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...Harvard spectrometer is designed to observe the solar flares in two ways. First, rather than recording ultra-violet light from the whole solar disc, it can concentrate on a small spot in the center. During this mode of operation, the spectrometer will record the intensity of radiation over the whole ultra-violet spectrum in about 27 minutes...
...cursory glance around the walls reveals that Mr. Rutman has developed what can only be termed a very personal style. His first work, which is larger than any of us, is entitled "Strange Suns." Roughly speaking, "Strange Suns" is laid out like a five of spades. A metallic gold disc, about the size of a basketball, is painted in the center. Similarly, four more discs, three orange and one blue, are painted in the four corners. Silver-black oils cover the rest of the surface, stroked on radially with respect to the individual circles, applied to a thickness in direct...
...which was titled before it was painted, is called "Calvary." A work of religious significance, it depicts three glowing gold crosses mounted on two tall brown planes, all encompassed in some sort of brownish-black color. And the last work, on a wall by itself, is a single lavender disc, lying in an exploding crater of gold. This is titled, in Mr. Rutman's simple taste, "Purple Host...
...RECENTLY became the owner of a new disc, conceived in the Lampoon Castle, announcing itself to be the "Complete Concert" of the Lampoon Tabernacle Choir at Leningrad Stadium. Appalled by the lack of stimulating sounds on the various Boston rock 'n roll outlets, I turned to the 'Poon groves with some eagerness. But my expectations were disappointed. The 'Poon record fails on just two accounts, but they are, sad to say, vital ones: the record isn't funny, and it isn't good rock 'n roll...
...major opus of the disc is the Cadaver Quartet," which is firmly in tradition of the metaphysical rock. basic problem is that of a teener couple separated by the untimely death of one of its members. In the "Cadaver Quartet" the girl dies of carbon monoxide fumes while making love in a parked car, and her boy friend is properly distraught. He first tells of his eternal devotion to her corpse. She answers from Above that he must concentrate on her soul because the dead body is sure to lose its appeal. Not quite convinced, the boy soon gets...