Word: instrumentality
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...point of the week?' This is supposed to be fun," Frank said. When I asked him to expound on this fun idea, Frank said lots of people use the time to exercise or read. I told him to try again on the fun thing. He suggested, "Learn an instrument or write a book." People who don't watch TV are either freakishly ambitious or they do so many mind-altering drugs to soothe their bored brains that they no longer have any idea how long a week actually is. I gave him one more shot at the fun question...
These guys get filed under "roots rock" because they have been known to sing like Byrds and rhyme 'n' strum like Dylan. Now they have thrown together every instrument and influence at their disposal, futuristic synthesizer atop old-fashioned piano, to prove they're no nostalgia act. The result is gorgeous. Half the songs are close to perfect: the melodies stick, the newfangled keyboards breeze in and out with supernatural grace, the words submerge the listener in both sadness and blissed-out reverie. The band has lost its "roots" and found its voice...
...York Philharmonic site (Kidzone at NYPhilkids.org) "you can do the things you always wanted to do, such as go backstage, visit a dressing room or try out an instrument," says Thomas Cabaniss, the orchestra's director of education. "If people are going to visit the site anyway, we'd like to extend the learning process, not just have them purchase tickets." But the real test of most of these sites is whether they appeal to kids. Simone Crew, 10, served on the panel of kids that tested the SFSKids site before its launch. She gives it a resounding thumbs...
...people buying Celine Dion albums, and who will buy her latest, A New Day Has Come? No doubt the many folks who enjoy a nice voice singing a nice song. Dion's voice is a strong instrument with terrific range, and on New Day she has even learned to modulate it. On the restrained title track and the ballad I'm Alive, she has cast aside the chest beating of My Heart Will Go On. The 16 songs, credited to a long list of professional scribes, are mostly pap; there are the usual third-chorus key changes--take...
...democratic faith. But in an impassioned sermon two weeks ago, Monsignor Clement Connolly, of the Holy Family parish in South Pasadena, Calif., which isn't involved in any of the allegations, challenged authorities to open the church's heart and mind to unprecedented dialogue. "We don't have an instrument in place," he told TIME, "but I think if we talk with the people and listen to the people and share with the people, the instrument will emerge...