Word: true
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...hopes of discovering the next big hit. This "rock star" approach is deeply at odds with a more vital function of rock music, that of political, social and cultural protest. As Liebert observes, it's a shame that Germans have dropped Schubert to adopt Fiona Apple. However, the true shame is that Germans (and Americans, too) listen to the inane drivel pushed on MTV and Top 40 stations instead of listening to music which would express their frustrations or increase their sensitivity to beauty or pain. Rock music is as adept at this function as Schubert...
...passive, and I don't ever want to be. Nothing truly real or really true is ever flat, especially with regard to art. And music is, indisputably, an art. The tunes we love shouldn't be an unnoticed backdrop to whatever we decide to engage ourselves with noticing. I far prefer songs with meanings to which I can relate, so that when I sing along I am uttering words and thoughts and feelings which have a point relevant to my life. Points--not only in math--lead to lines and planes which define dimensions. And in the abstract reality which...
...with your prose or verse, we can help you find inspiration and figure out where you want to be read. And you know what they always tell you in the admissions office propaganda--if it doesn't exist, you can start it yourself! (And that is actually very true, as demonstrated by some of the recently-founded publications listed below.) Please proceed directly to our literary listings below. Whatever you do, do NOT read the next paragraph...
...whole be less than the sum of its parts? In the case of The Insider, yes, it can be true. Although the film should garner nominations for Actor, Supporting Actor and Screenplay come Oscar time, I can't help but feel a little disappointed that Michael Mann's well-crafted film could have been a true contender, and instead came up short as an epic-that-almost...
...line between fact and fiction is always shaky, how well-defined is it in The Insider? Although Mann has admitted to taking dramatic license with some of the characters and events, the film nevertheless presents itself as a hard-hitting, true-to-life account of exactly what went on behind the scenes at "60 Minutes." And Mann's version of the "truth," however manipulated it might be, is raising pulses and tempers at "60 Minutes...