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Francis had seen AIDS devastate gay Washington in the '80s, and he had watched as closeted Reagan officials said nothing to the President. "Then 20 years later, my family friend is running for President," says Francis. "And I thought, I'll be damned if he is President and there's this weird, awful silence again." He organized a group of gay Republicans to meet Bush in Austin, Texas, during the campaign--a group that became the seed for the R.U.C...
...album of jazz standards, But Beautiful. Scaggs started out as a member of the Steve Miller Band, but embarked on a solo career in the early 1970s. While commercial success only found him occasionally throughout the following decades, he remained an obscure critical darling throughout the 80s and 90s. On this tour, he’s been playing with a classic jazz quintet, and the understated, lonely songs on his new record will benefit from the Paradise’s intimacy. 7 p.m. Tickets $35; 18+. Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. (LN = Leon Neyfakh...
Here the grave-robbing limits itself to a single era, the early 80s and the peak of new wave. But without Beck’s consistent songwriting behind Ima Robot, the results are far more mixed. The band’s revival of choice is not as fresh as it might have been four or five years ago. By now, The Rapture and their fellow hipsters have pilfered the 80s in much more innovative ways, with considerably more sincerity. Hysterical, high-pitched vocals, stinging guitar lines and echoing Duran Duran synths are old hats in late...
...public health physician, Kim’s work centers on the eradication of infectious disease. In the early ’80s, he co-founded Partners in Health (PIH), an international program that brings modern medical care to the poorest and the sickest...
DIED. ROBERT PALMER, 54, natty Brit-rock eminence of the '80s; of a heart attack; in Paris. In his crisp, sexy videos for Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, leggy ladies struck poses while a fuzzy bass line growled under Palmer's knowing vocals. And there stood the star in jacket and tie, like an investment banker unwinding on karaoke night. He would rather be remembered for adapting a world of musical styles to the R. and B. he grew up loving. But for a legion of fans, Palmer will always fit his own ironic self-description: the James Bond...