Word: critics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's only one rule when it comes to the media hype concerning Built to Spill: Don't believe a word of it. Built to Spill is something much larger than any rock critic or wannabe indie scenester can put into words. The only way truly to understand what has everyone grasping for words and gasping for breath is to fight the crowds at the Middle East on May 22 and 23 and see them in the flesh...
...View has more to offer. Along with a nuanced picture of the anguish a mother and daughter can cause each other without even trying, the play develops several contrapuntal themes: the rise of Dominic (Tate Donovan) from striving young critic to media superstar; Esme's descent into financial ruin; her mother-in-law's slide into senility. All of which is arrayed on a Shavian battlefield in which strong and articulate people grapple with ideas about art and life...
...made a rare public appearance at a U2 concert in 1993, coming onstage to greet lead singer Bono who was dressed (appro-priately enough for his meeting with The Satanic Verses' author) as the devil. A few years and a little hob-nobbing later, Rushdie, once a London music critic takes on the rock world from its birth in the '50s, through the glam '70s and into the technologically-driven '90s. Pop culture references abound; Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Simon and Garfunkel, Andy Warhol and even Joh F. Kennedy. turn up somewhere, some of them slightly veiled by changed...
...think with a little of hoopla they'll bemore than willing to give to Harvard and notRadcliffe [College]," said longtime critic ofRadcliffe College Claire K. Lipsman '45, whobacked Tuesday's decision...
...think with a little of hoopla they'll be more than willing to give to Harvard and not Radcliffe [College]," said longtime critic of Radcliffe College Claire K. Lipsman '45, who backed Tuesday's decision...