Word: songfulness
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...before the referendum, a truck mounted with a loudspeaker patrolled villages near Rangoon, broadcasting a folk-style song composed in honor of the upcoming vote. Government officials standing on the back of the truck had another message as well: free transportation in trucks would be provided to villagers who didn't live within walking distance of the nearest polling station. Imagine if those trucks had been redeployed instead for the cyclone relief effort. Or if foreign NGOs were given permission to enter the country and coordinate aid work-something that is happening at a glacial pace...
...certainly doesn't help Kelly that in "Double Up," the title song from his 2007 album, he boasts of his affection for threesomes. It also doesn't help that Kelly has in recent years settled at least three lawsuits filed by women who alleged they had sex with him while they were minors. One of the women charged he forced her to have an abortion. Mayer, Kelly's spokesman, said that the singer reluctantly settled the suits on the advice of his attorney. Kelly's attorney, Edward Genson - who, coincidentally, represented Mel Reynolds, the former Chicago Congressman convicted of having...
...Song of Solomon should be required reading for all African-American boys. How did you know what is in our heads? -Ira Levi, Tulsa, Okla.That was a leap for me. I really wanted to do that book, about the education of a middle-class black man, about his ancestry, and I couldn't. And then my father died, and it was earthshaking for me. I remember saying to myself, I wonder what my father knew about these men? And I have to tell you, I felt access. I knew I could get there if I thought about...
...Matthews, and they’ve made a habit of playing yard concerts for stoned Ivy Leaguers. Movies completely out of touch with mainstream American black culture (like “Collateral” and “Superbad”) use their tunes when they need a rap song to soundtrack an onscreen party. Hell, the Roots have even sampled Radiohead. On “Rising Down,” Roots MC Black Thought says “They can never take the pen away / I’m LeRoi Jones.” But if these guys...
...Like a fairly significant number of other Harvard students, I have succumbed to the siren song of the gossip blogosphere. I thrive on constant updates on campus celebrities. I check SexandtheIvy.com.I consider IvyGate a legitimate news source. I’ve even been known to visit CampusOTR. With papers unfinished and take-home exams gathering dust, I follow the every move of such luminaries as Lena Chen and “Lamont Guy” with bated breath. But why are they so fascinating...