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...crappy childhood out of your system. It's about having a crazy time." Almost 50 years after Bill Haley, rock audiences have had lots of crazy times, but they long to repeat the great experiences of the past--hence the interest in classic-rock radio, Woodstock '99 and Lenny Kravitz--without feeling like a bunch of retro losers. The Hives' reckless, joyful punk evokes nostalgia for an era the band's young listeners missed out on, while the suits, T shirts and the best ironic song titles in recent memory--The Hives Are Law You Are Crime and Hail Hail...
...Henley, Stevie Nicks and Lenny Kravitz (the original rock time traveler) lend vocals and classic chops to C'Mon, C'Mon, but the album doesn't lack veracity. Most tracks feel smothered by the lite discipline Crow imagines is required of an instant classic. Soak Up the Sun is another tribute to high spirits, but as with most of the record, good times and good lyrics prove incompatible. The line "It's not having what you want/It's wanting what you've got," belongs in a high school yearbook. Songs such as You're an Original...
...Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, who was the only event of the evening as far as some audience members (and the tapers up on the balcony) were concerned. Denson, who used to play sax with Lenny Kravitz but now fronts his own outfit, paced the stage like a panther, muscles bulging through his turtle-neck. Driven by the triple engine of his three percussionists, the energy was relentless, and Denson showed himself to be an impressive vocalist as well, barking and growling into the mic. Denson invited Franti and his MC Radio Active back to the stage...
...also so painful. Nearly every aspect of the performance was surrounded by some element of bad feelings or controversy. As always, tickets for the show sold out in two days, as students anxiously awaited their chance to meet the mystery guest. But with students dreaming of Lenny Kravitz and Salma Hayek, the announcement of Blair Underwood came as a disappointment to some. “Who?” was a common reaction to the news. While one can’t blame the students for being disappointed at not getting who they wanted as host—and things...
Gina T. Waight ’04 echoed his sentiments: “I was going for the performance anyway because my friends are in it. I heard it was going to be Lenny Kravitz or Shakira when I bought the tickets and was very excited, but it doesn’t really matter...