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Europe's nation-states are, after all, a comparatively recent phenomenon: The continent had been an unruly smorgasbord of tiny kingdoms and fiefdoms before the emerging urban manufacturing economy of the 18th and 19th centuries began drawing them together into the nation states we know today. The modern economy required that a single currency, language and set of laws be generalized across that smorgasbord to create the large national markets that would sustain economic growth...
...more recognized by the name of the movie it was featured in--the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey or Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra?--the professional group has a hard time making an overplayed theme unique. However, when Joseph Lin '00 appeared on stage, violin in hand, the concert began to offer the special excitement that comes with a live performance. Roberta Flack introduced him as a theology concentrator (well, she actually said major) and introduced Tchaikovsky as "that guy who wrote the 1812 Overture." Using the cardboard binoculars that were handed out at the door (one idea that Symphony...
...With the introduction of Mike Ghegan, sax player for opening band Fighting Gravity, in "All Around Us," the night began to soar with masterful jazz licks and playful exchanges between instruments. The band and guest jammed intensely through several numbers. After hearing a "Girl from Athens," I swore they couldn't get any better. Of course, I was wrong...
...WHAT?: Padte: "We are named after one of the best sax players of all time--Maceo Parker. He began his career as the saxophonist within James Brown's horn section (the JB's). In his solo career, he always claims his music is 2% jazz, and 98% funky stuff...
Back in the days before the Internet, I probably never could have read this: "American propaganda machinery began a new harangue of demonization of Serbs and Yugoslavia, spreading new lies which persistently attempts to support with alleged statements of refugees, Kosovo Albanians arriving in Albania, the majority of whom have family members in the terrorist organization...