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...should take a wild ride inside an 8-ft. "German wheel" that looks like a huge skeletal snare drum, but Chris Lashua does somersaults and daredevil revolutions within the wheel as he steers it almost into the laps of the first-row spectators. Men are not supposed to be springboards, yet the Ukrainian and Russian acrobats in the "banquine" perform high-dive triple twists from the top of a four-man pyramid. Humans aren't built for the gorgeous torture to which Yves Decoste and Marie-Laure Mesnage submit themselves in their "hand-to-hand" body sculpture. Caked with white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: FORGIVE THE MIMES | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...cites the absence of rooms designed for modern music which would require greater sound-proofing than those constructed for violin practice. The provision of instruments is another factor in OFA's classical bias, which Nano suggests is evident in its purchase of additional grand pianos rather than a single drum set. The non-existence of a modern music department since the departure of Anthony Davis is also of central concern to those interested in folk, funk, jazz and rock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Invisible Gardener | 10/1/1996 | See Source »

...interview with The Crimson, Stephanopoulos said Clinton will make several stops in Massachusetts to drum up support for Kerry in this pivotal Senate race...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: HYPE Draws Young Voters | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the bland "Wake-Up Bomb," which seems rife with the trappings of mid-80s rock and roll. "Wake-Up Bomb" packs on the weight of conventional, driving guitar chords, predictable drum patterns, and, deadliest of all, the title sung over and over again as the chorus, a la "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight." A later track, "Bittersweet Me," has the spastic energy, not to mention the intro rhythms and chords, of the Rolling Stones' "Start...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: R.E.M. Turns Corn-Belt Rock Gods | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

...every meeting of the committee people would say, 'Oh, we've got to have antique cars, antique faire engines, a drum-and-bugle corps,'" Lombardi recalls...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: City Celebrates Birthday | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

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