Word: concertized
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...Useless Music? Are we so naive as to believe that the Live 8 concerts [July 11] will provide relief for poverty-stricken Africans? How pathetic we are to think we can help the continent of Africa with some concerts in the park. I have never witnessed a more pretentious and self-absorbed gathering of aging rockers and one-hit wonders. The first and foremost thing on the minds of the audience was hope for an encore, not hope for Africa. The plight of Africa is not some startling revelation. No one has an excuse for being unaware of the devastation...
...bright May day, and the arts wing at Gustav A. Fritsche Middle School in Milwaukee, Wis., is hopping. In a band room, 21 members of the jazz ensemble are rehearsing Soul Bossa Nova with plenty of heart and impressive intonation, in preparation for a concert downtown. In another room, woodblocks, timpani and bells are whipping up a rhythmic frenzy as the 75-member Fritsche Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Elliott Del Borgo's Aboriginal Rituals. In an art room, eighth-graders are shaping clay vessels to be baked in the school kiln. Down the hall, students are dabbing acrylic paints on canvas...
KELLY CLARKSON, who won the American Idol contest in 2002 and is now on a national concert tour, on her growing popularity since triumphing on national...
...Songs might also be called 9 Sex Acts, since it alternates between concert footage of such bands as Primal Scream and the Dandy Warhols and scenes depicting, in an unsensationally explicit fashion, the bedroom details of a summer affair. Matt (Kieran O'Brien) is a glaciologist, and Lisa (Margo Stilley) is a college girl visiting London. They have sex, go to a concert. Shag, song, shag, song. For 69 minutes...
...fallout of the quickly planned concert was a paucity of publicity and attendance...