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...overall effect of Mika’s new album is a conflicting one. On the one hand, he is a master of getting listeners to sing along before they have even finished hearing a song; on the other, he subjects his audience to irritating gimmicks such as Backstreet Boys-esque echoing vocals in “Touches You,” a barbershop quartet in “Toy Boy,” and a burst of strings evocative of a Disney movie on the cabaret-style closing track “Pick Up Off the Floor...
...characters, and his country, are full of contradictions. His parents' defiance of Mugabe's regime is partly based on ignorance. Their enemies can be cruel, greedy and bloodthirsty, but also kind and righteous. As the country implodes, Rogers' tough, cynical mother breaks down in the middle of a bungled backstreet deal for a fake passport. Her idea of Zimbabwe, she realizes, is a long way from the daily reality faced by millions of her countrymen, or even, now, herself. "She no longer understood her town ..." writes Rogers, "the town where she had been born 66 years before...
...also a big fan of soft chocolate chip cookies...if you can make ‘em I’ll eat ‘em. What you miss most from the ‘90s: The ‘96 Yankees and the Backstreet Boys hands down. Your Gossip Girl crush: Blake Lively, I can’t believe that’s actually a question...
...iPod, the song fills the room. When class starts, he stops dancing—for the most part, at least—but the iPod never goes away.The students of this music class are more likely to study Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson than Beethoven and Mozart. In fact, Backstreet Boys is on the syllabus too.“How Songs Work” is a non-credit seminar led for the first time this Spring by Adams House resident songwriter and tutor, Matthew J. Coriel ’05. The class meets every other Monday in the Coolidge Room...
...music ticketing...If you, like us, oppose that idea, you should make it known to your representatives. The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you." (Read TIME's 1975 cover story on Bruce Springsteen "The Backstreet Phantom of Rorck...