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...only a single synthesizer and two male backup singers. Her barrage of instruments included a particularly bizarre vocoder (a synthesizer that alters the sound of human voice), an amplified microphone stand on which she tapped out the beat for "Closed Circuit," and her own technological innovation, the magnetic tape-bow violin...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Quite a Performance | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...forum was supposed to start. No one came. At 8:15, council members adjusted their bow ties and the collars of their tuxedo shirts. Still no one came. At 8:30, they bribed students studying at Cabot Library with offers of free food if they would just come and talk to their student government. At 8:39, two finally came...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Travesty for Two | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

...magazine and the National Lampoon, Ernie Kovacs and Monty Python, William S. Burroughs and Johnny B. Goode. Under the shrewd editorial tutelage of Producer Lorne Michaels, this over-the-top farce, gussied up a bit for home consumption, became the house style at Saturday Night Live. With a bow to Hunter Thompson, Aykroyd called it "Gonzo television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flying and Crashing in Mig Alley Saturday Night | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...more than likely I would not be able to pitch, so the best thing to do is bow out gracefully and retire," Kison said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kison Retires | 2/25/1986 | See Source »

...trench-coated TV stars, champagne and prime television time. When Les Brown's annual State of the World report was launched one morning last week, the stage props included a glass of grapefruit juice, a bowl of All Bran and a banana, a worn corduroy suit with an outlandish bow tie, and a solitary walk on snow- soaked Hush Puppies down Washington's 19th Street to the offices of Worldwatch Institute. Nary a TV anchorman found his way to the proceedings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: An Opposing View | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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