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JAMES LOVELL 1968 One of three Apollo 8 astronauts, pioneers on the epic quest for the moon...
...piece by such a thoroughly classical composer as Haydn be played lightly, and in this sense, these pieces can be technically more difficult than apparently more demanding ones. Perhaps for this reason, the third performance failed to impress on the level of the first two or the musical epic to come...
...Color Purple takes the seriousness of purpose that marked the signature musicals of the 70s, 80s and 90s (your Evita, your Les Miz, your Passion) and hitches it to the propulsive narrative zip of this decade's signature musical comedies (The Producers and its zany progeny). It's an epic, largely tragic tale that rarely dawdles or meanders. Terrible things happen: incest, abduction, the dankest, most intimate forms of betrayal. Yet they are presented with so much energy, in the narrative and the performances, that the effect can be exhilarating...
...this track, Volcano! again channels a younger Radiohead, recalling the British band’s tormented epic “Paranoid Android.” Surprisingly nimble given its gargantuan size, “Red and White Bells” shifts through a handful of carefully orchestrated yet chaotic movements, before ending in a massive eruption of sound. It’s as if they took the horns from The Unicorns and showed them the right way to noodle around with electronics...
...things can go wrong. The story of an investment bank created by Morgan Stanley and the China Construction Bank, for example, shows how a clash of cultures can reduce a joint venture to a dysfunctional set of fiefdoms. But McGregor really hits his stride with his own tale?an epic struggle between Dow Jones and China's Xinhua news agency over the right to dispense financial news. McGregor goes to war against what he calls Xinhua's "thugocracy," playing it off against progressive forces in the government and enlisting support in Washington. Xinhua eventually backs down, giving McGregor a rare...