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MAINLY JAZZ DANCE COMPANY: MAINLY MOVIES II. The Mainly Jazz Dance Company performs a concert of pieces choreographed by company members in a variety of styles including traditional jazz, lyrical, hip hop, funk, and modern to movie music from James Bond to Coyote Ugly. Guest starring the Fallen Angels, TAPS, the the Gentlemen of the Sigma Chi fraternity doing the Full Monty. Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617)-496-2222; $7 regular, $5 students in advance; or at the door: $8 regular, $6 students...
...sidewalk gay bar that welcomes straights, and the ensuing mix of trendsetters and goggle-eyed tourists makes for a fun night. There are at least a dozen more clubs and bars clustered in the lane, catering to most music tastes; one of the best is the funk-tastic Tapas, (662) 234 4737. Stargazers should head to the Greyhound Caf? in The Empori-um, which resounds with the gossipy banter of soap-opera divas, pop stars and actress-models-despite signs designating areas in which "NO BULL- SHITTING, NO BACKSTABBING, NO GOSSIPING, NO SMOKING" is allowed...
...Stovall points out that price-to-earnings ratios for the S&P are around 28, even in t he market's current funk; historically, the long-term average is 17 - and 13 coming out of a bear market. "The bearish view is that we're about twice where we should be," he said. "With the economy recovering and the Iraq issue resolved, I still see stocks as being a better bet than bonds or cash," he said. "But I think we're looking at something on the order of mid-to-high single digits for the next couple of years...
...RAPTURE. Hotly tipped New York City post-punk newcomers share the stage with hotly tipped New York City avant-funk band Out Hud. Go if you need to be a hipster, or just to experience some of the most exciting sounds in contemporary rock. Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. Tickets $10 advance, $12 door. The Middle East, 472-480 Massachusetts Ave., (617) 864-EAST...
...DIED. JOHNNY GRIFFITH, 66, classically trained musician and pioneering keyboard wizard for the 1960s Motown band Funk Brothers, who played on legendary hits such as the Supremes' Stop in the Name of Love and Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through the Grapevine; in Detroit. As one of the pioneers of the Motown sound, a fusion of soul, gospel and pop, Griffith and the Funk Brothers have had a lasting impact on popular music trends through the past four decades...