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...American pastime, creating a cult following for their sport in the process. That night, I was invited by none other than the film’s director, Alexandra Lipsitz, to join the cast and crew for an “All-Star Air-Off.” Rocking steady with the world’s elite air guitarists to AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” served as my indoctrination to the world of air guitar and marked the beginning of my continuing love affair with every aspect of the sport...
...1950s, rebel philosopher-poet Egon Bondy drew followers with his surreal fiction--published and distributed covertly--which offered veiled, witty critiques of his country's Stalinist government. But the weirdest and most influential role the vocal Marxist played was as the inspiration and lyricist for a seminal Czech underground rock band, the Plastic People of the Universe. The arrest of the Plastics at a 1976 rally sparked Charter 77, the Havel-led protest movement that in 1989 toppled the communist regime...
...Long, 15, born without bones in her legs, was a double amputee. Following a 2006 season in which she won nine gold medals in world competition, she became the first Paralympian to win the Sullivan Award, given annually since 1930 to the nation's top amateur athlete. The recreational rock climber said, "To represent all the other Paralympic athletes ... is so cool...
Arctic Monkeys' second album--their debut was merely the best rock record of 2006--kicks off with a 30-sec. run of thundering drums and earth-quaking bass. Despite the fact that all four members are in their early 20s, this is not a band that lacks confidence, and the chief difference between their first two records is that this one is even louder and faster. D Is for Dangerous and Fluorescent Adolescent swagger by on ferocious guitar swells, but they also swing, with unpredictable pace shifts perfect for dancing and allowing singer Alex Turner to show...
...most intense song on the album. Its continuous synth bassline, combined with the sick flows of Missy and Dre, as well as JT’s conspicuously sexed-up chorus, make for a fairly good time. The latter half of the album pairs Timbaland with some rock heavyweights. Although it seems like he’s experimenting for pure fun, the results are often novel, and they provide the only venues where his lyrical ability is showcased to positive effect. “Time,” with She Wants Revenge, is dark and rewarding, like their hit single...