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...Baghdad Blues is his latest homage to the country's traumatized capital, though this discomfiting collection of poems is much less political than the film. You won't find the expected vilification of fiends like Saddam and Chemical Ali. In a parenthetical note to "A Prisoner's Song," Antoon explains that the poem's title refers to POWs on both sides of the Iran-Iraq war. But besides this and one sardonic, flippant reference to U.N. resolutions in "A Prism; Wet With Wars" - the collection's puffed-up opener, which is swollen with images of "imminent wreckage" - there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War of Words | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...Clark Kent--the fictional Miley. Celebrity today is as rarefied as ever, yet with YouTube and reality TV, seems more accessible than ever. It's tantalizing but, as personified by Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, terrifying. Miley--a normal, grounded schoolkid--makes the fantasy safe. The theme song says it all: "You get the best of both worlds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurricane Hannah | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...next couple of tracks are similarly grating, but the album’s fourth song, “The Long Road to Ruin,” sets it on a long road to success. “The Long Road to Ruin” stands out as the best rock song on the album and evokes earlier hits like “Learn to Fly” and “Monkey Wrench.” It starts slowly but soon picks up, going on to boldly propose: “Let’s say we take this town...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Foo Fighters | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

...station will offer a variety of music along with news, sports, weather, and entertainment updates. The station will include rock, R&B, pop hits, and Latin chart toppers. In addition, the station is considering recruiting some of the local artists who already play at T stations to broadcast their songs as well. The test program is being run under the helm of Pyramid Radio Inc., a Boston-based media corporation that owns 16 radio stations. The non-music updates will come in 30- and 60-second segments between songs. T-Radio has already enlisted contributors such as Lyndon Byers...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MBTA Tests New Radio Service in Select T Stops | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

...Olympic Committee, however, takes a more benign view. "No song is going to win over everyone," Blanco admits. "But sports bring people together." So far, over 5000 entries have been received - proof, he says, that "Spaniards have really taken to this idea." After the deadline for submissions closes on October 26, a jury of specialists will convene in November to decide the winner. "It's possible we could be hearing them sung in Beijing," says Blanco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanish Anthem to Get Words | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

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