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With its gently sloping seating, a small basement set shop and a 124-year tradition of extravagant productions, the now worn Hasty Pudding theater is waiting for a face lift--to be funded by Harvard...
...over the child's chronic bed-wetting, mortally wounding her with a blow to the head, and then in a state of panic, tried to make the assault appear to be the result of a botched kidnapping. Patsy penned a ransom note, Thomas alleges, and carried JonBenet to a basement storeroom, where she garroted her. Thomas believes John Ramsey was asleep and unaware of the events until morning, when he discovered the body and moved to protect his wife and further cover up the crime...
...arrived late; fortunately, the warm-up DJ did a good job of entertaining the crowd, and the reception when the Armada took to the Karma stage was indulgent. Groove Armada lived up to expectations, opening their eclectic set with some Latin-influenced house tunes (including a tasty remix of Basement Jaxx's "Jump and Shout") before moving on to throw on some breakbeat tunes, some funk and even an old-school track from the Sugarhill Gang. True to the anything-with-a-beat-goes spirit of the night, Cato and Findlay goofed around on the live bass guitar and keyboards...
...purely economic consideration. We soon begin to realize the tacit commentary that is being made. The Wall is down, but westernization is not restitution enough, leaving more wanderers than homesteaders. Indeed, Schulze's world is more bazaar than bizarre. But this is hardly to say that it's bargain basement Kafka. Rummaging through the apparently artless language leads the reader to discover a finely crafted plot, a great conversation piece for years to come. But admittedly, some of the stories are more worthy of chit-chat than legend...
...today. No Coca-Cola (nor plastic bottle in which to hold it); no Gore-Tex jacket (nor zipper with which close it); no Chevy Blazer (nor asphalt on which to drive it). Really, how can you talk about gross necessaries when you haven't even been to Filene's Basement...