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Despite the fact that the Group’s recorded music can be labelled “smooth,” familiarity with their work breeds comfort, not contempt. Metheny is capable of crafting some gorgeous melodies. Moreover, the Group’s sound has a nice thickness and weight to it, guitars and bass frequently aligning along parallel octaves. “The Gathering Sky” for example, a cantering afro-calypso number, is less restrained live than on the album and revels in its own pure happiness. After shifting through three melodic themes, drummer Antonio Sanchez took...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speaking of Metheny | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

...been heard from since), the irresistible prince, makes Samatha’s wishes come true. To middle schoolers who rented Sixteen Candles or stumbled upon it on TV, Jake was someone we could believe in. The sheen is off now. The fantasy of Awkward-Girl-Gets-Gorgeous-Guy-Because-Inner-Beauty-Matters-Most dies in real-world high schools. No Jake Ryan swoops in at an opportune time with belated birthday wishes and a chiseled...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry and Elizabeth F. Maher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Pop Culture Flashback | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

...discovered to my embarrassment?which resulted in a last day spent in penury hiding in my hotel. The town is refreshingly free of things to do, apart from wander around, drink coffee and beer in caf?s, and soak up the ambiance. A dust-choked side trip to the gorgeous Kuangsi waterfalls or a jaunt down the river to the Pak Ou caves, which are crammed with ancient Buddha images, make up the extent of nearby attractions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Luang Prabang, Time Stands Still | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

BOOKS ON TAP Don't be fooled by the pretentious name?L'estranger Literary Salon is Luang Prabang's coolest bar, perched on the second floor of a gorgeous teakwood shophouse overlooking the Nam Khan river in Thanon Kingkitsalat. Paper lanterns cast a gentle glow over cushions scattered invitingly about the polished wooden floor, as a mix of funk and trip-hoppy sounds filter from the speakers. Marvel at the collection of old National Geographics lining the upstairs walls or browse in the secondhand bookshop downstairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Cuts | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...annual budget of around $2,000 to something of a mini empire. At the height of its popularity and influence in the '70s, Zen Center's assets included a best-selling cookbook, a hugely popular vegetarian restaurant, and Tassajara, the first American Buddhist monastery, located amid rugged, gorgeous forestland 240 km south of San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dharma Bummers | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

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