MUSIC
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ChickSpeak hearts The xx
If you visit the official site for the up and coming British band The xx, you will find yourself in for a bit of a treat.
Much like the band itself, the site is a rather unique expression of creativity. Glowing brilliantly on a black screen plays the vid...more
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ChickSpeak hearts Kid Cudi
“I’ve got some missions that nobody can see, and all of these emotions are pouring out of me, I bring them to the light for you, it’s only right.” This quotation is from Kid Cudi’s single ‘Soundtrack 2 My Life’ off of the album Man on the Mo...more
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Win Sade’s Soldier of Love CD from ChickSpeak!
After a ten year hiatus, Sade returned February 9th with Soldier of Love. Full of romantic interludes and a sultry voice that empowers listeners too, Sade didn’t disappoint with her second album’s release.Inspired by the ups and downs of love, Sade’...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Joan Jett
The women at the Fusion Film Festival at NYU invited me to their screening last week of The Runaways. I’ll talk more about the movie when it opens but I really enjoyed being exposed to a slice of women’s history that I never knew about. My relat...more
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Band on the Rise: ChickSpeak Hearts Dreaden
The city of Atlanta, G.A. is an example of the classic melting pot of different cultures, musical sounds, and visual arts that make southern metropolitans of today the best places to find new artists of all varieties. The music scene in Atlanta is more di...more
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Corinne Bailey Rae introduces second album
In 2008, just two years after the release of her eponymous debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae was dealt the unthinkable blow of learning of the death of her husband of seven years, 32-year-old saxophonist Jason Rae, from an accidental drug overdose. In 2010,...more
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Sundance Alert: The Runaways
Talk about girl power! The film has its world premiere this weekend at Sundance with Joan Jett in attendance (and I read they rocked out afterwards.) Here’s a description (from fandango):
The story of the groundbreaking ’70s female rock group the...more
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Purevolume: Unsigned bands you should be tuning into
As college students, we all know that we could use a distraction every once in a while. One of my favorite websites for that much needed distraction is Purevolume. It is a website dedicated to getting the word out about bands that you’ve probably never ...more
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Music: Top albums worth saving for
The decade following 2000 was filled with a plethora of music shockers, from American Idol cliffhangers to Michael Jackson’s unfortunate death. Americans no longer find themselves using CD players to jam out to their favorite tunes; the introduction of ...more
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Goo-Goo for Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa. We all know her; she’s a hot mess of sunglasses, futuristic dresses, and club thumping hits. Her new album The Fame Monster is no disappointment to her diehard, sequined fans. Whether you’ve been with the lady from the beginning or you’re...more
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Summit on the Summit
File this under Pretty Good!
Did you know that over 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water? In fact, every 15 seconds a child dies from a preventable water-related disease – that is the equivalent of crashing a 747 jet filled with children...more
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Mississippi Riber Project: Putting it together
I think most of you know that I’ve pictured this river journey as happening in three phases: the first phase is the human-powered journey I’ve been taking down the river, having adventures on the river and near it, meeting people, camping in parks, re...more
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Women Score Serious Grammy Noms
The music business is one place where women are really dominant and present in a big, big way.
The Grammy nominations were released yesterday and Beyonce led all nominees with 10 (she also got a nomination for a song she helped write for the film Cadilla...more
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The Jazz Baroness airs on HBO2 tommorow night
I recently saw this very interesting documentary by Hannah Rothschild, The Jazz Baroness, about her great aunt Nica who spent over 28 years as Thelonious Monk’s best friend. I was kind of surprised by the story because, of course, I had heard of Monk,...more
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Cool Chick to Watch: Anais Mitchell
Anais Mitchell is not new to the music scene, and although she may not be topping the charts in quite the same way as Lady GaGa, she’s definitely been making her mark. Signed to Ani Difranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records, this sweet-voiced songstres...more
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Mississippi River Project: Goin back to Friar’s Point
I didn’t leave the River Museum in Tunica until long after it had officially closed, so I ended up staying in Tunica overnight, since, as in most gambling towns, the motels are super-cheap. The next morning I got in touch with John Ruskey, one of the ...more
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Mississippi River Project: Starting Somewhere
We drove through Forrest City on the way to St. Francis National Forest because I was curious to see the town, which had been described to me as one of the most segregated places in America. The downtown is a ghost town almost on the level of Cairo, but...more
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What does your taste in music say about you?
Ah, college, wellspring of questionable habits and decisions. I might not eat as much pizza or stay out as late as I did back in the day - that is, six months ago - but if there’s one habit I can’t quite kick, it’s my tendency to judge people based ...more
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Mississippi River Project: Flow in flux
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
Leaving St. Louis was sort of hard: spending time with A...more
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