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With Mardi Gras season under way, New Orleans was caught up last week in its traditional flurry of preparations for the 10-day pre-Lenten revelry. But much of the euphoria that usually surrounds the celebration has been replaced this year by anger and anxiety. Reason: an ordinance passed by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans: The Grinch That Stole Mardi Gras | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

Other notable songs include "Feel," whose chorus features a rare combination of melody and emotion, and "Witch Hunt," a quirky waltz with a carnival atmosphere reminiscent of Sgt. Pepper's "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite." Its haunting hook and dreamy ambiance provide the album's most enchanting moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Look Mom No Head | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

It's a Carnival--Ensemble Chair Orville Wright presents an evening featuring the talents of Trinidadians affiliated with Berklee and/or Iiving in the Boston area. Berklee Performance Center. 136 Massachusetts Ave. Monday, Feb. 10, 8:15 p.m. $4.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everywhere But Harvard | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

It was a story of a guy who made his living in the carnival world; he worked as a barker with small-time freak-show acts like "the two-headed baby" and "the snake girl," he told the Warren Commission. He bummed around looking for roustabout jobs, met his first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Darker View | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

I remember reading this testimony, mesmerized by my sudden immersion in a carnival-sideshow underbelly of American life. (The 26 volumes of Warren Commission testimony are like a vast, inchoate Great American Novel in that respect.) I didn't feel I was any closer to solving the Kennedy assassination, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Darker View | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

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