Word: folks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often observed -- first about Giorgione, and so on through to the 18th century -- that the pastoral mode was harder to decipher than religious or historical painting. There is not much narrative precision in Watteau's fetes galantes: these little societies of the elect, privileged folk in their shining taffetas are not exactly allegories; they are elaborations of mood, in which every pleat of fabric on a woman's turned back seems to carry its aura of psychological subtlety. And in Giorgione's Tempest, to this day no one really knows what the nude woman, young soldier and lightning flash...
...Metropolitan Opera Cookbook (Stewart, Tabori & Chang; $30), edited by Jules Bond, features recipes from the stars of the great opera house. At first glance, it would seem a gimmicky celebrity come-on, short on substance. Not so. Opera folk tend to love food, and since they hail from so many countries, the collection is rich and varied. Like many Met productions, the book is visually gorgeous; in fact, it is too pretty to cook by. It would be nice to have a recipes-only version for the kitchen. With luck it would still include Sherill Milne's Hungarian goulash soup...
...extraordinary new tune, Hawkmoon 269, and press him into harmony-singing and lyric-writing service on Love Rescue Me, a high point not only for the band but also for their informal spiritual adviser. The Edge, the band's wizard guitar player, contributes a lilting, spooky piece of folk inspiration, Van Diemen's Land, and the whole group works out at Sun Studios in Memphis, where Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis cut some of their best sides. It is a deliberate pilgrimage, of course, but Angel of Harlem, one of the tunes recorded there, not only pays homage...
Opening night for the exhibition will include entertainment by Peter H. Schwarz '91, who will play folk music on the electric fiddle and harmonica, said co-coordinator Allison C. Humenuk '91. The show includes a range of artwork, said Breyer, including photography, painting, drawing, ceramics and sculpture...
...romantic notion of "hacking" was introduced to the public in the popular film "Wargames," in which the teenager committing the computer crimes was portrayed as the good guy. Senior computer experts have predicted that Morris will become the same kind of "folk hero" for his virus. This evidence that the "Wargames" mentality persists is what worries Friedell the most...