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...jumps and pelvic thrusts that she incorporated into her set. Everyone jams in her own way, but old timers and novices alike found a place on that dance floor to bust a move. Paralegals and grad students shook their groove thing and put Janet Jackson to shame. Lady Miss Kier says that groove is in the heart, and she surely is right...
...show up in clubland gossip columns -- Veronica Webb, the model! Joey Arias, the drag queen! -- had shown up at the Supper Club, a party space in Manhattan's theater district. They were mixing with some of the high-concept personalities who have edged into more publicized realms. Like Lady Kier of Deee-Lite! (The recording group, something like the B-52s of house music.) Ricki Lake, the rising talk-show host -- look out, Oprah -- was chatting with John Waters, who starred her in his fondly remembered camp comedy Hairspray. And there was -- yes! -- Shannen Doherty, the Lucrezia Borgia of nighttime...
...debut album of thumping, synthesized rhythms that sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. Infinity Within, the group's new release, maintains the momentum. Super D.J. Dmitry Brill and Towa "Towa" Tei produce exuberant mixes that slam along at up to 130 beats a minute, and singer Lady Kier Kirby handles the vocals with a newly polished self-assurance. This time out, the trio has added some substance to its style with politically correct lyrics on safe sex, voter registration and the environment. The deee-lightful result: good message, great dance beat...
...problems have been compounded by a five-year drought. In 1990 the state created a water bank that allowed cities to bid for some agricultural water. Some environmentalists support the scheme -- and are being criticized for it. "The enviros have been pimps for water marketing," says environmental consultant William Kier. He notes that Yuba City uses less than 10% of its water entitlement from the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, then sells the remainder to Southern California rather than allow it to replenish the fragile delta system...
...Just having a week puts a lot of pressure on people," said Ruben Kier '79. "The choices aren't being though out--they're being made quickly or as a compromise...