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Inspired equally by the ocean, forest animals and Joy Division, the three-year-old band has risen quickly in profile. Since the release of their debut, they have enjoyed glowing, awestruck reviews from music publications on both sides of the Atlantic. They have also developed an infamous stage show that now features locally pruned foliage, a few toy birds and a stunning, seasick climax that—so far—stands as their greatest achievement...
...times this season, Harvard women’s tennis coach Gordon Graham was as awestruck by his team’s achievements as the people in the stands were. That his players shattered even his own expectations is a sign that his own performance was exemplary...
...same time is a messy affair. Yet the fine art of eating and throwing fruit makes a tidy set of bookends to Ryuji Yamaguchi’s Harvard career. First, there was the freshman talent show way back in the fall of 1999 where he introduced himself to the awestruck Class of 2003 Tercentenary Theatre crowd by juggle-eating apples. He also balanced a chair on his chin, a small sample of the masterful skills he nurtured as a teenage street performer in his childhood home of Tokyo...
...College, when I was asked by the head tutor what I was reading in supervision. When I replied that I was in the middle of Dr. Faustus, she gestured to a portrait behind me, casually remarking, “Marlowe was a Corpus man, you know.” Awestruck, I turned around to look as I tried to extract my knife from difficult piece of turkey, which proceeded to fly across the table and land squarely on the plate of the Master of the College. Although I did nothing to further American-British cultural understanding that evening, my wonder...
...capture the modern in both his lyrics and instrumentation. In addition, the musicians Rufus works with are of such a high caliber that the pieces come together seamlessly. But there’s no doubt who the star of the show is. Last Friday Rufus left audience in complete awestruck admiration. With all the sexual appeal of Mick Jagger in a longer, lankier body, the ingenuousness of a flirtatious nymphette, we were charmed. As he returned for a second encore Rufus declared, “I love the road.” If the Boston show was the rehearsal...