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...playing a racy Muddy Waters tune on a jukebox instead of a religious song) and oversaw such musical innovations as the use of electric guitar. Although the Birds' fresh harmonies and passionate gesticulating drew secular fans, Davis declined an offer to tour with Paul Simon after singing backup on Simon's 1973 hit Love Me like a Rock. Why rebuff the megamoney? The group had previous commitments to play at churches. "As far as I was concerned," said Davis, "our word was our word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 14, 2007 | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...chest hair, “the sweater that God won’t let me take off.” Sounds sweaty. A man with a plan, Goel can’t wait until next year when he will “play bass guitar and sing backup in a Def Leppard cover band while living in a van down by the river...

Author: By Eliza L. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...Capital G”—arguably the two songs most like the Nine Inch Nails of old—still break some new ground for the band, bringing in some snazzy stylistic elements (and, on the former track, hip-hop artist Saul Williams) for backup. ”Year Zero” isn’t a mellow listen by any standard, but it doesn’t have the same type of edge as other NIN albums. The album uses smoother production values to create surprising moods—it occasionally even grooves. Although it?...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nine Inch Nails | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...throughout his body, thanks to a regimen that included being suspended by harness over a treadmill while therapists moved his legs through a walking gait. The therapy, known as locomotor training, was said to take advantage of the fact that the spinal cord is hardwired with a sort of backup program for walking, one that can take over when signals from the brain quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Walking Away from Paralysis | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...just joking around with [Casey] in the dugout down in Florida,” Kramer says. “I popped a contact out and almost lost it. I didn’t have a backup with me, and he said, ‘You know, man, you should get this Lasik surgery. It’s great...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL '07: Catcher and the Eyes | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

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