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...grown out of my childhood obsession with the 1960s, I couldn’t pass up the Hatch Shell’s free, outdoor concert series, sponsored by Oldies 103.3. And when I found out that on July 25, in the height of summer, the most quintessential So-Cal band would take the stage? Well, it didn’t really seem like a choice...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: California Girl | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

...grass by the Charles, 50-somethings waved their hands in the air, fathers danced with daughters on their shoulders. It didn’t matter that we were too far away to hear the harmonies, or that few of the performers on stage belonged to the original, 1961 band. As we watched the Red Line shoot across the Salt-and-Pepper-Shaker Bridge, and other listeners reclined on boats near the shore, I felt like I was part of something: a community...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: California Girl | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

Once the set began to wind down and we made our way towards the bridge, the band struck up its final song. I recognized the first few chords. Good Vibrations—my favorite. The crowd joined in, and I belted along, not caring about hitting the notes or staying in key. I was seven years old again. My sun-drenched beaches were nowhere to be seen, but it didn’t matter...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: California Girl | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

...have two good friends here who I may not see for a long time, if ever again. Da Eun is a recent graduate of Korea University—and the former bass guitarist of a rock band called Adrenaline. When I first asked her why her music group broke up, she answered: “Because all my bandmates are now lawyers.” Since it is one of my greatest fears that I’ll go into a years-long slumber only to wake up surrounded by friends-turned-litigators, I knew we would get along.,Caroline...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Heart and Seoul | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...popular genre of TV, books and movies. Now, in the 21st century tradition of fear as entertainment, it has its own reality show. In Discovery's The Colony, 10 volunteers are barricaded in a warehouse, without running water or electricity, to simulate surviving after the end of civilization. The band of engineers, handymen and medical professionals (the magazine columnists, I assume, have long since been eaten) fends off "gangs" (played by actors), filters water and goes through coffee withdrawal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media Freak-outs: Every Week Is Shark Week | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

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