The News Review:
- ‘Dancing With the Stars’ results: Par for the course?
- A Eulogy For The Boombox
- Q&A | Franz Ferdinand returns from break with a new purpose and …
- Upcoming events May 7-13
- Dance hypnotist cause controversy in senate
‘Dancing With the Stars’ results: Par for the course?
Los Angeles Times
I was getting antsy to find out whom they were going to eliminate. But first: A performance by the Irish outfit Celtic Woman who sang a rousing performance of ?You Raise Me Up? while dancer Eric Luna proceeded to bench-press partner Georgia Ambarian into various lifts and positions. And all that lifting was impressive bordering on ridiculous especially at one point where she seemed to be break dancing on his back and then when she ended up standing on his chest. By this point it?s 9:53 p. and I?m rocking back and forth and wondering if all this filler will force the show to pull an "American Idol" and go over its allotted time. We still have four couples left whose fates have yet to determined people! But then they break to commercial.
A Eulogy For The Boombox
NPR
This was the dawn of hip-hop and it might not have happened without the boombox. “A big part of this hip-hop culture in the beginning was putting things in your face whether you liked it or not” Freddy says. “That was the graffiti that’s like a break dance battle right at your feet you know what I’m saying? r this music blasting loud whether you wanted to hear it or not. “Moving IndoorsAs the ’80s wore on cities started enforcing noise ordinances. The Walkman became popular and it was lighter and cheaper. Gradually people stopped listening to music together. The rap world eventually left the corner and moved online.
Q&A | Franz Ferdinand returns from break with a new purpose and …
Kansas City Star
So we took a few months off then met up and started to find a new way of playing. We wanted to do what we’d done for the first record: exist as a new band for a year and play the new songs at small shows then release the record. There was so much of it on the radio we wanted to rebel against it. That’s really how we made the first record; we reacted to what was on the radio. At the same time we didn’t change ridiculously.
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Upcoming events May 7-13
Advocate Weekly
Main Street Stockbridge. May 8 Dance Williams College Sankofa Spring Performance featuring original material that incorporates popular song drums hip-hop break dance spoken word poetry and sheer creative ingenuity 8:30 p. ‘62 Center Williamstown. 413-597-2425 or 62center.
Dance hypnotist cause controversy in senate
The Hornet
During the same time debate swirled within the senate over the producton of a $1400 dance April 30 which will serve a limited number of students and whether or not spending that much money is fiscally responsible during such hard economic times. With Spring Break and the election campaigns the last two weeks many senators did not think there was enough time to fully publicize the event which would cause a lack of student involvement in the dance and a waste of money. “I understand how people would be okay with [the dance] but we haven’t publicized it” said Peter Cornett president-elect. “During this budget crisis $1. 4 thousand for a dance is a lot of money. “According to Robin Kim vice president and chairman of the programming committee – which oversees the creation of such events – the bulk of the money is going to a disc jockey and a dance floor.