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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Motel Blues is a series of episodes in the lives of photographer Jarred (Jay Heath) and his vapid girlfriend Flee (Angelina Zappia), who have travelled to a remote rat-trap hotel in the desert so that Jarred can complete a project. It quickly becomes clear, however, that their relationship is strained and distrustful; the ugly monotony of their surroundings matches the emptiness of their bizarre conversations The strain is increased by Jarred's evident contempt for Flee's favorite activities, reading fashion magazines and eating junk food...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Risky `Motel Blues' Speaks (Often Silently) of Ire | 4/14/1995 | See Source »

...Jay Coats, Harvard Square's only country musicperformer, began performing out-of-doors tostrengthen some of her music skills. "My voice wasstrong, but my guitar wasn't as good, so I thoughtstreet performing would be a good way to improvethat." She didn't feel ready to solo in clubs, soshe started playing in the Square last June. "Itwas definitely a career move," says Coats. Thecountry music singer now gets regular gigs atlocal clubs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Art on the Corner | 4/13/1995 | See Source »

...Jay Coats claims the jugglers are her favorites because they're funny." She also likes "some guy named Eric who ran away from Ireland when he was a kid and now plays folk on the street." She also likes Athena, who plays folk, though Coats has heard her "singing the theme to the Brady Bunch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Performer's Picks | 4/13/1995 | See Source »

While Henrie's room is guarded by the noble bust of Dante, the room of Jay Phelan, Pforzheimer House resident tutor in biology and head TF for Sex, is adorned with a "radical" surfboard. Questioned about it, Phelan says, "Maybe students who are less intense can identify with me." While Henrie is busy on the squash court, Phelan is organizing kayaking and skiing trips with his wife Lisa, whom he deems "the cooler tutor." Dave C. Doodnauth attributes Phelan's charisma to the fact that "he has that West Cost flavor...

Author: By Ivy C. Pochoda, | Title: Cult of Personality | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

Phelan is laid back. "He listens to students as if they were people," says Marshall W. Fordyce '97, mentioning that his tutor is not at all perturbed to be woken up on a Saturday morning by a student looking to borrow a frisbee. "I feel like Jay's really psyched when you share something," says Fordyce...

Author: By Ivy C. Pochoda, | Title: Cult of Personality | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

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