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Conceptions of the station's identity cleaved on the issue of representation: university suits saw the station as fundamentally responsible to its (material) supporters, while DJs saw the station answering to its listeners. In 1996, aiming to gain the upper hand in this conflict, Rice University formed a committee of faculty and students to examine KTRU's role as an "asset to the university." KTRU members bristled, fearing the loss of their programming autonomy. The committee's eventual report recommended that KTRU should add several new types of programming, including interviews with faculty, recordings of visiting speakers and, especially, more...
Seattle buddies and night-life impresarios Wade Weigel and Alex Calderwood realized that there was really no place to stay for the people in their crowd--designers, DJs and other fashion-conscious urbanites. So with partner Doug Herrick they took over a former halfway house in a downtown neighborhood and created Ace, Seattle's new haven for flophouse chic--a mode that could be hospitality's next wave. "They're outsiders," says Ian Schrager, the pioneer of hip hotels. "Which is the way we were, and which I like...
Smith says he wants to sponsor a music series with performances by student bands and DJs, and is authoring The Harvard Guide to Campus-wide Events to help bring different groups together...
That leader was none other than 31-year old German DJ Timo Maas, the newest darling of the dance music scene. But his success was far from assured-faced with rain-soaked clubbers sporting high expectations (other weekend visitors to Boston included big-shot DJs Laurent Garnier and Judge Jules), Maas had to work to win the favor of his Lansdowne Street crowd...
...pretension is to be expected. Tracks like Drum FM's "Bach & Bass," an uninspired rehash of strings over appropriately hyperactive beats, come off as warmed-over stabs at originality. A mixed bag? Certainly. But as long as they subscribe to the philosophy of filling dance floors, Jungle Sky's DJs and MCs offer junglists more than enough to think about. B -Tom J. Clarke