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...pursuit of something loftier, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger manage to pull off their eccentricity with good-natured aplomb. And as unusual as their work is, the Fiery Furnaces never allow themselves to get lost amidst the smoke and mirrors of a novelty album. Even on “Charmaine Champagne??—the album’s weakest track—there’s an abundance of ridiculous lyrics (“She’s gonna get me folked up, fairly beat”) and honky tonk piano, but they mesh together spectacularly, part...
...Final Night of audition week, groups dress in their finest cocktail wear and make one last attempt to convince the auditioning singers of their organization’s superiority. “Long black dresses, gourmet cheese, everyone bragging about their tours, champagne??” Amanda B. Wyatt ’12 trails off. “So much champagne.” This is also the night when auditioners fill out the preference forms that will determine which group they join should they receive multiple invitations, a common occurrence in years like this...
Chemisty colleague George M. Whitesides recalled making the decision to move from MIT to Harvard in 1982 after finding a bucket of roses and a bottle of champagne??a wry gift from Knowles—at his home one morning...
...were confused by the film, the ensuing live performance did little to alleviate our condition. The audience filed back up the stairs from the auditorium to the main gallery and found ourselves in what was just like a normal gallery opening—complete with catered goodies and champagne??except that in one corner the artist himself was playing a grand piano and crooning into a microphone. The music itself varied in quality and enjoyability (it was a pastiche of covers ranging from Joni Mitchell to Carol King, mixed with Prina’s original music), but what...
Chen says that he will continue to surprise his favorite students with free bottles of Bouvet Brut signature champagne??valued at $13.95 a pop—through graduation. At the time this story went to press, Chen had already given out some 50 bottles of champagne, and claimed that there was no upper limit to his largesse. Although his graduation tradition can be quite expensive, Chen says that his personal life philosophy forces him to constantly keep things in perspective...
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