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If hip-hop ruled the world - the gangsta music and lifestyle as presented globally by the current music of US Black youth culture should be changed to
You know them well. You can pick them out anywhere. They are the homeboys. The B-boys. The hip-hop kids. We see them slouched against walls, hats pulled ......(Continue Reading) Murder most foul: a dark musical about a man bent on personal revenge
Sweeney Todd Trafalgar Studios, London SW1 Sweeney Todd was a mass murderer. He was executed in 1802 having been convicted on a specimen charge of killing Francis Thornhill, but at his trial th...(Continue Reading)Marilyn Hacker: An interview on form by Annie Finch
I interviewed Marilyn Hacker at the 1994 AWP conference in Tempe, Arizona, a few hours after we had joined Carolyn Kizer, Marilyn Nelson (Waniek), and ......(Continue Reading)Special Edition - Sound Recording Review
The Chicago Six, 2002 CD, Zeal CSD-1001 Unlike most bands on the current jazz festival circuit, the Chicago Six do not adhere to a single genre. They ......(Continue Reading)New music releases offer something for everyone
The new year is a good time to check out some new tunes. Here are some Pulse-team writer reviews of recently released albums. THE LETTER KILLS; "The Bridge" (Island Records)** The music scen...(Continue Reading)
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