Music and Culture

SD UT/WaPo Border Patrol requests Mexican music encore By Ashley Surdin THE WASHINGTON POST 2:00 a.m. March 17, 2009 SAMPLE SONG LYRICS “Bef...

Newsweek The Surprising Dark Side of the Very Hungry Caterpillar Once upon a time, Eric Carle wrote a children's book that was so comfy,...

A stunning and sweeping take-down of newspapers as the deer-in-the-headlights of the Internet...if the headlights had been visible for fifte...

SLATE explainer Global Motherf*ckers Does every culture use the suggestion of maternal incest as an insult? By Nina Shen Rastogi Posted Thur...

LAT On the Edge Once on TV, now just another gamer Yazan Ammari, 23, earned nearly a quarter of a million dollars as a professional video-ga...

SLATE culturebox Stompin' in My Air Force One How will Obama's presidency change hip-hop? By Jonah Weiner Posted Thursday, Feb. 26, ...

Americans' lasting mark on Iraq: colorful, complex tattoos Popular designs include tigers, dragons, and swords, although overt displays ...

LAT From the Los Angeles Times THE SUNDAY CONVERSATION Things are just grand By Choire Sicha March 1, 2009 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious...

CSM Hip-hop's Arabic-language kin Lebanese rap artists take genre back to its socially conscious roots in a society deeply divided. By E...

That's my President: MSNBC/AP Obamas honor Stevie Wonder at White House Singer-songwriter is praised for creating ‘a style that’s uniqu...

CSM Saudis break taboo of opposing royals after soccer row The incident highlights a shift from unquestioned deference toward the royal fami...

NYT February 11, 2009 Muzak Files Chapter 11 to Refinance Debt By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Muzak Holdings, the maker of background music heard i...

AP Buena Vista Social Club bassist Lopez dead at 76 By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press Writer 2...