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...current classical music, sacrifices originality for technical perfection. He emphasized that "Jazz is about exploring," and that this element must be preserved. Theory and form should take a backseat to creativity, explained Fox, and he offered his paraphrase of Stravinsky as evidence: "Stravinsky said, `I like this chord...I dig this.'" Fox added, "You don't have to have a label on it to make it legitimate...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: Jazztalk, Improvisation, and Funny Hats in the Quad | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...misgiving the residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts, might have. In exchange for turning a 63-acre lot into a 121,267-sq.-ft. store, they would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground. "All people were thinking was, 'This is where I'm going to get cheap underwear,' " says resident Al Norman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Up Against the Wal | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

...week after Faculty officials issued a 10-page essay meant to prompt discussion about the undergraduate concentrations, faculty members are only beginning to dig it out of the mail, mull it over and assign committees...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: Faculty Mulls Concentration Report | 10/29/1993 | See Source »

...three records here, covers Miller's collegiate and post-collegiate life ("Bad Year at UCLA" would have been "Bad Year at U.C. Davis," but he couldn't find a rhyme for "Davis"). Pointed Accounts of People You Know (1983) and Distortion (1984) are shorter and easier to dig, with delights to be found not only in the multiple melodies and the self-conscious wit, but in the sheer breadth of brightly muddy synth sound in, say, "Metal and Glass Exact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Steve L. Burt One Chord Wonders | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

Soundtracks are a theme, kind of, in this week's FM. The Endpaper will introduce you to the sports department, where Men and Women come together for philosophical debate and ABBA singalongs. They dig the BeeGees, too--as does Marios who has dreamed up the Hall of Disco Fame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: But These Were Not Falafels | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

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