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...Techno has its spiritual home in Detroit. To be specific, its roots lie in '80s Detroit, which might explain its darker, grittier sound, compared to the escapism of house. As its name suggests, techno tends to focus on the possibilities of the machine, involving perhaps more daring explorations, although detractors claims that takes away from the music's danceability...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Genreside | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...kids' novel about a plucky orphan who is not Harry Potter? What awful timing! Happily, though, Curtis (a Newbery Medal honoree) has conjured a hero just as mesmerizing but grittier. Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell ditches his foster home in Depression-era Flint, Mich., and heads for the jazz clubs of Grand Rapids in search of his long-lost dad. A gentle diva, based on Flint's own Betty Carter, shows Bud that a family exists whenever folks decide to stick together. Kids will take to Bud's hilarious advice for "becoming a better liar." But be warned: they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children's Book: Bud, Not Buddy | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...Rockwell practiced his clean-scrubbed style of American optimism, from World War I to Vietnam, barely a single image delved into anything deeper than a smitten heart or a sweet longing for home. Only late in life did Rockwell's work begin to turn from ingrained nostalgia to a grittier reality, most notably in The Problem We All Live With, a 1964 painting of a young black girl on her way to school escorted by federal Marshals. His commonfolk, humorous and brave and spiritual to the core, became icons to generations. Yet a lifetime's work--nearly 4,000 smartly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Preview: The Art Of Autumn | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

...closer, grittier sense of what students' life is like as a consequence," Maull says...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Four Years After Trying Term, Lewis Content to Work Behind the Scenes | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Grafton, however, "the atmosphere has more of a buzz when it's busy," counters Alan Mooney, who has tended bar at both locations. Lee concurs, "they're a little grittier at Grafton, a little more seasoned. We're too new over here...

Author: By Sarah L. Gore, | Title: TEMPLE BAR NOT TOO FAR | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

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