Music: I Hear America Dancing, and the Sound Is Just Like Tap Shoes
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âThe Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacularâ might bring a sneer to the world-weary, but also an unspoken sense of wonder that so many people could be making so many other people happy.
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Sundayâs program at Battery Park offered a spectrum of tap style from all ages, with enthralling solo and ensemble performances.
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Anytime a designer examines American culture, right down to the red, white and blue bunting stripes, interests me. Much of Thom Browneâs spring 2008 collection will seem preposterous to people. And if this is your first glimpse at his small-sized silhouette, I can only imagine that you think the fashion world indeed a strange place. [...].
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Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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Boston, cradle of the American Revolution, is making some new history for itself these days.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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Although William Bolcom's score for the Lyric Opera's "A Wedding" is filled with snappy songs and dance numbers, after a while the music seems slight.
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Everyone needs a soundtrack &#151; even politicians.
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Comment is free: Naomi Klein: So keen are America's leaders to hear dissent they're videotaping the dissenters. Welcome to a world of total surveillance.
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The problem with being in the spotlight dance is a basic one. You had better know how to dance.
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Just in time for Presidents Day comes a new album saluting Abe Lincoln. Honest. Chris Vallillo's "Abraham Lincoln in Song" is a collection of mostly Civil War-era songs, including "Dixie" and "Battle Cry of Freedom."
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For crooner Michael Buble, success in America has been a long time coming.
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On broiling summer days more than a decade ago, teenagers here spent hours watching breakdancing on "Soul Train" and listening to American rap floating across the radio waves from Florida.
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There was a wet start to jolt the American senses, but it proved harmless.
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Lawmakers stood side by side on the steps of the Capitol and belted out an impromptu rendition of "God Bless America" after the terrorist attacks five years ago.
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I'm not the kind of guy to toot my own horn, but I believe most of you understand, sympathize and approve of tooting my country's horn. While us Finns have plenty of things to be proud of - Nokia, sauna, and I'm sure there's other stuff - our music is a wide-open door into the dark well of the Finnish psyche, a nation with one of the highest suicide rates in the world and 24 hours of darkness in the winter. With that marketing speech out of the way, behold how hard we rock, how fast and loud we are below the fold.