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Beats and Bombs?

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The Fierce Independence of Maimouna Youssef

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Don't Want My MTV

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A Losing Game

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A Change is Gonna Come?

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 7:50pm

"Separate but equal." It's a term that is unavoidably associated with one of the most shameful episodes in American history--when racism and bigotry were legally codified, when a whole section of the population were denied the most basic of human rights. Today, "separate but equal" is taken seriously by nobody who actually believes in real equality. And yet, it's a logic that is shockingly alive in modern America.

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Whose Country Is This?

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 7:59pm

The battle lines have been increasingly drawn over the past several months--in politics, culture, art, and in music. The economic crisis has provoked a palpable outrage among ordinary people that can't be denied. Unemployment continues to climb, schools and hospitals are being shut down, all the while bankers take their bailouts and laugh all the way to... well... wherever the hell bankers laugh all the way to.

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Reality Relapse

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:06pm

Music has changed a lot in the past five years. It's become more urgent, more immediate, gained a higher degree of calculated grittiness and a slightly lower tolerance for bullshit. Pity nobody told Eminem that.

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The Spirit of '69?

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 6:51pm

It's that time of year again. When swarms of music junkies shake off the winter cold, emerge from their bars and seedy venues, and converge at public parks, stadiums and racetracks all over the world. There's no doubt about it; summer belongs to the music festival.

This year will be bringing us as many as ever. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Hideout, tours like Warped and Rock the Bells, all bringing hundreds of today's most dynamic acts to hundreds of thousands if not millions of people.

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Exhibit Offers a New Look at Iran

Submitted by iason on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 11:57am

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 2009

Music & Arts

Exhibit Offers a New Look at Iran

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A Spector is Haunting the Industry

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 04/19/2009 - 10:23pm

A commonly heard description of Phil Spector among music aficionados is "brilliant but crazy." It may be glib, it may even be callous, but after his conviction in the murder of Lana Clarkson last week, it's hard to disagree with.

This was Spector's second trial in as many years; the first ended in a hung jury, with 10 to 2 in favor of conviction. Throughout the trials, he maintained that Clarkson killed herself in his Pyrenees Castle mansion in Alhambra, California in February, 2003.