MP3: Band Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas Time? (Original 1984)"
I couldn't find the best version of this song, which is an extended mix with a totally earnest spoken-word bridge featuring the tune's participants. But here's the original version of 1984's seminal charity single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The U.K. tune was recorded to raise money to help ease famine in Ethiopia, but it also spawned countless hilarious parodies and spoofs (and arguably kicke
Have you heard about Chris Rock's new movie, the documentary on African-American coiffure titled Good Hair?Rock got the idea for the film a few years back when his daughter complained to him about her kinky hair. The comedian was so baffled by his daughter's complaint that he set out to examine the money and politics behind the African-American beauty industry, which is said to take in a whopping $9 billion a year. Along the way, Rock (who admits wearing a Jheri curl while in his teens) talked t
flickr.com/photos/crosscollectionFree haircuts? You kidding me? The St. Louis Cardinals are out with their promotional schedule for 2009. With the All-Star Game headed to St. Louis in July, this year will have no shortage of fan giveaways to commemorate the season. Among other things, the team and its sponsors will be giving away baseball bats, bobble-head dolls, T-shirts, calendars, exercise mats and All-Star Game lapel pins. But what really struck me was a new (to me, at least) promotion this
