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...common with Snoop Doggy Dog but he portrays a really exciting life," Skinner argues. "Even though you don't identify with him you find it fascinating." Unlike Snoop's work, A Grand is a, well, concept album - even if Skinner balks at the term: "I get these images of '70s Spinal Tap pretentiousness by artists that are usually up their own arse. There is none of that here." Maybe not, but it's a wonderfully crafted, continuous narrative, set to garage loops, keyboard orchestration and even a guitar. A tale emerges of missing money, football betting, the trials of returning...
...once, the guest speaker was no glad-handing, suited D.C. operative: it was Stephen Stills, the folk-rock icon of the 1960s and 70s. He delayed taking out his guitar in order to first sing the praises of Sen. John F. Kerry—and proved that music and political idealism are still perfect bedmates...
...wondering if we’d get any snow or ice at all. Well, boy, did we get snow and ice!” she wrote. “It felt pretty surreal to be hiking in shorts and t’s—it was in the 70s even at above-3,000-ft elevation—while making our way over snow and falling in well above our knees at times when the snow was too soft and broke through under our weight,” Maciag wrote...
...raucous audience enthusiasm continued into the next theme of “Boogie Nights,” which celebrated the 70s theme of stylistic excess manifested in flashy clothes and absurdly over-the-top hairstyles. Noticeable throughout the show was the pairing off of couples of different ethnic backgrounds, and the multiracial aspect wasn’t lost on Ardrey and Melvin. Playing up the lame Caucasian stereotype, they directed David A. Wallach ’07 in vaulting himself through Studio 54’s velvet ropes, after which he was carried off the stage by Mike Beal...
...more years, couples may go on dates to get matching manicures, or shop together for the perfect foot cream. Or maybe men will revert to the 70s and abandon their gel for long, unkempt locks...