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...prepared for the emotional intensity delivered soon thereafter. Goofiness we might have expected from the bespectacled Aaron Perrino, the three-person band's guitarist/lead singer/Max Headroom lookalike. And we might have anticipated a too-jaded-to-smile brand of contemporary bass-playing from bassist Jim Gilbert...
...band got its start at Oneonta State College in upstate New York. Perrino and Sears knew of Gilbert because he made sandwiches at the Student Union, and when the three moved to Boston in 1997, The Sheila Divine was born. ("Sheila" is slang for "boy who is not tough" in Australia.) They were signed by Cherry Disc Records after sneaking into the president's office and putting their two-song demo tape in his deck. Perrino recently quit his job as an office-boy at a real estate agency, and the band's first full-length album, New Parade, will...
...band has established a sturdy Boston fan base; on Friday, one sweaty devotee professed, "They kick my ass every time." Gilbert even addressed a few audience members by affectionate nicknames--"Beardman" and "That Other Bearded Guy" were both duly acknowledged. If anything, Friday's performance proved that fancy drum kits do not good music make; the heart of rock and roll can be found in a simple trio of a delirious frontman, a competent drummer and a deeply concerned bassist...
LISTEN UP Chief Justice William Rehnquist may want to bring the libretto next time he goes to a Gilbert and Sullivan show. He has said that he put four gold stripes on his robe in imitation of a costume he saw on the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe. Bad choice. The Lord Chancellor describes his duties this...
...losing thousands of dollars a day, drifting deeper into debt and near bankruptcy; fully 20% could be belly-up by spring. A government forecast on the hog supply last week promised little relief. "It's the most serious agricultural crisis in this century for an individual commodity," says Gilbert Hollis, a professor at the University of Illinois. The industry, which has lost $2 billion over the past 12 months, is asking the government for help...