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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...five bands represented here sound very similar--forceful, loud vocals offset by catchy drum and guitar. There's no refined philosophical system being developed here--this is the "I-don't-give-a-damn" sense of fun that all college students feel (yes, even at Harvard). Epicure's "Airmail" stands out as the best by far. It is softer, slower, more serious, and rather mesmerizing with its unplugged feel--college indie music in Australia isn't all joyful clatter, it seems. Flugelhorn Music, formed in 1997, is the self-proclaimed "new kid on the block as far as independent record...

Author: By By GREG J. wrenn, | Title: Album Review: New Noize #1 by Various (Australian) Artistes | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...five bands represented here sound very similar--forceful, loud vocals offset by catchy drum and guitar. There's no refined philosophical system being developed here--this is the "I-don't-give-a-damn" sense of fun that all college students feel (yes, even at Harvard). Epicure's "Airmail" stands out as the best by far. It is softer, slower, more serious, and rather mesmerizing with its unplugged feel--college indie music in Australia isn't all joyful clatter, it seems. Flugelhorn Music, formed in 1997, is the self-proclaimed "new kid on the block as far as independent record...

Author: By Greg J. Wrenn, | Title: Various (Australian) Artistes New Noize #1 Flugelhorn Music | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...future of travel was in the air. With an inheritance, Trippe began a business with Long Island Airways in New York, a taxi service for the well-heeled. When that failed, he raised money from some wealthy Yale pals and joined Colonial Air Transport, which won the first U.S. airmail contract, between New York City and Boston. That same crowd liked to play in the Caribbean (excellent choice), where he created Pan American Airways Inc. from a merger of three groups. Trippe began service with a flight from Key West, Fla., to Havana, Cuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUAN TRIPPE: Pilot Of The Jet Age | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Last month FBI agents also watched Nicholson drop a sealed airmail envelope into a mailbox in Dunn Loring, Virginia. Inside the envelope was a picture postcard that read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEACHER OR TRAITOR | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

...letter sent to The New York Times and authenticated by the FBI last night. "But, no, we haven't tried to plant a bomb on an airline (recently)." His joke was lost on the state of California, where thousands of postal workers continued to comb through parcels, diverting most airmail packages to ground delivery, while wary airline passengers were forced to stand in long lines and present identification. Los Angeles International Airport handles nearly 1 million passengers a week. Police experts believethat the Unabomber envies the publicity surroundingthe Oklahoma City bombing. The letter in which he threatened to blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNABOMBER. . . NOBODY'S LAUGHING: | 6/29/1995 | See Source »

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