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Subversive website

By Brittany Coombs | February 25, 2008

A black and pewter pseudo-blog adorned with self-aware advertisements and caricatures, VoteForTheWorst.com has been dutifully and thanklessly disturbing the melismatic peace on pop-culture juggernaut "American Idol" for four years now. With David Della Terza at the helm -- a longtime Idol devotee shortlisted by CNN Money as one of last year's Top 24 rabble-rousing innovators -- VFTW has over the years matched the hugely popular and profitable karaoke competition step for step by spotlighting its skulduggery, damning its pervasive commercialism and, most essentially, undermining its ambitions for crooners with actual talent.

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Mariah redefines genius

By Matthew Ritger | February 19, 2008

If you somehow doubted the genius of the songstress responsible for such albums as "Butterfly," "Glitter" and "Rainbow," Mariah Carey is back to remind you that she's not just another diva with a five-octave vocal range and 17 number one hits -- she's also kind of clever. Carey has parodied Einstein's most famous theorem in the title of her highly anticipated new album "E = MC2," which is slated to begin its inevitable reign at the top of the charts on April 15, 2008. "Touch my Body," the recently released first single from the album, is crack-cocaine for the ears. Imagine yourself in Mariah Carey's stilettos.

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Wu-Tang releases new '8 Diagrams'

By Joe Kardon | February 19, 2008

A wise man once told me the "Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to f' wit." With that in mind, I hope you understand the risks involved in dealing with one of the most respected acts in hip-hop music. In 1993, the Wu Tang Clan birthed a work of art so stunning and raw that it can only be described in bloated James Lipton-esque grandeur.

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Winehouse dominates

By Lauren Dowling | February 18, 2008

Amy Winehouse has the entire world dangling in front of her. If she weren't seeing double, trying to avoid jail, publicly fighting and smoking crack for YouTube audiences everywhere, she just might be able to reach out and grab it. Incidentally, the troubled singer, who made her name in America for saying "no" to rehab on the first single of "Back to Black" (2006), entered a treatment facility just two weeks before her astonishing five Grammy wins.

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Klipple '92 gets funky with Coast

By Rebecca Wall | February 7, 2008

Courtesy of hop.dartmouth.edu What do you get when you combine the explosive power of funk with the colossal sound of a big band? "Ferocity," according to keyboardist Adam Klipple '92.

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Alston screens 'Family Name," explores southern family identity

By Lauren Dowling | February 5, 2008

Homosexuality, racism, religion, murder -- it seems as if Macky Alston has never found a touchy subject he didn't like. After attending the screening and discussion of his award-winning documentary "Family Name" (1997) at the Tucker Foundation, however, it becomes clear that Alston's subject matter is chosen precisely for the discomfort it evokes. In "Family Name," Alston returns home to the deep south from New York City to examine a quandary that has haunted him since his youth -- the relationship between black and white Alstons in the area. "Is something a secret if everyone knows it but nobody talks about it?" Alton asks in the film. Clearly racism was a source of unease in his hometown of Durham, N.C., and Alston was completely aware of the stigma associated with this topic. "I think the fascinating thing is that those things that we have never talked about, those things that we are taught not to talk about, breed a lot of fear," Alston wrote on the documentary's website. Winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award, "Family Name" is certainly more a dark horse than a flashy fan favorite.

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