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...radio’s capabilities instead of creating competition through premium content services, as satellite does.The debate over satellite radio shouldn’t overshadow the larger issues confronting the radio industry, namely figuring out ways to incorporate new technology with new programming strategies. Local programming, local personalities, local bands??radio is a medium that needs to be devoted to the communities in which they exist, not to Howard Stern’s deranged antics.Historically, radio has been successful because of its ability to attract listeners and keep them tuning in for special broadcasts and new music.Satellite radio...
...inadequate. “The Saints Are Coming”—first performed in the Superdome at a Monday Night Football game to commemorate the tragedy—is packed with heavy-handed symbolism. The opening shots show a New Orleans digitally edited to emphasize the bands?? beliefs: a sign that reads “Humanity Street” floats in the shoulder-high flood waters as sad chords linger in the background; crowds of victims wait for assistance as Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong asks “How long...
...something that Hufstedler is working to debunk as the president of the Harvard College Alliance for Rock and Roll (HCARAR). The group, which aims to advance rock music by fostering community among student musicians, launched its first major event last night: an intercollegiate “Battle of the Bands?? to showcase rock ensembles.Spanning three nights at Tommy Doyle’s Pub and Restaurant at 96 Winthrop St., the Battle of the Bands features five Harvard groups (Blanks., Linus, Major Major, Plan B for the Type A’s, and Maya) and four bands from nearby...
...sloppy Clash and Sex Pistols covers (“everyone hated us,” he recalls). The more tempered, thoughtful songs of the Galaxie 500 project emerged after college, in the broader Boston scene. “We gravitated toward a sound that was based on more American bands??Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman, Modern Lovers…there was a punk rock ethic to it, but it was no longer loud and fast. Which we were just bad at.” The band grew in the bar by North Station where anyone could play...
...fast food chain brought them to face off against representatives from Northeastern University, Boston University, and Boston College. The chain’s PR team christened the event “The Rice and Beanpot,” and a burrito-eating contest was staged between the bands?? sets.A pair of radio shock jocks bleated out phallus/burrito jokes to the crowd, and predictably asked the members of each school to “make some noise.” Students from BC and BU made a formidable racket, but were drowned out by the deafening roar...