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...it’s not looks. It’s rhythm and acumen. It’s discussion and rock and roll. It’s because he travels, and because she speaks, and because he acts. It’s an Olympic medalist and a campus all-star. It’s faith. It’s creativity. It’s hottness. And it’s so much more...
...band members wanted to pursue other interests—in Goldman’s case, political theory. “I have long since moved on,” Goldman says. “I have the ordinary concerns of graduate students.” Goldman says that punk rock “became dull” to him, but there is common ground between punk and his dissertation, “Political Nihilism.” “There’s a common dissatisfaction with the usual standard of life,” Goldman says...
...scattered among the rows of full-length, small-person-accessible glass cabinets, now themed with titles such as Imaginary Play and Classic Fantasy. Pride of place still goes to such rare items as the Dutch-made Princess Daisy doll (1890), and the two exquisitely detailed tabletop layouts of Chinese rock gardens once owned by the Empress Josephine (1780), which, apart from being handcarved in wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl, look like giant Polly Pocket sets. But now, when the frustration of admiring - but not touching - everything from a 17th century rocking horse or Javanese shadow puppets through to vintage...
...Year's Eve, or Reveillion, is one of Rio de Janeiro's most important holidays, second only to Carnaval. Extravagant beachfront celebrations unfold along Copacabana, attracting some 2 million revelers clad in white (to bring good luck and peace in the coming year). Live music ranging from samba to rock blasts from four stages along the beach. New Year's is also a day to honor Iemanj--goddess of the sea and mother of the waters--with ritualistic offerings stowed in small wooden boats and launched in the surf. Tradition holds that if the goddess is pleased with a boat...
...something so deeply rooted in human culture is not easy to annihilate. The repressed just keeps on returning--in, for example, the rock 'n' roll "rebellion" of the '50s and '60s and what I call the "carnivalization" of sports events in the '80s and '90s, when fans began dressing in team colors and costumes, and performing dancelike activities like the "wave." Then there are all the festivities that have emerged spontaneously: the Burning Man Festival, the Berlin Love Parade and Halloween as an occasion for grownup revelry. We seem to be impelled, almost instinctively and even in the absence...