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WELLSTON, MO. A superintendent wants to build a "fortress" for the district's kids...
...leaders of neo-traditionalism, the stylistic fortress that has long held at bay the barbarians of commercial jazz, have lately found themselves in a quandary. The very walls that protect the purity of their music have come to restrict its reach. Carefully, saxophonist Redman is trying to nudge open the gates a bit--not to commercial dreck, but to a less doctrinaire approach. Only an artist with Redman's extravagant formal skills could pull off such a gambit. The cuts jump from the strangely fitting eastern drone of Leap of Faith to the modern bounce of Stoic Revolutions, all woven...
...scrappy Lampoon team, according to sources inside the magazine's impregnable Bow Street fortress, has been preparing for the showdown for weeks...
...against a variety of backdrops. They will "show his sporting side, and the fireworks represent a celebration at his coming of age," says philatelic artist William Wall. One stamp's backdrop was supposed to show Caernarvon Castle, where William's father was invested as Prince of Wales. But another fortress is pictured in error. Charles never gets respect...
...From the street, the Mather House master's residence appears as a windowless brick fortress. But inside, enormous rooms, vaulted ceilings and incredible square footage turn the citadel into a castle. While most castles are stone-cold, this one has heated floors. Although interior brick and concrete walls present a formidable obstacle to home decorating, the masters have risen to the occasion. "The architecture challenges us to make it human and warm," explains Sandra Naddaff, Mather House master for seven years. Colorful furniture, like a pair of camel-back blue couches and a massive painting of the Taj Mahal...