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...On Saturday, Sorey explores the rhythmic vortex of drum’n’bass with London-based pianist and electronic wizard Pat Thomas. November 17, Kings Place and November 18, Café Oto 6....
...Memphis is the home of the blues, of rock’n’roll, and of Southern Soul, thanks to the Hi and Stax labels....
...According to Parental Loss and Achievement by Samuel N Eisenstadt, Pierre DeSenardens and Marvin Eisenstadt, evidence suggests the loss of a parent before the age of 15 is a driver for many....
...An as-yet-unrecorded Mauritanian ballad, “N’Baye N’Baye”, had hints of desert blues. “African Woman” prompted chants of “Senegal, Senegal, Senegal.”...
...(Most occurrences of the N-word have now been excised from the script and lyrics, leaving just enough to remind us that it was a common term less than a century ago.)...
...Just as he blazed a trail through the world of rock’n’roll, David Bowie’s dalliance with the financial markets gave the world something it had never seen before — pop bonds....
...But he does note that, "The problem with hip hop, unfortunately, is the role it plays in keeping the n-word alive."...
...A dismal scenario threatens to materialise: if a lawyer is installed in the studio legalling each bassline and riff, then the final victory of the Man over rock ’n’ roll will be complete....
...But he does note that, “The problem with hip hop, unfortunately, is the role it plays in keeping the n-word alive.”...
...(N.B. Switzerland already regularly demonetizes its notes; not (yet) for a Gesell tax, but to control underreported income.)...
...Hank Marvin played an adroit guitar solo. Sir Cliff, the first British pop star to be knighted, gamely shimmied and sashayed....
...There was a time when boy bands were among pop’s biggest unit-shifters and the likes of Take That, ’N Sync, Backstreet Boys and Westlife ruled the charts like formation-dancing princelings....
...increasingly important – their combined effects being a defining characteristic of a home’s exterior appearance as well as helping to create a sense of theatre, place, space or ambience inside – as is n...
...Yet the strongest boost to axe heroics lies in an unexpected source, in the un-rock ‘n’ roll pastime of computer gaming....
...Only a decade ago, this kind of international architectural pick’n’mix would have been unthinkable: these would have been local buildings for local people....
...An established favourite, oozing shabby chic European charm is The Tabard Inn (1739 N St, tel: +1 202-785 1277). At the modern, happening end of the scale, try the Rouge (www.rougehotel.com)....
...Even where, as in Jean-Pierre Mocky’s 1974 Un linceul n’a pas de poches, the reporter is brave and effective, he ends up (mysteriously) dead when he gets too close to unmasking power....
...The brooding menace of tracks such as Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” subverts brilliantly the Americana of shopping malls and soda fountains....
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