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...sounds of instruments and voices. Even more sophisticated than Robert Moog's famous synthesizer, which was developed in the 1960s, the 250 can sound like a symphony orchestra one minute and a heavy-metal band the next. It has become a favorite of pop stars, including Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and Prince...
...When the LaserWriter came out, I thought it would be nice as an Apple Macintosh owner to have access to a laserprinter. Then I thought other owners might be thinking the same thing," said Randall S. Hancock '87, who founded the business along with Charles L. Proudfit '87 and Michele C. Wojcieszak...
...along with the royalty of rock, both domestic (Daryl Hall) and imported (Pete Townshend, Ringo Starr). Van Zandt's original concept for a single and a dance remix has become a mini-LP of material. Among the tracks: a coruscating jazz version of Sun City by Davis, Keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Bass Player Ron Carter and Drummer Tony Williams; a free-flowing political, rhythmic stream of consciousness by Ray Barretto, Peter Wolf, Rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel and Soweto's Malopoets; and a meditation by Progressive Rock Wizard Peter Gabriel...
...Message songs," says Hancock, "get a little boring. You begin to sound like missionaries. With Sun City, though, you get caught in the rhythms." The rhythms are new, but in fact this vocal conscience comes out of a long tradition. There were activist antecedents in the alternative culture of the '60s, but those were selfabsorbed and, as both Browne and Van Zandt point out, were intermingled with the drug culture. Perhaps inspired by such punk guerrilla bands as Britain's Clash and the Sex Pistols in the late '70s, rock has buried higher consciousness under high conscience...
...Revocable Living Trust, 629 Elepaio Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816; *The Depository Trust Company, Box 20, Bowling Green Station, New York, New York 10274; The Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019; Hawaii National Bank, 120 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Place, P.O. Box 111, Boston, Massachusetts 02117; LBJ Company, 910 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701; *Midwest Securities Trust Company, 440 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605; OTR, c/o Treasurer of State, P.O. Box 1170, Columbus, Ohio 43216; *Pacific Securities Depository Trust Company Incorporated...