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...mostly over-forty audience quickly stepped in. Several audience members questioned the mixed message sent through the frequency and regularity with which the St. John Passion is performed around Easter time. Stephan Jay Gould, whose participation was more appropriate than one would think (he actually sang in the chorus for each performance), eagerly responded that despite the discomfort that both Christians and Jews feel in performing parts of the piece, Bach's St. John Passion deserved to be performed on its artistic merit...
...Chorus, One Caucus...
...said nothing yet about sexual harassment, and a court stuffed with Ronald Reagan's and George Bush's appointees might have been expected to maintain the silence. But since 1986, the court has ruled three times on the issue, and every time, feminists have rejoiced. Last week that happy chorus was joined by men and women alike who feel harassers and their victims aren't always members of the opposite...
...tastes. "I listen to many things," says Myers. "I love Deana Carter. Alana Davis. Radiohead." Her album is filled with moderately paced, big-hearted rock. Myers has a strong, sure sense of melody, and most of her songs make a strong impression even after just the first hearing. The chorus of the lilting A Few Words Too Many dances along, gracefully pulling the listener in. The stomping Tell Me has an Indian flavor spiced with a flute and a sitar. One of the best songs, You Send Me Flying, with its acoustic guitar intro, is almost a country number. Myers...
...features an almost sambo-like purple face, and the inside artwork is a melange of Aunt Jemima figures, smiling Aryan face and blonde hour glass cartoons. "Marbles" opens with the dub of a righteous gospel preacher: "A whistling woman...is an abomination to the lord" and leads into the chorus "Why you say yes when you know you mean no?," playing on current sexual protocol. Of course of few in the crowd might even take issue with the band's Reagan-abuse...