Word: enlivening
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fleming was considered a loyal friend who had the wit and curiosity about others to enliven "even the dullest of evenings," Handlin wrote. If friends took ill, Fleming would sit by their bedside and send beautiful flower pots to lift their spirits...
...receive answers ranging from academics to athletics. But if you ask Lauren Yapp ’09 she will tell you that her best experience at Harvard has been mariachi. One of the few cultural musical groups on campus, Mariachi Veritas, of which Yapp is a member, attempts to enliven traditional mariachi, playing recent compositions and including female members, an accordion, and many non-Mexican members. “We’re not a cliché,” Mariachi Veritas president Beatrice Viramontes ’08 says. “Whether looking at us as a cultural...
...levels of catchiness (that song wouldn’t be half as good without the “time I had some time alone” backing refrain).After 12 long years hidden beneath unnecessary over-production and forgettable songs, Mills’ vocals burst to the forefront and enliven much of “Accelerate.” Whether channeling the Beach Boys (“Man-Sized Wreath”) or Neil Young’s Crazy Horse (“Supernatural Superserious”), Mills’ sing-a-long harmonies, present on nearly every track, make...
...choruses, verses, hooks and solos, but never seems to be aware of what makes any of those things work together. The album plods along on autopilot for six straight tracks of virtually indistinguishable twin-guitar artillery, with doses of horn flourish applied intermittently in a futile attempt to enliven the record’s blandness. “The Switch and the Spur,” “Hold Up,” and “Top Yourself” all feel like second-rate Stripes songs, and Benson’s vocal and instrumental contributions to each...
...events, as well as smaller house events that require funding and resources that students cannot provide. These efforts are admirable, and the events themselves are exciting, entertaining, and above all, beyond the realm of what undergraduates can plan themselves. Events like karaoke or sing-alongs, however, do not exactly enliven the social scene at Harvard. The College does not lack wholesome activities in the line of sing-alongs or afternoon fun—undergraduates can easily engage in such activities without the help of a czar or the administration. What Harvard truly lacks is a consistent music scene...