Sam Smith thinks jazz is cooler and cheaper than war. He describes an instance of enlightened American foreign policy known as the Jazz Ambassadors program. During the 1950s, the State Department sent a variety of musicians abroad to show the world something of America:
In 1958, (Dave) Brubeck visited 12 countries, including Poland, Turkey, East [...]
Italian conservative leader, Silvio Berlusconi, was asked by a young female voter how she could bridge the poverty gap. His answer was, ‘You should look to marry a millionaire, like my son, or someone who doesn’t have such problems.’
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The Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas, which was evicted from its flat in Zurich after complaints [...]
Jason Chervokas on NewCritics really likes Sheryl Crow’s new album, Detours. But:
Sheryl Crow’s music is the sound of soccer mom nation. It’s not just the kind of music your mother would like, it’s the kind of music your mother would make (and maybe does at the local weekly coffee house in the church basement): [...]
A boy – an apprentice to the fisherman Peter Grimes – dies at sea. At the inquest, Grimes has to answer for the death. Was it an accident? Was it due to neglect? Or was it something worse? Most of the townspeople have already made up their minds. Only one or two, such as the [...]
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