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...electronic musician who is definitely getting the nod these days is the American deejay-composer Moby. Most deejays a decade ago were faceless shadows lurking behind turntables. Now deejays associated with the rave scene--like Van Dyk, Armand Van Helden, Keoki and BT--are artists, celebrities, superstars. "If Stravinsky were alive today, this is the kind of music he'd make," says BT, who composed music for the rave movie Go (1999) as well as the PlayStation game Die Hard Trilogy. "It just affords you a broader sonic palette to work from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is...A Pill?: Rave New World | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...know," says Jeanine, "people think of federal workers as faceless, not as individuals. The bronze backs and frames of the chairs themselves were dipped individually, to remind everybody that these were people. No two chairs are alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Remember | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...speed of a mouse click. Democratic countries find that their options for political choice--whether in the realm of social policy, economic regulation or culture--are curtailed by the increased mobility of financial capital and information. Do you want to extend your social safety net a bit further? The faceless bond market will zap your country's interest rates. Do you want to prevent your airwaves from being taken over by Howard Stern or Baywatch? Can't do it, because the world of information is inherently borderless. Do you want to pass a law to protect endangered species in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Socialism Make a Comeback? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...girls. Rather, the presence of the teenage girls lulled the Suicide Machines into a half-hearted set, ripping through their songs without many notorious onstage antics, preferring the pleasures of post-show backstage to the distracted interest of a crowd simply waiting for Gwen. But the members of the faceless minor crowd were not the only ones at the concert in love with Gwen. At a table towards the back of Avalon, Rossdale inconspicuously and his large Asian friend had a few drinks, noticed only by a perceptive Crimson Arts writer and the bartenders...

Author: By Christopher R. Blazejewski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Nineties Meet The Teens | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

After they are "tapped" for membership, the new Skulls are greeted in a dimly lit, dungeon-esque inner-sanctum by faceless seasoned Skulls in monk's cloaks. Later, as part of the initiation process, two of the pledges are required to enter a cage-like apparatus, which dates back to the 17th century and resembles a medieval torture device, and reveal their deepest, darkest secrets. And as an attempt to settle an irreconcilable dispute between two members there is a duel using archaic pistols. Apparently this is a common method of settling intra-Skulls disputes, since in the movie there...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Burying the Skulls | 4/11/2000 | See Source »

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