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Tracks starts off intimate and direct: Bruce alone, strumming his guitar and crooning Mary Queen of Arkansas. The original version was featured on his 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.; the rendition on Tracks is from Springsteen's 1972 audition for the legendary record producer John Hammond. It's an unguarded performance, brimming with innocence and promise. Later, on Tracks, he delivers a fierce, Delta blues-infused performance of Born in the U.S.A. The arena-rock album version was sometimes misinterpreted as a jingoistic anthem, but there's no mistaking the bitterness and disillusionment in this sparer take...
...self-named "Lady Masters of Lowell House." Noting a link between past and present leadership, he offered a blessing in Sanskrit, a language both he and Eck love. Other speakers invoked the names of past Lowell leaders, including first senior tutor Pope Professor of Latin Emeritus Mason Hammond and first master Julian Lowell Coolidge. Plummer Professor of Morals Peter J. Gomes spoke eloquently of the importance of teamwork in the Masters' residence and used the Greek word "diarchy" (dual rule) to define the leadership of the new masters...
...school week is over: now's your chance to get out of the bubble. Make a break for the Hammond Pond Reservation and take one of their easy climbs for beginners. That's right, go rock climbing!!! If you have some experience, go for one of the more challenging trails. But be careful not to get lost: though most of the paths are clearly marked, there aren't any maps of the park available. Hammond Pond Pkwy., Newton (Chestnut Hill T-stop). FREE...
...SOURCES: HAMMOND'S ATLAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY; THE TIMETABLES OF HISTORY; OUR TIMES, THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY; THE PEOPLE'S CHRONOLOGY; WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
Gleefully banging around on sitars, harmonicas, horns, Hammond B-3's and flutes, other band members Carl "Psycho" McCarthy, Danny Saber, Paul "Wags" Wagstaff, Ged Lynch and Martin Slattery reduce their basic guitar, drum and bass sounds into nothing more than a wooden easel on which to paint. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid opens its arms wide and embraces the world with a sarcastic life, claiming copyright by lyrical fiat...