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  • Hollywood Blast: Bursting Our Eardrums in a Background-noise Culture

    By Selwyn Duke “What did he say? Huh? Okay, well, pass the popcorn and put on the sub-titles.” This is not only a common experience people have with today’s entertainment; it also reflects something deeper about our culture. It’s not often that reading a Washington Post article makes me exclaim “Thank you. Thank you!” But…

  • Influential Beats: The Cultural Impact of Music

    By Selwyn Duke The Devil really is a fellow of wine and song, Playing a tune that trades right for wrong. The tone-deaf man will hear his notes and say, What could be wrong with being festive and gay? And when a sad tomorrow that tune does bring, Few will know that from their own…

  • Obama’s Henchmen

    By Selwyn Duke The big questions now surrounding Barack Obama’s triumvirate of scandals is “How much did he know?” and “When did he know it?” Former presidential advisor David Axelrod made the point that the government is “so vast” that the president can’t possibly know all that transpires. Of course, this is one of the…

  • Is YouTube Cooking Stats for Obama?

    By Selwyn Duke News aggregator DrudgeReport.com is currently linking to a YouTube video of a government schoolteacher instructing young students to praise Obama in song. While this is shocking, there is an even bigger story here. Consider this: the video’s “views” counter listed only 363 views as of 1:04 p.m. EST on Sept. 24. But…

  • Wild, Wild Kanye West

    Hey, Kanye, here’s a dose of reality: you peddle cultural garbage that should be found guilty of cochlear rape. In any sane society, no one would pay two cents for your juvenile din. Your opinion on music carries about as much weight as Bill Clinton’s opinion on chastity.