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40 Years Later: The Vatican Gives John Lennon a Chance

Happy birthday, White Album. It’s been 40 years since the iconic Beatles album was released — and hey, in honor of the milestone the Vati [...]

Rest in Peace, “Mama Africa”

South African singer Miriam Makeba died this week at age 76. Nicknamed Mama Africa, Makeba was known throughout the world not only for her singing bu [...]

State Department Gets Tech-Savvy

The travel blogosphere has been aflutter with all sorts of news about Twitter. First, blogger Pam over at Nerds Eye View shared her story about how  [...]

Rapper Common On Hip Hop’s Political Influence, Respecting Differences, And Why He Supports Barack Obama

Like its artists, America’s musicians, actors and other celebrities have been getting involved in this campaign to an unprecedented degree. Hip [...]

Rock-n-Roll Revolution (with emphasis on “Roll”)

“Our way of life,” write the Ginger Ninjas, “threatens our way of life.” For that reason, they started the Pleasant Revoluti [...]

Cure for Olympics Withdrawal: The Human Race

Cure for Olympics withdrawal [...]

So You Think You’re Well-Traveled?

Matador member Lola Akinmade–herself a carrier of a well-inked passport leafed with multiple visas–sent in a tip about the website Most  [...]

Jane Dark on World Music

When music critic Jane Dark named M.I.A.’s Kala his 2007 album of the year, he noted that it earned the distinction in part because “it is [...]

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