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...different shows in two different realms ofHarvard, both received with decided approval. Butlast Friday night was an anomaly. Although enoughgroups certainly exist to keep the student bodyentertained--Betty Please. Fat Day, HypertrophieShitstraw, Mopar, Neverlovers, Pushkings, Circusof George, Smiley's Bone, Soma and Toddler, toname few--Harvard bands are rarely heard byHarvard students...
...Smiley's Bone singer/guitarist Beys lamentsthat his band can't play at home more often:"Harvard is a pathetic scene all around; a lot ofpeople don't have time to have fun onweekends...Harvard is an awful, awful place formusic. People don't know how to dance or toreact...The only scene here as far as music goesis the finals clubs--mainstream Harvard doesn'thave a good music scene, and the finals clubs areunderground...
...band playing here is Smiley's Bone, and the crowd dances wildly. Soon people are packed against the stage so tightly that lead vocalist and guitarist Mike Beys '94 leas out into the audience. Music drifts out to Mt. Auburn St. until 2 a.m., as the floor grows sticker and stickier with beer...
...blurb on the book's jacket waxes fulsome over the "secret dreams and desires known only to the omniscient sea and to the curandera Remedios' a healer who hears them all." Remedios' chants sound like the most simplistic of goddess workshop: "I am she who knows. I am bone woman. I am bird woman. I am she-woman. He-woman. I am moon woman. Sun woman. Star woman. I am she who weeps. She who bleeds...
Pergolesi began two years ago as a duet Tharp danced with Baryshnikov. Back then, it commented on the relationship between choreographer and dancer, who in this case are an exceptional match in both musicality and wit. Tharp's funny bone is never predictable; Baryshnikov can make any move look spontaneous, as if he were out there amusing himself. The piece is now recast as a solo, though for a few phrases Misha dances ardently with an invisible partner -- Twyla's way of reminding people that this is still her show. For the rest, Baryshnikov seems to be musing...