Word: concertizer
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...memory of Dylan's set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. "I said, 'Goddammit, it's terrible,'" he recalls. "'If I had an ax, I'd chop the mike cable right now.'" Some old fans felt the same. In those days the second half of a Dylan concert, when he worked in front of a small band (later known as the Band), was frequently punctuated by audience cries of "Traitor!" and "Judas...
...England liberal-arts college, and guest lecturer Monty Kipps, a black, traditionalist art historian who campaigns against affirmative action and other sacred cows of the liberal establishment. The story rambles on through renovations of several key Forster plot points: a broken engagement, a mix-up at a public concert, a Christmas shopping trip, and a stifled bequest. But by the time Smith's story is over it is clear that On Beauty is not just an homage but a work of real originality. Smith has a virtuoso talent for capturing dialect, which makes her dialogue almost audible. Belsey...
...JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 212-258-9800; jalc.org New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis and Elvis Costello headline a Sept. 17 benefit concert that will air live...
...variety, but he is right in either case. "People are always saying U2 is the largest underground act in the world," says their manager, Paul McGuinness. "I suppose that's true, but it is starting to change." And in a hurry, at that. Ask Thom House, who sold U2 concert tickets for local gigs via computer at his two video stores in New York and New Jersey. Crowds started lining up at his Manhattan store Thursday night, and at first, he says,"I had no idea why they were there. I chased them away, saying we were not selling tickets...
...fusion of performer and spectator that is one mark of great rock 'n' roll. Some of the songs, especially earlier efforts, can get tongue-tied by the unwieldy ambition of their lyrics and the discursiveness of the melody line. The audience shares a devotional intensity, however, that anchors the concert as a whole experience even when the tunes range free. Bono stalks a song as much as sings it, and the moment he takes the stage there is no doubt what his terms are: unconditional surrender. Clayton and Drummer Larry Mullen Jr., 25, have found some solid musical grounding...