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...Underneath the ambient lighting of the Queen’s Head Pub and the white noise of people talking and laughing, a strong voice cut through, and the crowd quickly hushed. It was Chiazotam N. Ekekezie ’08 with the Sisters of Kuumba, starting off the night for “Sing It, Sister! A Celebration of Black Women in Music.” The show’s repertoire ranged from old African-American spirituals to modern songs such as Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone...
...fast in a national race by being soft, naive or scared of a fight. What has distinguished Obama in this campaign is how hard he has battled without appearing to do so. The message that moves the crowds at his rallies is made possible by many layers of calculation underneath. His mild manner belies fierce self-control. The frequent self-mocking conceals a stubborn self-confidence. He not only plays hard; he plays to win, rubs it in sometimes if he does and takes losses hard. "He is," says a friend who has known his share of strivers...
HAMILTON, N.Y.—Ted Donato takes his place behind the Harvard bench across the ice from rival Don Vaughan. Sporting a sky blue shirt and a red tie underneath a black blazer, he rolls his shoulders and settles in, hovering above his players with a quiet energy. Let the game begin...
...covered in layers of shoegaze distortion, feedback, and electronic effects, the live performance was entirely acoustic, consisting of piano, guitar, cello, and bouzouki (an eight-stringed instrument similar to a mandolin). Adapting the new songs to this format consisted mostly of removing drums and guitars to expose the melodies underneath. Merritt’s latest lyrics emerged from the layers of guitar noise to reveal a sincerity and intimacy unheard since “69 Love Songs.” Compared to the pristine, stripped-down acoustic versions, the studio recordings from “Distortion” sound cluttered...
...during summer and fall, after work they sit outside and smoke or play cards and drink beer; it's a hard life, and the workers find diversions wherever they can. One day last winter when our house was under construction, I noticed some Chinese characters scrawled in the dust underneath a windowsill. I couldn't read them so I called over to my wife to see if she could. She laughed. It was an important message: it named a local karaoke club as the place to go "for good prostitutes...