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...town of Worcester is taken over by hordes of teenagers and young twenty-somethings in big pants, dreadlocks and various states of sobriety. The cops spend three days directing traffic and the townies sit, bemused, in the outdoor food court of the mall across the street from the Centrum. Worcester is not a born-again hippie town, but for a weekend every year, Phisheads make it their...
While not even in the ballpark of the summer exodus to Limestone, Phish followers do travel from far and wide to crowd the Centrum to full capacity. Representing New York, Pennsylvania, and most of New England as well as various farther points of origin depending on the faithfulness of the followers, this year's crowd got to Worcester early and stayed late...
...night, drummer John Fishman controlled the pulse of the audience and led everyone on the musical journey. Fishman seemed to know just when to intensify but, more importantly, when to slow things down if mass hysteria seemed to be threatening the 16,000-odd people filling the Centrum. Phish is more raw in the late nineties than ever before, and their jams tend to be faster and more rock-based than in the past. However, they have retained the ability to direct the mood of the audience. From the first furious moment of guitar virtuosity by Anastasio to the final...
...sharply now that giant pharmaceutical companies with huge ad budgets and vast distribution channels are charging into the field. Trusted brands like Bayer's One-A-Day and well-known companies such as Warner-Lambert (Sudafed, Benadryl and Listerine) and the Whitehall-Robins Healthcare unit of American Home Products (Centrum, Advil, Robitussin) all launched brightly packaged lines of herbal remedies this fall. SmithKline Beecham (Tagamet HB, Contac, NicoDerm CQ) test marketed herbs in four U.S. cities last summer. The entry of these brands and the growing body of serious research on herbal remedies are lifting some of the stigma attached...
...night? The only good reason ever may be tonight. Take the opportunity to witness the ultimate British new wave band Depeche Mode. They're kicking off their first American tour since 1993 to celebrate the release of their double album retrospective "The Singles, 86-98." 7:30 p.m., Worcester Centrum Center, take Mass Pike (I-90) West, off Exit 10 at Auburn to I-290 East, off at Exit 16 East Central Street, turn left and follow signs...