|
7528. Macnas - 4/21/2004 8:52:12 AM Pelle gets D correct, and I'm wondering why he can't make the connection between his attempt at B, and the correct answer. 7529. KuligintheHooligan - 4/21/2004 9:46:20 AM Animal Farm? 7530. Absensia - 4/21/2004 10:09:34 AM C. Thackeray wtote it. Stanley Kubrick directed it and
Ryan O'Neal was Barry Lyndon.
7531. arkymalarky - 4/21/2004 10:27:58 AM I just saw a new video by Prince, Musicology, that imho is absolutely great. 7532. Macnas - 4/21/2004 4:05:11 PM Vic gets B.
Abs gets C. 7533. Macnas - 4/21/2004 4:07:51 PM So far:
A : unanswered
B : KuligintheHooligan
C : Absensia
D : PelleNilsson
A is kind of tough. 7534. alistairConnor - 4/21/2004 5:44:26 PM Hmmm. Let's see.
- I've read two of them
- Two of them have unhappy endings
- Two of them have been turned into musicals, I haven't heard of a song-and-dance version of Gatsby
- Robert Redford may well have played Romeo, I doubt if he's played Oliver
- I give up. 7535. Macnas - 4/21/2004 7:47:19 PM I reckon it may be too tough. 7536. neato - 4/21/2004 8:03:09 PM nono wait 7537. Magoseph - 4/21/2004 8:23:16 PM Yes, wait, mac. 7538. Macnas - 4/21/2004 8:42:35 PM Righto. 7539. neato - 4/21/2004 8:52:31 PM what about a clue? 7540. Macnas - 4/21/2004 9:09:31 PM A clue?
All these books are famous,
Each one in and of themselves,
On everybodys classics list,
They stand out on the shelves.
But if you leave the lists aside,
and give your full attention,
There is another famous book,
Where all these books are mentioned.
That's not bad for straight off the top of my head now is it? 7541. jayackroyd - 4/21/2004 9:53:18 PM Pynchon comes to mind. Probably incorrectly. 7542. Macnas - 4/21/2004 10:10:05 PM Incorrect, but on the right track, sort of.... 7543. KuligintheHooligan - 4/23/2004 1:49:28 PM In line with some complaints I made a few months back, I just read this today. It's about time.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040423/ap_en_ot/music_spelman_vs__rap_3
ATLANTA - Maybe it was the credit card that rap superstar Nelly swiped through a woman's backside in a recent video. Here at Spelman, the most famous black women's college in the country, a feud has erupted over images of women in rap videos, sparking a petition drive and phone campaigns.
Nelly planned to visit Spelman earlier this month for a charity event enlisting students for a bone marrow registry. But the rapper canceled the appearance after hearing that a protest was in the works because of his videos — especially "Tip Drill," the one with the credit card, which also shows men throwing money between women's legs and women simulating sex acts with each other.
Misogyny in pop music, especially hip-hop, has been around for years. What's new, students say, is an explosion of almost-X-rated videos passed around on the Internet or shown late at night on cable channels like Black Entertainment Television, also known as BET.
Never before, students say, have the portrayals of black women been so hypersexual and explicit.
"It's very harsh. This is something we have to see and listen to on a daily basis," said senior Shanequa Yates. "Nelly just didn't want to come here and face the criticism for the choices he's made."
7544. judithathome - 4/23/2004 11:52:01 PM This is something we have to see and listen to on a daily basis," said senior Shanequa Yates
Oh really? People are forcing you to buy the music and watch the videos, Shanequa?
They don't have to "see and listen to" anything on a daily basis if the choose not to. 7545. arkymalarky - 4/24/2004 12:19:58 AM I can't stand Nelly anyway, but the rap videos themes aren't much different from the hair band videos of the 80s. It's the same "I'm a(rock/rap)star who can have any and as many 'beautiful women' as I want and they'll do whatever I want" mentality (so what and who cares--can you entertain me with a decent song?) that I've always found not so much offensive as vacuous and boring. I really like seeing the beginning of a move away from that in hip-hop lately, as the rock/metal moved on to more interesting work--some good, some great, and some awful, like music almost always is, but interesting and different. And really nice vocals are coming back some--not the glass-breaking Mariah Carey type, but real quality interpretive and soulful singing. 7546. arkymalarky - 4/24/2004 12:21:48 AM I actually liked "gangsta rap" better, because it invoked images and people that seemed realistic to me and the leaders in that genre have proven to be sharp people over time who've grown with their musical experience, imo, whether I agree with their perspectives or not. 7547. judithathome - 4/24/2004 12:24:07 AM It can't come soon enough for me. I am sick to death of that screeching, reaching-for-the-sound-barrier type of "singing".
Now...if we could only get rid of the slutpuppy looks and sounds of the lipsyncers like Britney Spears!
|
