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...influence he had on the sound of the 1950s and '60s earned him the nickname "the father of rock 'n' roll," but Ike Turner was more infamous as the abusive husband of his raspy-voiced wife Tina Turner. Still, Ike was the mastermind of the duo's seminal, sex-soaked Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Ike first got the attention of record VIPs with his muscular, thrashing guitar on Rocket 88, his 1951 album with Jackie Brenston. Then, after a teenage Tina grabbed the mike at one of his shows, he changed course; for nearly two decades, the pair upturned...
Avant-garde German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen liked to say he was born on a planet near the star Sirius, and for fans of his abstract, complex music, it was a plausible theory. He made his name in the 1950s as a pioneer of electronic sound and went on to compose such big, vivid pieces as Light, a 29-hour, seven-part opera that took him 30 years to finish, and Groups, played by three separate orchestral ensembles at once. An influence on musicians from John Lennon to Björk, Stockhausen made news in 2001 for a comment suggesting that...
...family misses another sound: the ka-ching! of money. For years the Yazegi Group had a captive market of 1.48 million Palestinians living in the narrow coastal strip of Gaza. Captive, unfortunately, is the right word because the Israelis, who are contending daily with rocket-firing Palestinian militants, have destroyed the airport and harbor and keep Gaza's inhabitants behind a concrete-and-barbed-wire fence that is 25 miles (40 km) long. Gaza has one entry and exit point, which the Israelis strictly control. Gazans refer to their overcrowded enclave without too much exaggeration as "the world's largest...
...Stem-Cell Breakthrough? Michael Kinsley's commentary regarding stem-cell research was disappointing, especially in that he let emotional rhetoric overshadow scientific evidence [Dec. 10]. Many cures and treatments have been derived from stem cells - but none from embryonic cells. Ethically sound adult stem cells, which have been studied for 30 years, are a proven source of medical advances. Moreover, taxpayer dollars weren't used to fund the destruction of human life. It was a moral stand President George W. Bush made. Let's move on with consensus on this new research. Ronald Simpson, M.D. University of Arkansas for Medical...
Should the government give heroin addicts a drug that could save their lives in the event of a drug overdose—but that some believe will increase risky drug use? This might sound like a hypothetical question posed by Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, but it’s a topic that the federal government and local governments across the country face. Unfortunately, many have decided not to directly give addicts the heroin antidote naloxone, commonly used by emergency personnel for over 35 years, for fear that addicts might be more reckless in their heroin use, more reluctant...