Tag: Music
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Song of the Week: Mack the Knife
Last night the wife and I watched Kevin Spacey’s “Beyond the Sea.” I’ve yet to see a truly terrible Kevin Spacey film, and his performance in “21” has only heightened my curiosity since seeing it last spring. Being a passive fan of Bobby Darin’s the movie looked like a slam-dunk Netflix order for the middle…
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Song of the Week: Jingle Bells
With finals beginning tomorrow morning, now seems the perfect time to resurrect the Pax Plena Song of the Week! The tune this week will be a familiar one to most. Written in 1857 by Boston’s own James Lord Pierpont, the tune was featured prominently atop Diana Krall’s creatively titled Christmas album, “Christmas Songs” in 2005.…
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Song of the Week: Beat It
In honor of the King of Pop, the resurrected Pax Plena Song of the week goes out to the newly late Michael Jackson. From a child of the 80s, to the man who defined the decade, RIP. Beat Itby Michael Jackson They told him don’t you ever come around hereDon’t wanna see your face, you…
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A Cynic’s View of Susan Boyle
Britain’s Got Talent (does it?) star, and internet sensation Susan Boyle took the masses by storm last week with her performance of Les Misérables‘s “I Dreamed a Dream.” The performance is notable for its exercise in contrast. Ms. Boyle is the 47-year-old virgin singer who had never been kissed; who lived alone with her cat;…
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Song of the Week: Sleepy Tigers
The Pax Plena song of the week took a bit of a hiatus due to the onset of our law school’s Moot Court Competition. With round one in the books, and one more round to go, I’m proud that it is back with a vengance. The Pax Plena song of the week comes to you…
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