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...summer mural program demands a good deal of physical labor in addition to artistic skills. “Working out in the hot sun isn’t that much fun,” said Ariana Barr, a junior at Boston Latin. Guillery cringed about working high up on the scaffolding, saying he always preferred to be on the ground. Once, he recalled, his crew disturbed a nest of bees in a decaying wall and had to run for cover...
...They even invited fans on to the stage during the final encore number. As they belted “Good Rats,” a playful song about the rats that died to become the flavoring for Guinness beer, fans flocked to join them. Lead singer Al Barr struggled to keep from being pushed off as a few fans even managed to crowd-surf amongst the band...
Andrew G. Barr...
...Barr may be aware of this failing, because she loads Backpack with enough neurotic angst to fill a season's worth of Ally McBeal, then grafts on a murder-mystery subplot centering around a backpacker serial killer stalking Tansy look-alikes. The murderer can be spotted within a few paragraphs of the title page, but provides a diversion from a suddenly at-one-with-Asia Tansy looking down upon the "tourists" in Bangkok or musing with unconscious irony upon "deluded Westerners" at the base of Mount Everest. Barr even includes Tansy's rambling e-mails home; most people...
...Barr has managed to throw Bridget Jones onto The Beach. But The Beach gave some insight into the backpacking scene, while Backpack rarely ventures from the tourist quarter...