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...broadcast networks preview next season's series for advertisers--CBS offered a lesson in the difference between life and TV. It closed its presentation with a surprise appearance by the Who, playing its classic Who Are You, the theme of CSI. Carnegie Hall shook, Pete Townshend windmilled on his guitar, and Roger Daltrey howled, "Oooooh...
...live in Los Angeles, where the commuting time alone lops off another 1,688 days of that total. That gives me just under 5,000 days in which to spend time with my friends, pursue hobbies, raise a family, play my guitar, go out for drinks, surf the Internet, check my e-mail, visit the doctor, read a book…not to mention just relaxing. I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t just a bit frightened by these calculations...
...Townshend and Daltrey barreled through the songs - Pete windmilling on the guitar, Roger unleashing his trademark screams - as if they were in front of any other audience, say, one composed of people with souls. That, I guess, is what great entertainers do, in popular music or popular TV: they forget, for a while, about the compromises and cynical dealing that keep their business afloat, and occasionally manage to create something wonderful and transcendent. Maybe one of the shows we see this week will do that, maybe not, but it was good to get a reminder that it could happen, before...
...Skinner balks at the term: "I get these images of '70s Spinal Tap pretentiousness by artists that are usually up their own arse. There is none of that here." Maybe not, but it's a wonderfully crafted, continuous narrative, set to garage loops, keyboard orchestration and even a guitar. A tale emerges of missing money, football betting, the trials of returning a rented DVD, arguing with the girlfriend, holiday infidelity, mistrusting mates, self pity and, best of all, a proper can't-give-it-away ending. "I really like the idea of songs that talk to each other," Skinner explains...
...what this group lacks in brevity, they more than make up for in talent. Each has followed a different path to Harvard, and brings a unique perspective and set of expectations to the artistic community on campus. Matt V. Cantor ’06 picked up the guitar in fifth grade, and has since played a number of gigs at such wide-ranging venues as the Freshman Talent Show to Sanders Theatre...