The James Logan Courier

By Michelle Danai, Courier Staff Writer

Mike Posners music has been filling up my iPod. Mike Posner is an uprising artist who is well-known for his hot single, "Cooler Than Me," which was an online hit over the summer of 2009 and has just recently been released on the radio.

Posner is an American singer, songwriter, producer as well as a Duke University student. With the help of Don Cannon and DJ Benzi, Mike Posner released his first mixtape, ";A Matter of Time,"¯ in the beginning of 2009.

By Michelle Danai, Courier Staff Writer

Christina Aguilera returns to the music industry with the latest hit, "Not Myself Tonight,"¯ which has recently made its online debut. The song is from her upcoming album called €œBionic€¯.

Aguilera's new album also includes the song, "Glam,"¯ which is a poppy, hip hop-inflected throwback to Madonna's "Vogue." Since the release of Christina Aguilera's new song a lot of talk has been made about how her lyrics and sound are a great imitation of Pink's previous work and that her new attitude and style combination portrays many similarities to Lady Gaga's work.

By Farah Habad, Courier Staff Writer

Often times, artists' collaborations are some of the greatest works they ever produce. Whether we look toward Run DMC and Aerosmith, Jay-Z and Linkin Park, Nas and Lauryn Hill, or Method Man and Mary J. Blige, collaborations produce artistic juices that would probably not be found elsewhere.

In the case of Tyga of Young Money and famed Rihanna-beater Chris Brown, their collaboration is nothing more than a waste of time and money.

From wikipedia:
Lydia Cabrera (Havana, Cuba, May 20, 1899 - Miami, Florida, September 19, 1991) was a Cuban anthropologist and poet.

Cabrera was born in Havana; She was an authority on Santerķa and other Afro-Cuban religions. Over her lifetime she published over one hundred books; little if any of her work is available in English. Her most important book is El Monte, (Spanish: "The Wilderness") which was the first major anthropological study of Afro-Cuban traditions. Upon her death, she donated her research collection to the library of the University of Miami. A section in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's book, Tres Tigres Tristes, has a section written under Lydia Cabrera's name, in a comical rendition of her literary voice.

Read a review of Lydia Cabrera's Afro-Cuban Tales, free from the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association and Washington State University.