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Lozenge, whose eclectic instrumentation consisted of an accordion/synthesizer, bass, drums, and junk percussion, lacked the visual flash of My Name is Rar Rar, but more than made up for it with sonic violence. Enduring taunts of “Vicks” and “Fisherman’s Friend” from the crowd, Lozenge played with unbridled enthusiasm, literally bringing down the house when the band leader stood on the table in front of the stage, and pulled down several sections of the posterboard ceiling. It was a fitting mark to leave; if the place hadn?...
Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz has spent much of his career in the spotlight defending some of the most controversial and famous figures of a generation, including O.J. Simpson, accused murderer Claus von Bulow, junk-bond king Michael Milken, and John Lennon...
...columns soaring out over the sea from the slenderest of bases, assume such perfection of proportion and form as to mock all man-made sculpture as artless imitation. Centuries ago, the harmony of this seascape inspired a whole school of Vietnamese painting. To drift today in a red-sailed junk beneath the yawning overhangs and watch the fading light transform rock peaks and fringing jungle into giant figurines is, for a few short moments, to become part of an ageless Asian picture...
...Spot ) for a day's cruise around some of the 1,969 islands, with lunch on board and the chance to swim in one of the less greasy stretches. Or better still, escape the day-trip detritus altogether and arrange a few days on a luxury live-aboard junk complete with kayaks on which to paddle through the maze of inlets, mangrove lagoons and caves that honeycomb the shoreline. Try Huong Hai Tourism Co. in the bayside town of Bai Chay, tel: (84-33) 845-042, which operates several junks at $125 a person per day, including food, park fees...
...chose a three-day trip aboard a junk called the Huang Hai. The sight of her great red cotton sails, hand-stitched with silk, was too picturesque to refuse. So it was something of a disappointment to discover the sails were pure decoration: diesel engines power the vessel. Other modernizations, however, met with wholehearted approval. Below deck, the Huang Hai is loaded with creature comforts. It has eight twin-bedded cabins with attached bathrooms and hot showers. Inside the pilot's hatch is a consoling array of gadgetry, including a global positioning satellite system. And the galley is a paneled...