Archive for June 1st, 2005
Celebrate Xcellence
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005generation xcel presents the fourth annual Celebration of Xcellence friday, 3 june, 7-9 pm (doors open at 6:30)Location: Abounding Grace Ministries9 East 7th Street (corner of 3rd Ave.), NYC celebrate the after school achievements of Generation Xcel students live music, spoken word, dance, & drama awards and honors light refreshments admission is free please come [...]
You gotta love him
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005(Well, maybe you won’t, but …) Bono’s making waves for kind words about President Bush and — gasp! — Senator Jesse Helms. It takes courage for any celebrity, but especially one of the world’s biggest rock stars and its most outspoken activist, to speak kindly about archconservatives like W and Helms. But he manages to [...]
under PRESSURE
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Any Freudian insights here? Normally I loathe David Bowie’s music, but the hook to his song “Under Pressure” has been pulsating in my mind for the last hour. So I looked up the lyrics and found these, which I never knew before: Insanity laughs under pressure we’re cracking Can’t we give ourselves one more chance? [...]