Nothing illustrates this better than "There Must Be Another Way," the song the Israeli public has chosen as this year's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow...
...With its message of peace and reconciliation, the song is an unlikely choice so soon after Israel's deadly war in Gaza. But the subject matter is not the only thing remarkable about the ballad - so too are its composers and performers, Mira Awad and Noa. Awad is a Christian Arab Israeli, and her pairing with the Jewish Noa marks the first time an Arab has been chosen to sing for Israel in the most global of music events. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...
...This is not the first time a member of a minority group will represent Israel at Eurovision. In 1998 Dana International won the competition with her song "Diva," becoming the first transsexual to take first place. Soul crooner Eddie Butler - a member of Israel's Black Hebrews - sang for his country in Athens in 2006, providing some priceless mass-media exposure for his tiny, little-known sect. (See pictures of Eurovision's most memorable moments...