Becky Sullivan

Happy Birthday to Two Hip-Hop Greats

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Today is a big day for hip-hop: it’s the birthday of both Andr 3000 and RJD2. Born just one year apart, they both have had an indelible influence on the genre — and in very different ways. Andr 3000 is one half of Outkast, whose 2004 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below took home three Grammys, […]

Renée Fleming Goes Pop

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A Marriage Made on Stage

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The Next American Idol

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A New National Anthem

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The Apples in Stereo Are Back from the Future

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The Apples in stereohave been turning out impeccable indie pop tunes for nearly 17 years now. The band’s latest album is something a little different:Travellers in Space and Timeis a danceable concept album about time travel. When the band stopped by Studio 360 recently, frontman Robert Schneider told Kurt Andersen that his inspiration for the […]

360 Staff Pick: Girlsville

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No soundtrack is more perfect for your 2010 summer than this classic rock from 1991. Songwriter Billy Childish’s bluesy punk rock pairs unbelievably well with the stripped-down vocals from the singer Holly Golightly. There’s not a bad track out of the twelve delightfully brief garage pop tunes. Start with ‘First Plane Home,’ where the catchy […]

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Drawing on Captain Ahab

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Illustration is hardly a new art form — after all, it’s been around for just about as long as stories have, although it’s generally been confined to children’s literature (where it’s thrived). But illustration has recently had a bit of resurgence in the grown-up art world. TakeZak Smith‘sexhaustive projectto depict every page of Thomas Pynchon’s […]

Outclassing the Mad Men

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Over the last few days, the internet has ooed and aahed over aviral marketing campaignfrom Old Spice. In just two days, a production team and a charming actor named Isaiah Mustafa created183 short videos; instead of paying for TV airtime, Old Spice simply uploaded them to YouTube. It was the kind of bombshell that the […]

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Yet another puzzle from Inception

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Like most moviegoers afterInception, I left the theatre with a lot of questions about the movie. Last week, we were presented with yet another.Inception’s soundtrackis comprised of two elements: composer Hans Zimmer’s largely ambient, stringy score, and “Non, je ne regrette rien‘ — the classic chanson sung by Edith Piaf, which Leo and his crew […]