Word: damien
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Chester French — Damien S. Chazelle ’07 on drums, Justin G. Hurwitz ’07 on keys, Mike W. Judge ’07 on bass, David Andrew “D.A” Wallach ’07 on vocals and Max C. Drummey ’07 on guitar —began with a jazzy sound because of their background and training. But they soon began hunting for the sound that would make them unique—and hopefully famous. Wallach explains that the group tried different musical styles, including...
...made a business of rehabilitating and refurbishing the kitschiest moments in pop music. After a particularly humorless and unnecessary opening band, Raymond, (“The worst crowd ever!” griped Raymond’s bassist), and after fixing some initial sound difficulties that buried frontman Damien Kulash Jr.’s voice in the mix, OK Go delivered an hour of catchy pop songs that were undeniably and infectiously fun. Kulash channeled the campy spirits of Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury and, in a glorious cover of “Hold the Line...
Tubman died in 1913, but slavery has long outlived her. In her terrifying memoir, Slave: My True Story (PublicAffairs; 350 pages), written with journalist Damien Lewis, Mende Nazer recounts how in 1993, when she was about 12 (her people keep no birth records), she was kidnapped from her village in the remote mountains of Sudan and sold as a slave to an Arab family in Khartoum. She spent the next seven years in ceaseless drudgery. Houseguests groped her freely, and her mistress beat her regularly and even burned her with a hot ladle for serving eggs fried instead of poached...
Amar Takhar got Dartmouth on the board in the 34th minute when he scored a goal off a pass from teammate Damien Quinn...
...According to Damien, a manager at Blades and the owner of several longboards, the demographic for the sport has shifted away from genuine surfers to posturing surfing fans. Especially in Boston, longboarders should be greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism, as the streets are far too narrow and uneven for the sport to be much fun. “Out west, there are long stretches of roads, so the speed advantage isn’t lost,” says Damien. “It’s kind of a pain to do anything out here...