Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fromm Contemporary Music Series presents a concert of the London Sinfonietta Voices, with works of Montiverdi and Luciano Berio. Sanders Theatre 8 p.m. Saturday. Free...
...reaction of moviegoers is no less schizophrenic. Scan their faces as they enter the theaters playing Blair Witch. The anticipation is electric; this could be a fantasy reunion concert of all four Beatles. Many in the audience are escorted by hipper acquaintances who have seen the film and are back not to watch it again but to watch their friends watch it. And though those in the know will urge people to see Blair Witch, they won't spill its secrets. (Warning: we will.) The film is a rite of passage, fraternity hazing and haunted-house trip rolled into...
...digital signal processor that allows one-button access to a variety of preset audio mixes. CD players have been offering that last feature for a while--you can simulate the echoey acoustic footprint of a church, for instance, or a jazz club, a movie theater or a concert hall. Another setting is designed for gamers, making explosions boomier and ray guns zappier. Technophiles will also like the dynamic-range adjustment, which makes loud sounds softer and soft sounds louder--a handy feature if you want to watch a movie without annoying your neighbors. Finally, the unit...
...mayor from 1977-81, Springer spent a night in jail to illustrate the awful conditions in the local prisons and fought to bring rock concerts to the conservative city. Which was a great idea except for that 1979 Who concert that turned into a stampede...
...this was not a concert for the weak of heart. Unlike his controversial Royal Albert Hall concert of 1966 during which an audience member denounced Dylan, who was "going electric", as "Judas!", a traitor to his folk roots; this opportunity was never even given. Here was a man who didn't give a damn what you expected from his music. He can afford to do this because he is that damn good...