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...Anything we can find that makes a good sound, we try to work that into a piece somehow,” says music director Jason D. Armstrong ’03. “That is one of the most fun parts of being in the ensemble, playing pieces that have been written for unconventional instruments...
Improvisational jamming is another popular aspect of THUD’s shows. The group decides on a general shape, groove, or structure and then arrives at an appropriate improvisation within that groove, Armstrong says...
...good business days, the clown would replace whatever music was playing with Louis Armstrong and ask Raffi to count the one-dollar bills he had accumulated. Often, he remembers, the act could bring in $50 in only a few hours...
There were three reasons that Armstrong--a naval aviator in the Korean War who had flown 78 combat missions--became the first to step on the moon. He had returned to civilian life, and the Nixon Administration, mired in the Vietnam War, did not want a commissioned officer "militarizing" space. Second, his reticent manner was considered ideal for coping with the demands of celebrityhood. Third, and most practical, as mission commander he was physically closer to the hatch of the Eagle and had to be the first out. Since Armstrong was assigned to handle the camera, most of the pictures...
Think back to July 20, 1969. If you were watching when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, you almost certainly believed that this "one small step" was the first in an imminent journey out to the planets and the stars. A year earlier, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey had portrayed a near future where Pan Am spaceships carried business travelers and vacationers to the moon. Who would have believed then that when 2001 rolled around, there would be no trips to the moon--and for that matter...