Krieger: We all can learn from Williams’ death
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- Krieger: We all can learn from Williams’ death
- Face in the Crowd
- The best end-to-end albums from a singles-driven year
Krieger: We all can learn from Williams’ death
Rocky Mountain News – Jan 4, 2007
Certainlynobody ended up shot. When we contemplate the evident danger level for high-profileathletes out on the town we are talking in the main about youngAfrican-American athletes. And we are talking about a hip-hop culture that through music andmovies and other media glorifies killing. Bustin’ a cap is sucha ubiquitous expression it is now part of the lexicon. Hip-hop is also big business. Lots of people make lots of money init which gives lots of people a vested interest in keeping theinvective flowing. This is an issue raised regularly by black writers and socialcritics.
Face in the Crowd
Free Lance-Star – The Free Lance-Star – Jan 4, 2007
What do you see as the greatest strength of the United States? That we by and large encourage freedom of speech and that in parades we do not carry large flags with pictures of our glorious leader. What do you see as its greatest weakness? Rap music and its glorification of bad English. Would you like to own a motorcycle if the opportunity arose? No but if I did I would own an Easy Rider. Which do you value more: books or movies and why? Books. They have been around longer and are a well-established art form and much of modern cinema is based solely on commercial appeal. If an alien approached you what would you offer as a sign of goodwill and why? A daffodil because it is biodegradable and attractive… What would you do for a Klondike bar? Ask politely. If you had just landed on the moon what epic words would you have for the people on Earth? “My word. ” Which is more valuable to society: death metal or rap? Why? While both are of no discernable value to society perhaps death metal has the slight edge because it isn’t rap. SAM KRIEG is a student at Germanna Community College.
The best end-to-end albums from a singles-driven year
Phoenix New Times – Jan 4, 2007
CSS Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop): With Le Tigre on hiatus the Brazilian sextet CSS stepped up for booty-dancers staunch feminists and electro-pop fanatics everywhere with their high-energy debut. “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” begs to be blared during a Jazzercise class for hipsters “Artbitch” sounds like a deconstructed Yeah Yeah Yeahs song stitched back together with diagonal big-beats and the bubble-bath-synth groover “Fuckoff Is Not the nly Thing You Have to Show” resembles Ladytron trash-talking with Cyndi Lauper. Def Leppard Yeah! (Island): Critically maligned arena-rockers Def Leppard sure sound like they have something to prove on their fantastic covers record Yeah!. And who can blame them? They’ve always drawn inspiration from seminal U. glam and metal bands but can’t seem to escape being seen as poof-rock hacks… “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” begs to be blared during a Jazzercise class for hipsters “Artbitch” sounds like a deconstructed Yeah Yeah Yeahs song stitched back together with diagonal big-beats and the bubble-bath-synth groover “Fuckoff Is Not the nly Thing You Have to Show” resembles Ladytron trash-talking with Cyndi Lauper. Def Leppard Yeah! (Island): Critically maligned arena-rockers Def Leppard sure sound like they have something to prove on their fantastic covers record Yeah!. And who can blame them? They’ve always drawn inspiration from seminal U. glam and metal bands but can’t seem to escape being seen as poof-rock hacks. Which is too bad since their faithful (but not derivative) renditions of classic cuts from Bowie T. Rex Roxy Music Sweet EL and even The Kinks — in the form of a gorgeous copper-burnished “Waterloo Sunset” — more than cement their musical talent.