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Some deejays get a perverse thrill out of shifting styles suddenly, clearing the floor and sending startled dancers back to their seats. This expertly crafted new CD revels in that thrill. The song Little Black Spiders comes on hard, like the Prodigy in a back-room brawl with Metallica; another track, the smooth Full Moon, offers up a less confrontational sound, melding glitter-ball disco with old-school hip-hop. On Koochy, Van Helden samples Gary Numan's 1979 synthesized pop hit Cars, pumping it up with contemporary club-land rhythms. These songs startle, annoy, bewilder--and ultimately entrance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Killing Puritans | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...centrism is getting a surprisingly warm reception in at least half a dozen states that Democrats generally take for granted--such as Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and even West Virginia--many in the party are worried about whether Gore's campaign team is ready for the general-election brawl. Renewed infighting and finger pointing have brought fresh doubts about the cadre that is taking over the national campaign machinery--doubts largely centered on Gore campaign chairman Tony Coelho, a former California Congressman with a 20-year history of generating both intense loyalties and animosities. "It's not something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Trouble with Tony | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

Turncoat Crimson sportswriter and Council representative Dan Fernandez began a bench-clearing brawl after leaning over the plate to take a Dave Newman offering...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Posts Identical 23-2 Wins | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Last Christmas Eve, a brawl erupted in the CambridgeSide Galleria parking garage. Police still don't know what led the two groups involved to begin fighting, but the episode ended when Gary M. Chatelain, 20, of Roslindale, Mass., was shot and killed (please see sidebar...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Targets Pockets of Hidden Violence | 4/19/2000 | See Source »

...first big problem with this ordeal is that many people are failing to view the malfeasance in context. The NHL has tacitly allowed this sort of behavior since its inception. Players brawl, hook, spear and bleed and fans buy tickets expecting a WWF-like performance. The league does not suspend people for everyday fights and does not even eject players for such behavior. The players and the league have perpetuated this type of on-the-ice conduct...

Author: By Brad R. Sohn, | Title: How to Not Stick it to Them | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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