Word: dins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bliss, a portrait of the holy Hindu city of Benares, India, is the brainchild of Harvard film professor Robert Gardner, considered by many to be the most important anthropological filmmakers of our time. The documentary has no subtitles, no musical soundtrack, no voice-over commentary--only the insistent din of a city at work, a city whose main function concerns the burial of the dead...
...Husker Du: Lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould may not have the talent of Thompson, but he uses his guts more than his fingertips anyway. Mould's guitar sounds like either a DC10 or Mount Vesuvius with heartburn, but he manages to sneak some very catchy melodies within the din. Despite the damage it does to your eardrums, "Celebrated Summer" is a wonderful pop song. These Minneapolis fat boys may share a lot in common with a rabid steamroller but there's something of Mary Tyler Moore there...
...Harvard Din & Tonics' Fall Jamboree: featuring the Harvard Din & Tonics, Penn 6-5000 and Yale Red, Hot and Blue, Sanders Theatre, Harvard, Saturday...
...downstairs men's bar, tables are decoratively adorned with baskets of crackers--the kind that come with airline food, wrapped in cellophane. An incessant din reverberates off the uncarpeted floor and the exposed plumbing, making intimate conversation an ambitious undertaking. The waiters, who are at times inattentive, seem to seem to give newcomers the short end of a double standard...
Luckily, the Din and Tonics took care of the candy blues by leading the visitors in a rendition of "Conjunction Junction," as they headed off to broom races and a pretzel eating contest...