Word: drunks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Athena had a less-than-beautiful experiencewhen she was performing in the pit. A drunk man inher audience spent her entire set encouragingother audience members to sing along. According toAthena, people were responding and "it wasactually rather humorous" until the man rushed atthe bewildered musician, apparently geared forattack. "Three guys I didn't even know ran toprotect me, so that felt nice. I felt veryprotected. I guess the man was just trying to giveme a hug, but I was like...
...street performer's audience can provide morethan just drunk fans. One warm Sunday, whileperforming for a large crowd in front of Origins,Athena was approached by a saxophonist who wastraveling through Boston with his band. Athenainvited the mysterious stranger to jam with her;he immediately agreed and soon returned with foursaxophones and a flute. They ended up performing aimprovised duet. "it was magic," says Athena. Theysustained the "beauty" for over three hours,merging their souls in wild, passionate,uninhibited...music. "It was like musical love atfirst sight. It was beautiful." Although thesaxophonist lives three hours away, he joinsAthena's band...
...prove up to the challenge. Not only is there absolutely no chemistry between Prentiss and Gerroll, but the two actors virtually ignore each other on stage--Prentiss speaking her lines without so much as a glance in Gerroll's direction. Prentiss preens and gesticulates incessantly, spastically, appearing almost drunk. Her movements seem so out of place, her speech so garbled and disjointed, that we fear she will topple over at any moment...
...taken to the D.U. one Saturday in February. He argued with Sean Hansen '95, after which time Burnham left the club. He returned to the club to confront Hansen, and a fist fight erupted. It is not clear how the fight began--almost everyone at the scene was drunk--but after things got started, "everyone went at him and he got the living daylights the shit kicked out of him," in the memorable words of an anonymous witness. After an Ad Board inquiry, Hansen was placed on disciplinary probation--the sort of punishment often given for offenses such as serving...
...villain? Why, he's as broadly written (by Tony Gilroy) and played (by David Strathairn) as anyone who ever twirled a wickedly waxed moustache. A drunk and a wife beater, Joe St. George is Dolores' husband and Selena's father-so suspiciously sweet with the latter that we know long before we're told that he lusted unnaturally for her when she was a child and is the source of her repressed memories--and more than deserves the bad end Dolores arranges...