9 Songs: Directed by Michael Winterbottom. With Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Robert Levon Been, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, name
While being black in America has never been easy, being black in America in 2015 is culturally, economically, and politically nightmarish in ways that are nearly existential. It’s often possible to fall into a double-bind of perceived judgments, where others’ seeming disdain becomes a lens th...
Upon hearing Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” in 1963, Cooke was greatly moved that such a poignant song about racism in America could come from someone who was not black. (Source: The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time). This was an era of segregation, and Cooke was very popula...
Their work brought them in contact with female abolitionists in England who were reaching the same conclusions. By the mid-19th century, issues surrounding feminism had added to the tumult of social change, with ideas being exchanged across Europe and North America. In the first feminist article...
In 1978 Jackson starred withDiana Rossin themusical filmThe Wiz, a reimagining ofThe Wizard of Ozfeaturing Black actors. “Ease On Down the Road” from the film’s soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy for best R&B vocal performance by a duo, group, or chorus; significantly, it was Jac...
In this work, a monotonic rise to a peak followed by a monotonic fall on a histogram (see the envelopes in Figure 1) is depicted by the term bell shape. We do not name such curves as “normal distributions” because of their asymmetry and non-smoothness. Being more appropriate than other...
“When people were talking about the Breeders being a one-off,” Kelley told Rolling Stone,“I was like ‘No, actually … the Pixies are a side project.'” A little over a year later, the Breeders were on an extended break of their own, but the effortlessly fun trampoline bounce of ...
” Her “experience of being an American whore” escalates into a sexy, psychedelic, trap outro she sings about a character named Jimmy, who treats her like she’s a drug. Eventually, she makes a threat only Lana Del Rey effectively can: “Your mom called/I told her/You’re fuckin’...
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Hollywood's thirst for musical life stories shows little sign of being quenched, either. In 2025, the late King of Pop Michael Jackson (Michael) and New Jersey's finest Bruce Springsteen (Deliver Me From Nowhere) are both getting the big-screen treatment, with the latter starring ...