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Legendary Iranian singer Googoosh this week capped her first tour in 22 years with a concert in Dubai. Thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear the diva (who is banned from performing at home) ring in the Persian New Year last Wednesday. Although silenced by the Islamic revolution before many of them were born, even Iran's youth proclaim Googoosh as the preeminent icon of Iran's prerevolutionary social freedom. Her music has served as a unifying force amongst Iranians of all classes, both at home and in exile. TIME's Tehran correspondent Azadeh Moaveni met with Googoosh...
...wander from their scripts and ask tough questions about China's education failures. And with the International Olympic Committee voting in July on Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Games, perhaps Zhu didn't want anyone bringing up the fact that all those stuffed Olympic mascots and five-ring banners could be manufactured by kids in sweatshops. Last year China was embarrassed by reports that children were working 17-hour days packing plastic Snoopy figurines for McDonald's restaurants in Hong Kong. (After the report came out, the toy factory released its child laborers...
...didn't get a gift from him but most guys pay some sort of tribute to me. Guys always pay homage. But all the guys who wanted to screw me were old! Like, in their 30s. And none of them was attractive. One guy gave me a Gucci ring but I didn't keep it. Using it was gross! I sold it and spent the money on snowboarding. I bought lots of cute accessories and went on snowboarding trips. I'm actually going on a trip this weekend to Shiga Kogen, with my older brother's friends...
...absence of bass lines, and it would be a nice contrast to hear these songs performed by a sympathetic backing band, but the overall intimate ambiance is key to the project's feel. While his voice is often distorted, the sound of the instruments is clear, and guitars ring and chime nicely...
Taking their name from a type of cock ring, Arab Strap are probably best known for the unsolicited shout-out given by fellow Scots Belle and Sebastian on that band's third album, The Boy with the Arab Strap. Musically, the two bands are quite different. If the bouncy, wistful melodies of Belle and Sebastian are good for a late morning walk, Arab Strap are a comedown band, music to keep you company after all the bars are closed. Their first few albums were steeped in alcohol and sadness; indeed, Arab Strap's finest release, a live album, is titled...