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...Rage Against The Machine and the "melodic touch" of Led Zeppelin. Apparently, they have the version of "Led Zeppelin 4" where Page and Plant tinker around with drum machines and 303s as they try to create the definitive house anthem. Or maybe not. Fortunately, these dubious comparisons don't detract from the exquisite deep house sound of this album. Dubtribe Sound System are Sunshine and Moonbeam, a duo more usually seen playing live than recording, and judging from this effort, they must send dance floors mad. Flavored with touches of salsa and samba, the songs flow seamlessly into each other...

Author: By By DARYL Sng, | Title: Album Review: Bryant Street by Dubtribe Sound System | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...characters Max, the star of the show, is a pill-popping alcoholic whose addictions only grow worse; Carol and Milt face motherhood and divorce respectively; and Brian makes good on his oft-stated declaration that he is going to leave for Hollywood. This did not detract from the laughs generated from the play but only made them more poignant...

Author: By Carmen J. Iglesias, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comedian Community, a Light Commiseration | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...Rage Against The Machine and the "melodic touch" of Led Zeppelin. Apparently, they have the version of "Led Zeppelin 4" where Page and Plant tinker around with drum machines and 303s as they try to create the definitive house anthem. Or maybe not. Fortunately, these dubious comparisons don't detract from the exquisite deep house sound of this album. Dubtribe Sound System are Sunshine and Moonbeam, a duo more usually seen playing live than recording, and judging from this effort, they must send dance floors mad. Flavored with touches of salsa and samba, the songs flow seamlessly into each other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dubtribe Sound System Bryant Street Jive Electo | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...most spellbinding intricate, beautiful, moving and dramatic student production I have ever seen on the Mainstage doesn't have a word of spoken dialogue. No capital-A Actors parade around the stage hysterically wailing for audience empathy in horrible faux-British accents. No garish sets detract from the graceful bodies moving across the stage. No plot line carries the performance from start to well-concluded finish. But you don't miss these dramatic "necessities"--trust me, you hardly realize they're missing. Without characters and plot, an intricate and fascinating drama is created nevertheless through the intimate connection of footwork...

Author: By Erin Billinges, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PERPETUAL MOTIOBN: | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

Even without considering inflated grading policies, there already exist too many factors that detract from the uniformity of a course's sections. Most obvious are the variations among teaching fellows, from the dynamic leaders who draw students into discussions to the meek leaders who allow three or four students to dominate the discussion, from the TFs who could teach the course with more passion than the professor to those dry enough to make students resent ever enrolling in the course...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: Making the Grade in Section | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

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