Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the folksy, Phish-y band Rusted Root took the stage in Boston on November 5, one could see from the balcony that singer/percussionist Liz Berlin (the only woman in the group) wore a small, shimmery crown of mylar stars on her head. Cute, yes. Appropriate, sure. But also very symbolic. Earlier that evening, while signing posters and CDs at the Kenmore Square Strawberry's, one particularly enthusiastic fan had presented Liz with the shiny crown. Clearly, Rusted Root is not a band that takes its fans for granted...
...Magenta Radio" was good clean funky fun, and "Kill You Dead" brought to mind a good old-fashioned hoe-down with a Southwestern flavor. The multitalented bassist Patrick Norman and percussionists Jim Donovan, John Buynak and Jim DiSpirito collaborated on "Agbadza," a piece of intense drumbeats backed up by Berlin's perfectly pitched wails. To finish up the set before coming back for an encore, the group belted out a crowd-rocking rendition of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which also concludes their latest album and which, surprisingly enough, holds its own against...
Conner has been a classical pianist since theage of 15 and was first introduced to show musicas an adult when he produced Irving Berlin'sAnnie Get Your...
...Haunted Attractions, and (this is not a joke, we swear it) a 3D Disco Haunted House. It's a little shop of horrors, so good little boys and girls who sleep with a nightlight on might want to take a raincheck on this one. 7 p.m., 100 River Road, Berlin...
When the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication in 1986, it helped democratize the world of talk shows; it wasn't quite the fall of the Berlin Wall, but an important barrier was breached. Here, finally, was a woman--a black woman, a plus-size woman, a woman with an attitude--holding the mike and holding forth. Says Geraldo Rivera, host of CNBC's Rivera Live and Upfront Tonight: "Oprah was the first host of any daytime talk show who looked and sounded like her audience...