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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...category, avoids the affectations of contemporary idioms, and consciously builds new music from the essential structures of the old. This is exactly what happened last Monday night at the School of Contemporary Musicwhen 25-year-old Cambridge singer Jeannie Lieberman was accompanied by composer/pianist Bruce Kushnick and guitarist Richard Johnson in a program spanning the gamut of contemporary music-from the surreal to the absurd, from a capella and dulcimer to electric...

Author: By Michael Barber, | Title: A Psychic Jiggler | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

...instrument, experimenting to discover the right texture, color and feel. The rising glissando in the second verse of "Velvet Sportcoat" abruptly alters the mood set by the song's first verse, and underscores the words: Haze like juice spilled slowly formless/Scent of citrus in my ears." In one of Johnson's compositions, "Instrumental," Lieberman makes bird like sounds that are almost primal as they echo above Joynson's gentle electric chord-picking...

Author: By Michael Barber, | Title: A Psychic Jiggler | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

Despite her great theatrical and emotional control, it was difficult for Lieberman to make a smooth transition to Richard Johnson's carefree folk tune "I Ain't Got the Blues No More." Johnson, a folksinger and slide guitarist who is well-traveled in the local club scene, made his first public appearance in nearly a year, made and produced many pleasant echo-cascading electric guitar sounds. Jeannie ended the concert alone, playing a pretty dulcimer piece and the intimate "Listen With Your Own Mind...

Author: By Michael Barber, | Title: A Psychic Jiggler | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

Team captain Anne Johnson put Radcliffe back on top, scoring with eight and a half minutes gone. Wistie Oppenlander, with a little help from Mleczko, made it 3-1 less than a minute later, and again it appeared as though the 'Cliffe was off and running...

Author: By Keith Salkowski, | Title: 'Cliffe Lacrosse Beats Bowdoin As Mleczko Scores Hat Trick | 4/27/1977 | See Source »

Back in his office, he talked trade with two executives and checked out the new scorecard. On page 5, Veeck informs White Sox fans, "If your beer is flat, call Millie Johnson, if the washrooms aren't up to par, call David Schaffer. If you'd like a tryout, give C.V. Davis a call. We don't have a complaint department, but we do have people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BYPLAY by ROGER KAHN: Bill Veeck: The Happy Hustler | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

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