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...Gulf Coast maintain the smartest evacuation packs you will find anywhere: ruthlessly compact, wildly creative. They keep documents sealed in floatable boxes; they have coffee tables that turn into trunks and garbage cans that turn into latrines; they have learned that the only thing more valuable than a hand-crank radio is a hand-crank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Save From a Fire | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...deserve to be forgotten / We are the voice of the people/ Says an old man sitting / With bandaged eyes / He will grasp unto hope.” In a time when radio waves and dance parties are cluttered with culturally meaningless songs (think “Crank That” or “Gimme More?”), Juanes has produced yet another album that can be legitimately respected for both its sound and its content. Although only Spanish speakers will understand the lyrics of “La Vida...Es Un Ratico,” the true essence...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Juanes | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the Oct. 3 magazine article "Crank That PB&J!" incorrectly reported that Eve A. Lebwohl '08 is the president and vice president of HRTV. In fact, Lebwohl serves only as the group's vice president...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crank That PB&J! | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

Since most Harvard students spent their summers either in a musically backward part of the world or trapped in investment banking hell, here’s a recap of the summer’s notable pop hits. Soulja Boy – “Crank That” If a breakthrough single is tied to a specific dance, it’s a good indicator that the musician’s not going to be around for long. As Los Del Rio could tell you, originating a fad is the same as having an expiration date. Fortunately for Soulja...

Author: By Eric L. Fritz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Songs To 'Superman' To | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...caveats, then, before I go ranting on like the crank at the christening. I'm not a prude. I enjoy a good dirty joke, including more than a few in Knocked Up and Superbad. In my time I've praised ribald comedies (Clerks comes immediately to mind) and male-bonding frolics (Sideways). I don't mind the Apatow movies; I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty for liking them more than I do. I just wonder why they've become the template for popular and critically acclaimed comedy, and why guy-guy is just about the only kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Superbad: A Fine Bromance | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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