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Subject: "Satin Sheets"
If I had to choose a song to sum up the special poignance country music is capable of, it might well be "Satin Sheets," Jeanne Pruett's 1973 song, which she herself promoted all the way to No. 1 after her record company told her it was "too country," and which McBride tackles on "Timeless." Pruett discovered it on an unsolicited tape sent to her by its composer, a Minneapolis factory worker named John Volinkaty. It's a song about someone who's found a life of unimagined luxury but who still pines for the true love who will give her what money can't buy. That's a classic setup for a country weeper, but the authenticity of the song can be summed up by one line -- "tailor-mades upon my back." That's an example of specificity as instinctive genius. No one used to fine clothing would ever speak of it in that way, and the language reveals, as does the unalloyed carnal longing in McBride's vocal, country's simultaneous wish for material comfort and the distrust of it. The satin sheets and tailor-mades are distractions; emotion is the only real thing.
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Subject: the right to be puerile shall not be abridged
Black activists target Howard Stern ad
This ad, promoting Howard Stern's upcoming show on Sirius, has been out for a while. But black activists in Chicago are getting around to being upset about it, taking exception to the "Let freedom ring" line and the raised fist image. "To take this phrase made popular by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for freedom and justice and trivialize it in such a way is both disrespectful and unacceptable," the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. "As we prepare to celebrate Dr. King's birthday, we will not tolerate this kind of brazen disrespect. Howard Stern may have managed to push his craziness on cable, but we should not have to tolerate it in our communities."
—Posted by Tim Nudd
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/12/black_activists.html
He says he's not going to become irretrievably vulgar or pornographic, even if a sizable portion of his audience may be hoping for that. Instead, Stern says that on satellite, he'll have the same opportunities that he had on broadcast radio back in the '80s and early '90s, before the Federal Communications Commission got on his case, to entertain his audience by trying bits that may be marginally offensive but are nevertheless funny. "Our line is being funny, and hopefully we'll hit that every day. And that's the goal."
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/01/10/stern/
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Subject: MLK's dark legacy
Police: MLK's Nephew Attempts Suicide
BET.com News and Wire Reports
Posted Jan. 10, 2006 – The nephew of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is in the hospital after police in the Indianapolis suburb of Lawrence said he set fire to his apartment last week in an attempt to kill himself, The Associated Press reported.
Police said Derek King, 46, not only resisted rescue efforts to remove him from the burning apartment, but after rescuers finally got him out, he ran back into the burning building before being removed again, AP reported.
King is being held in a hospital while his mental state is assessed, investigators said. He's in fair condition with second-degree burns on his face, hands and feet.
King, who is the associate pastor at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrence, is expected to be charged with arson in Marion County next week, AP reported.
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