And we were clueless and we were reckless
We were so high on the continent we could see the curve of the Earth.
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Art Brut
London art-punk band ArtBrut—named after the French term for outsider art made mostly by insane asylum residents—write clever, energetic guitar-rock songs as funny and self-aware as their name implies. Singer Eddie Argos, who sometimes sports a fantastic John Waters-ish mustache, pines for clumsy teenage kissing and hand-holding in “Emily Kane” (“if memory serves, we’re still on a break”), and has delusions
Blue Scholars
“No Rest for the Weary,” off Blue Scholars’ 2005 self-titled release, is what conscious hip hop should be. Emcee Geologic’s clever rhymes embedded within producer and DJ Sabzi’s symphonic beats manifest an experience of a world that is both broken and hopeful. A confessional, compassionate call to action, this track’s bright, bold and heavy layers of cascading lyricism and ethereal
Bay Leaves
The creek is where all the kids went to smoke bay leaves. They’d pick them off the low branches of the bay trees that draped their crooked arms over the damp and rocky creek bed, and roll them together loosely into short cylinders that never stayed lit for longer than one drag. Somehow this had become a neighborhood rite of
Breakaway brands of 2009
What does a breakfast cereal have to do to break out of the (cereal) box? How does Dog Whisperer help differentiate a venerable media stalwart? And what does celebrity gossip have to do with Super Bowl parties? These are the stories behind some of today’s most successful brands. They are the brands that broke away from the pack—and they may surprise you.
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