“ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS” by BOB DYLAN (Columbia) You can’t find many dance tunes on this record, and in fact, much of it is delivered almost as spoken word. Dylan and his core quintet are aided by guests like Benmont Tench and Fiona Apple, but as usual it’s his lyrics that stick out, even if they are equal parts compelling and confounding. The CD version is a two-disc affair, with an entire disc devoted to the 17-minute “Murder Most Foul,” in which the rock bard posits the assassination of JFK as a watershed moment when innocence and idealism died. He then weaves in a history of the pop culture that followed, hinting that the rest of the 1960s and ‘70s were influenced by that event, while referring back to it continually. Listeners can decide upon their own interpretations, but it is an impressive piece of work. The nine songs on the other CD are also intriguing, perhaps touching upon topical events (“Crossing the Rubicon”), or the endless variety of personal relat
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Comedian Jim Gaffigan said if 2020 were a song, it’d be “Hotel California” by the Eagles. You know, “you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.” Feels like that doesn t it? Mercifully and thanks to physics we do get to leave 2020 if not without a few scars, largely emotional, that we picked up along the way.
We can’t imagine that anyone might have missed anything that happened this year, since it seemed that
everything happened this year, and we were all stuck at home with nothing to do but troll social media and reflect on our lives pre-shutdown. But just in case you’ve forgotten any of the drama, karma or charm(a) let us recap the year that was that insanely, crazy year that was for you.
the question is how long will it last. plus the white house state dinner with very special attendees, all of them ages 8 through 12 with something called broccoli commonly on the menu. a girl scout teaching us about closing the deal the world record holder for cookie sales. out won t believe how many boxes she sold. she ll be along later to show us how to get things done. we begin this hour with yet another deadline missed in those historic nuclear talks with iran. negotiators in vienna yesterday blowing through their deadline for a final deal for the third time in 11 days. they are racing against a clock to meet their new deadline a deadline just two days away. we have a couple different lines of discussion going on right now, but i think it s safe to say we have made progress today. the atmosphere is very constructive. we still have a couple of very
policy that uses race in considering which students it will accept. a white applicant, abigail fisher, sued after she was denied admission, sending the case back to the lower court, justice kennedy wrote, strict scrutiny imposes on the ufrpt the ultimate burden of demonstrating before turning to racial classifications that available, workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice. for now, the school policies remain intact. very technical. the bottom line, affirmative action is still the law of the land. reporter: opponents of use of race in college admissions believe though it may be delayed, they have a path to victory. incredibly high hurdles for universities and colleges must be overcome if they intend to continue using race preferences in their admissions policies. i am very confident ut won t be able to use race in the future. reporter: we are awaiting six opinions, including those on the
unlesssident obama vetoes the ruling or a federal appeals court blocks it. than would apply only to products on at&t s network and they would include the iphone 3gs, the iphone the ipad 2, 3, and ut won t affect the newerels like the . jolene kent hashe thuts our news room. apple has been bruised a msung comes out the surprisi winner. this was essentially a battle over a samsung patent that encoobile communication for dat data net works lik3g. despite the fact that the patent inside devices for sale, apple says the deon will have no impact on the bility of products here in u.s. the ban does not affect the latest gener as you said of apple product likehe iphone 5 and the newest ipad as they use different technology than rlier devices. this is the second major patt ling between the two co sist august a california