Word: everly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jimmy: "If you have ever caught a teensploitation at your local neighborhood cineplex, you can probably reproduce the scene in your mind: droves of well-dressed teenage girls scampering around with the excitement of an Energizer bunny, bands of raucous guys in their prep uniforms, worn A&F hat and all, and the occasional older hard-core fan, waiting for their hometown Tufts band to play...
...Seth: "The tuxedos, while sharp and stylish, seemed to cramp the style of the three happiest men ever to form a band from Somerville...
...this upheaval was inevitable, ever since a thin red line was drawn, separating what was known as haute couture ("high sewing") and prt--porter ("ready-to-wear"). Yet the walls couldn't stand forever, and as more designers like Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren divert energy to lower-end lines, high fashion is in danger of becoming a sterile status symbol. On the other hand, many new designers working outside of the houses associated with haute couture are doing work that challenges the very term haute couture. This is the "apocalyptic" upheaval that causes many to predict...
...spoken British act Departure Lounge. Though the dark venue at first seemed to swallow the seated four-piece, they soon set an intimate mood with their introspective lyrics and friendly conversations between songs. The singer remarked after one ballad that "someone once told me that was the best song ever written about telephone break-ups." "Didn't you write that song about a long distance relationship?" asked the drummer. "Yeah, but I took it as a compliment anyway," came the sheepish reply...
...passive, and I don't ever want to be. Nothing truly real or really true is ever flat, especially with regard to art. And music is, indisputably, an art. The tunes we love shouldn't be an unnoticed backdrop to whatever we decide to engage ourselves with noticing. I far prefer songs with meanings to which I can relate, so that when I sing along I am uttering words and thoughts and feelings which have a point relevant to my life. Points--not only in math--lead to lines and planes which define dimensions. And in the abstract reality which...