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What follows would shame the gods, if any were paying attention. Here's the mother, back in the U.S., in old age: "Now that every turn in the weather whistles an ache through my bones, I stir in bed and the memories rise out of me like a buzz of flies from a carcass." The memories, eloquently relived and regretted, are of grotesque cultural arrogance, unraveling in a very small place. Rumblings of the Congo's struggle for independence from Belgium--and U.S. plotting to assassinate Patrice Lumumba, the new nation's first Prime Minister--are distant thunder in Kingsolver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hearts of Darkness | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...spaced-out-girl-in-too-little-clothing act didn't work. Unlike other places, the "No Smoking" sign at the entrance to the seating area actually meant no smoking. By the end of String Cheese Incident's last number, which dragged on for over twenty minutes, everybody's buzz was wearing off. However, when Bela Fleck and the Flecktones finally took the stage, spirits rose anew. The crowd was up on its feet, stomping and clapping with an enthusiasm that didn't ebb until the end of the show. Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten and Roy "Future Man" Wooten have been...

Author: By Emma R. Heeschen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's Fleck-er-iffic! | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

There used to be a time when you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing Juliana Hatfield's face. Whether it was Beavis and Butthead commenting on her masochistic video for "What A Life," her 1993 "buzz track" for the scathing "My Sister" or her turn as a homeless angel on everybody's favorite teen-angst drama My So-Called Life, Juliana was a pervasive presence on the airwaves. Add in hot rumors about her relationship with cuter-than-thou Lemonhead Evan Dando and also her supposed virginity, and Juliana was prime Kurt Loder fodder...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hatfield's Audience Striken by Heat | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...independent label to push a slammin' act that just wouldn't flop--even in a world where a track by Pras reaches number one in the pop charts. So when rumors about a Black Star album first seeped through the math, everyone saw the skies clear. The buzz actually proliferated some'm ridiculous. Might as well quote the 18th Letter: "Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Hip-Hop Apocalypse Has Been Postponed | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...buzz has it that universal key card access for Quincy is in the works. What they tell you: "This way, when you're studying with your friends in Quincy, you don't have to call on the outdoor phone to be let in." What they really mean: "With your new, improved, universal slidey card, avoid all the embarassment of waiting outside for a late-night rendezvous with your Quincy House hookup pal." Too bad they don't offer the access to Wellesley students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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