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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Chow Yun Fat is not a well known commodity in some circles. Aside from Sean Connery and Steve McQueen, Chow is probably the manliest man you would ever want to meet, having collaborated with director John Woo in brutal yet poetic action films like The Killer and Hard Boiled in their native home of Hong Kong. He has not, to date, had much success in acting in English, hence the middling success of his recent forays into the North American market. Having said that, Chow is far from being a one dimensional actor. In his native land of Hong...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cinemanic: Will Anna be a Crowning Achievment or an Epic Disaster? | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...into an eminently digestible mix. The band has undeniable indie cred: they've sampled Charlie Parker, scored a British hit with a song based on the work of classical composer Henryk Grecki and had their songs remixed by Autechre, Bola and Global Communication. Despite all this, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better three-minute pop song than "B Line," their single from this summer...

Author: By Dan Visel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Living Large With Lamb Live | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...band left the stage during the initial misstart, most of the music kept playing, revealing that much of the sound, including a sizable percentage of the rhythm section, was pre-recorded. Lamb's albums are very much studio affairs, made with a sequencer and hard drive. As such, they face the sticking point that's kept most electronic acts from success in the States: how to put on a convincing live show. Bjork manages to do it by the intensity of her stage persona, while the more laidback Massive Attack put on a powerful show by recasting their songs...

Author: By Dan Visel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Living Large With Lamb Live | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...just need to play hard and be offensive," Dick said. "The problem at UMass was too many mental lapses. But we came back with some good practices to finish the week, and if we play tough and stay in the game, we'll be fine...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Looks to Stay Perfect in Ivy | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...expressed his feeling that no matter how hard he tries to keep up with the times, his 10 years away from the newsroom have left him out of touch. The Nieman Foundation, he wrote in his letter to the advisory board, is ready for "an upgrade...

Author: By David C. Newman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nieman Curator to Step Down | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

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