Word: concertized
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...September 2007, two men lit up a marijuana cigarette behind a booth in Boston Commons. The activity was hardly unique to the occasion: the 18th annual Boston Freedom Rally was, like its 17 predecessors, a joint concert-and-protest event aimed at boosting the campaign to legalize marijuana. Nor was the action entirely spontaneous: the two men were Keith Stroup and Richard Cusick, they were, respectively, the founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and the publisher of High Times Magazine, and they intended to make a statement. Taken into custody by an officer...
...hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it. Well that's how I feel about musicians and bands. We've all had that experience where we go and see [a concert] and we go, Oh my God, how does no one know about this person, they're incredible. And I'm fortunate enough to be in a position where I can sometimes help those people...
...This is the Concert for Dogs...
...inclusion of this last piece is meant to encompass the rich musical heritage of the U.S. by contrasting the works of two American composers, showing how each contributed to American Culture in their own way. Mark E. Olson, Assistant Director of Bands at Harvard and the conductor for this concert, explains that “[Copland’s] use of American folk music and jazz captured the ear of the average American,” whereas Charles Ives “was an innovator of rhythm and harmony, often using polyrhythms and cluster chords, a practice rather common today...
BILLY BOB THORNTON'S band denies concert cancellations are result of disastrously grumpy radio interview...