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...beer is starting to spill in the lobby of La Bouche á L'Oreille - Word of Mouth - a crowded, kitschy sometime nightclub on a lonely block in Brussels. It's Saturday night, there's a DJ in the next room, and conversations are taking place in three languages at once. This is a party for past and present E.U. stagiaires, or interns - well-bred 20-somethings from across the Continent who come to Brussels as much to meet their equally cultured peers as to learn the intricacies of E.U. bureaucracy. Near the bar, Genevra Forwood, 24 years...
...music booming from the speakers in the makeshift dance hall. Some people stood in between the two rooms, trying to groove to the beat and still carry on their conversations. At midnight the dance floor was still empty, and the party organizers wondered whether they had hired the wrong DJ. But by two in the morning, the lobby began to clear and the multilingual din subsided. In true European fashion, it was only after a lot of talk that the crowd was ready to come together. But eventually all of the partygoers made it out on to the floor, happy...
...London youth shelter. Spotting a mixing deck and turntables, he said, "Oh, you've got a disco here." Soon the Prince of Wales was behind the wheels of steel, and with the aid of two rhythmic young urchins he set about mixing I Don't Smoke the Reefer by DJ Dee Kline and Little Man by the Lost Boys. The music was punctuated by such princely exclamations as, "Dig that crazy rhythm!" and "Are you insane?" One of the youths remarked, "You need big hands for scratching and a light touch...His hands were massive." At least that should help...
...Activities kicked off Friday afternoon with a panel held in the ARCO Forum on the responsibilities of black artists as role models. Featured guests included "Kool" DJ Red Alert, stage and screen actor Obba Babatunde, newly appointed Quincy Jones Professor of Music Ingrid Monson and Stacey Spikes, CEO of Urbanworld Films, the first all-black production company...
...eclectic mix of punk, ska, underground hip-hop, world music and several other genres. Like WHRB, KTRU is housed in university space and puts the university name on its letterhead. Unlike at Harvard, however, Rice undergraduates fund the station directly. KTRU also allows anyone to apply for a DJ position, although students receive a preference...