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...film’s main shortcoming is its limping soundtrack. In the time period during which the film covers, Jones participated in the sessions for “Aftermath,” “Beggar??s Banquet,” and “Let it Bleed,” three of the greatest albums in rock and roll history. Unfortunately, none of that music appears in the film and its absence leaves a gaping hole...

Author: By Tom C. Denison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stoned | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...certainly did milk theater at Harvard for all it was worth, though: he was a self-proclaimed “Loeb wonk” who performed in “five or six” Mainstage shows, countless Ex productions, directed “The Beggar??s Opera” in his native Adams House, served as president of the Gilbert & Sullivan society…and the list goes...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Many Faces of John Lithgow | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...royal kitchen always bubbled with activity as the kingdom’s finest chefs prepared an endless variety of dishes. But when Prince Siddartha left the walls of this paradise and saw the suffering around him, no longer did sweet meats soothe him. Instead, he took up a beggar??s bowl and walked the North Indian countryside asking those he encountered if they could spare some scraps of food for the Buddha. In the years to come, this wooden bowl would hold nothing fancier than parched rice and lentils. The Buddha’s diet had gone from...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Buddhist's Delight | 2/27/2003 | See Source »

...rightful queen of the Volscians, and is a sexy tale of usurpation, mistaken identities, love, war and imprisonment. Sung in English and replete with what Griesbach deems “conspicuous melodies,” Camilla became the second most popular opera in eighteenth-century England, trailing only the Beggar??s Opera. Neil F. Davidson ’03, president of the Early Music Society and producer of Camilla, maintains that the opera’s appeal has not diminished over time...

Author: By Anais A. Borja, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Than Words | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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