Word: forthings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suddenly infused with the authentic spirit of the late Joy Division. "Conchita," which I think is a plain old love song (though it's real hard to tell), does all the work of a classic Tin Pan Alley composition on only two chords at a time, shifting back and forth between 'em in a way that Versus, if you've heard of Versus, very much wish they could. "Salsa Garden" has nothing to do with salsa, except that the whole song almost drowns under a thick "sauce" of sound effects and Beatlesque backwards drumbeats...
...show of the year will be, without a doubt, the March 20 engagement featuring the best guitarist on the bluegrass scene today, Tony Rice. Rice, who has vacillated back and forth for almost twenty years between intensely jazzed-up acoutic instrumentals and more traditional bluegrass, has not played in Boston for three years and is coming to Somerville with his instrumental outfit, The Tony Rice Unit. Joining him is master dobroist Jerry Douglas; Southern Rail, perennial local favorites, complete this not-to-be missed triple bill...
After the serve see-sawed back and forth until the score was 5-7, senior Jon Carpenter nailed two spikes in a row and then made a stunning save to help Harvard establish a one-point lead...
...senior Chris Wood, Harvard rallied to tie the score at 12-12, a surge which prompted an informal cheer from the hone crowd. The teams battled back and forth to a 14-14 even score when Harvard scored two fast points to put the game away...
...with the most creative and chaotic part of Clinton's personality: his desire to constantly roam the mental landscape of the presidency. His 9:15 a.m. meeting with top aides, ostensibly to discuss his schedule, often devolves into a general discussion about whatever is in the news. Clinton holds forth in these sessions, skipping among four or five subjects with as many as 10 officials. Clinton likes to ask whomever he is with for an opinion about whatever is on his mind, whether that person knows much about it or not. In private Clinton will admit to his weakness, likening...