Los Amigos Invisibles
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Los Amigos Invisibles Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space
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Los Amigos Invisibles Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space
Ralphi Rosario Garden of Eden
In the days of commercialized boy and girl bands raised from birth by Big Music, no fad is too far out for our favorite cultural representatives. NSync touched the 14-year-old IM-addicted girl in all of us with the god-awful "Digital Getdown." Britney Spears tried to prove she was rock'n'roll with her unlistenable cover of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." But depending on your perspective, Christina Aguilera has either stepped to a new high of ambition or a new low of indecency with her new all-Spanish CD, Mi Reflejo. Mi Reflejo contains her biggest hit, "Genie in a Bottle," only it's sung all in Spanish and it's called, "Genio Atrapado." At first listen, it sounds an awful lot like Christina Aguilera singing her biggest hit in Spanish, but a closer listen reveals its biggest shortcoming-it's not dirty enough. Christina burst on to the scene as the little girl who wanted to be rubbed the right way. But on "Genio Atrapado," the famous line, "I'm a genie in a bottle, baby/Gotta rub me the right way," gets changed to, "Como un genio atrapado espero/Librarme con tu amor sincero"--literally, "As a trapped genie, I hope you free me with your sincere love." One imagines, with lines as insipid as this, Christina doesn't plan on challenging the likes of Shakira and Celia Cruz soon. Still, "Adios, Adios, Adios" might be a tune worth listening to.... -By Robert Kelley
"I want you to get together," repeats a throaty female voice on Tourist's first track, "Rose Rouge." And how compelling the invitation sounds-one listen to the song's rapid, airy drums, melodic saxophone and unrelenting single chord conjures up Paris at its most romantic. We're talking dim lights and heightened breathing here.
Kaia Wilson is livid about the current atmosphere in the music industry.
Ahh, the wonders of Napster.
Matchbox Twenty Mad Season By
Loneliness in America is at an all-time high. As the virtual world becomes more and more entertaining, we're abandoning the real world in droves. Instead of going to concerts, we're watching webcasts; instead of meeting our friends, we're instant messaging them.
Once upon a time, those of us who didn't live near big cities or trendy college towns relied on the local mall to buy music. In exchange for an outrageous sum of money, we were given a selection of around 20 CDs and a bargain bin full of old Foreigner albums. For the rare times when we wanted a CD not found on the Billboard charts, we were at the mercy of the surly sales staff to make a special order.
Roger Kimball brought his attack on multiculturalism last night to a place that has provided a home for many of his enemies-Duke University.
Our incoming music editor is one sassy cat. He's got great taste in music, too. Read on.
Everybody seems to be smiling here-especially the children.
With its consistently high national rankings, winners of major undergraduate fellowships and internationally recognized faculty, Duke is clearly fulfilling the spirit of the first half of its motto, "Eruditio et Religio."
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean knows how to move a crowd, and he used this knowledge to entertain an energetic audience in Page Auditorium last night.
For years, scientists have wondered if humans could cause the extinction of enough species to significantly affect life on Earth. But a new paper co-authored by a Duke paleobiologist shows that the magnitude of extinction doesn't matter-any extinction we cause will affect the Earth for millions of years to come.
The controversy over the tourism boycott of South Carolina has hit many Northeast college campuses, and some of them have already taken steps to support it.
Music is often blessed by revolutionary collaborations. Nico and the Velvet Underground teamed up to blaze indie trails in the '60s, and Aerosmith and Run-DMC brought rock and rap together in a way that makes Limp Bizkit, er, limp by comparison.
Strolling through East Campus as a high school senior, Trinity sophomore James Evans couldn't have agreed more with the friend who convinced him to visit the University.
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley chose to deliver a message of hope and equality yesterday at a public school in Durham, a city whose school system has long struggled to provide an adequate and equitable education for all its students.
This is the last story in a three-part series profiling the Young Trustee candidates.