The Atlantic
Democracy is under attack, and we need to protect it.
January 21, 2021
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As I sat in my Capitol Hill office two weeks ago, watching a violent mob storm the symbol and seat of our democracy, I was reminded of my distant past. As a child, I saw my birth country of Somalia descend from relative stability into civil war, overnight. The spaces where people felt most secure their homes and workplaces suddenly became battlegrounds, torn by gunfights and bombings. Violent targeting of political leaders once unheard-of became commonplace.
I never expected to experience a direct assault on democracy in the United States, one of the oldest, most prosperous democracies in the world.
Brother-sister duo
The Knife released one of 2006’s most-acclaimed LPs in the guise of their third album proper,
Silent Shout. Rightly ranking highly in DiS’s own run-down of last year’s finest, the album earned itself a re-release in July 2007 as an
Audio Visual Experience; this version – a triple-disc CD and DVD affair – featured a full concert captured on DVD. It opened the eyes of those yet to experience the Swedes in their unnatural environment: truly, The Knife in the live environment is a rare beast indeed.
Siblings
Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer dwelled upon how to present their music live for some time – while their self-titled debut came out on 2001, the pair didn’t perform live for some time afterwards; now, when they do, a regular, everyday experience it most certainly is not. Masks on faces, the pair dance about a landscape from the very wildest fantasy, imagined by Andreas Nilsson; art and music collides with some surreal sense of sy
Sunday morning coming down
Watching the HBO documentary “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (trailer below) turned me into a belated Bee Gees fan. Twin brothers Robin and Maurice are prematurely deceased, Robin at age 62 and Maurice at age 53. Youngest brother Andy (a solo artist, not a member of the Bee Gees) died way too soon as well, of an addiction-related ailment at age 30. Only oldest brother Barry Gibb, age 74, survives. The air of mortality hangs over the story of their success like a cloud, but what an incredible story. Even though the curiosity of the documentary is distinctly limited, I was fully satisfied with its telling of the family story and insight into the Bee Gees’ singing, songwriting, and recording. All three Bee Gees brothers were gifted.
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How pop and jazz wrapped up the past in 16 boxed sets
Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968 Polydor; four CDs, 66-page book, $69.98.
by Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Giovanni Russonello and Lindsay Zoladz
NEW YORK
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.- Reissues and deluxe editions of albums by PJ Harvey, Lil Peep, Charles Mingus and others provide fresh looks at familiar works, and the creative processes that birthed them.
Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Virgin/UMC; three CDs, $63.89; three LPs, $75.98
Alive with isolated, collagelike layers and exuberant ad-libs (Now, the tambourine!), Raw Like Sushi, Swedish pop artist and rapper Neneh Cherrys cult classic debut album, is a remixers dream. This 30th-anniversary set contains a vibrant remastered version of the original LP, along with two entire discs of imaginative remixes: Massive Attack transforms the synth ballad Manchild into a snaking, meditative groove, while early hip-hop producer Art