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...Steve L. Burt '93-'94 stands with his arms stretched between two dials on opposite walls of the small room. The commercial for the Middle East Restaurant trails off, and thundering rhythm fills the studio as Steve fades up the next song. He is bent at the waist, intently playing a heavily distorted air guitar, when the phone interrupts his gyrations. Kardhym Kelley '94 finds the next song on the second turntable and with a quick smile remarks, "Sometimes you don't have any idea what speed setting to play this music...
...Record Hospital is a nocturnal organization whose purpose is to "expose people to great rock music that they'd otherwise have a hard time finding," according to disc jockey Burt. On the air from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night except Sunday, when it starts at midnight, the Record Hospital has become a fixture of the Boston underground music scene by playing rock that is generally unknown and often unusual. The Record Hospital, however, does not value the music it plays solely for its rarity...
Those of you who read last week's FM will know why I briefly considered changing the name of this column to "Ringing Burt's Bell." Since nothing really rung my bell this week, though, I decided to put off the name change for at least another week, after which time I will have forgotten all about...
...Kuhn Loeb Music Library. Through Jan. 17. "Jazz Illustrated: The Extraordinary Art of Burt Goldblatt, An Exhibition of Graphic Art and Photography." Featuring photography, perspective drawing, painting, typography, caricature and collage...
...matchup made in hype-heaven. Burt Reynolds' team vs. the God squad. The pro-style strategy of Florida State vs. the grind-it-out ground game of Notre Dame. Seminole speed vs. Irish beef. Irresistible force meets immovable object. "This might be the biggest game ever in college football," F.S.U. defensive end Derrick Alexander declared at midweek, and few would disagree -- certainly not the fellow who claimed a ticket by piloting his '79 Ford LTD from Los Angeles to South Bend, Indiana, in 21 hours, nor the fan who traded his 1991 Honda for tickets on the 50-yard-line...