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...major competitive disadvantage in the quest for shelf space. The wineries are tiny, family-owned affairs, a circumstance that does plenty for the charm factor but little for the marketing budget. For Rieslings that do make their way to wine merchants, the customer can find another obstacle: deciphering the label. The average Joe looking to expand his horizons has to stare down imposing Teutonic words like Trockenbeerenauslese, literally "dried selected overripe berries." "To read the labels, you just need a few keys," says Carol Sullivan of the German Wine Information Bureau. "You just need to understand what those words mean...
...turn on the new St. Etienne album, The Sound of Water. The British pop trio with the un-British sound has been together for more than a decade now, and it seems like they get better with every album. This latest recording, soon to be released on the Mantra label, follows 1998's fabulous Good Humor. It is a bit more subdued than the previous album, with fewer outright pop hits, but the songs play tight, and various electronic beats are mixed very well with lounge-style keyboarding and the traditional St. Etienne jangly guitar sound. And of course there...
...from American soil. On Wednesday, hoping to stave off a European-style anti-GM panic, the Clinton administration announced a laundry list of procedures designed to make Americans a bit more comfortable in the presence of so-called "Frankenfoods." The proposed changes will establish government oversight with regard to labeling foods made with genetically altered crops (including an industry-opposed measure to label products as GM-free); allow the Food and Drug Administration a four-month lead time to test new products for safety before they're introduced into the market; and create a uniform testing procedure for every food...
...lights shine bright. 15,000 people roar in the audience at the Fillmore Theater. And the music begins. They have 15 minutes to impress the audience and the record label judges. “I just hope this isn’t my only 15 minutes of fame,” says José L. Sandoval ’02, a member of North House, a Harvard-based band with Al Bennett ’00, Altay M. Guvench ’03 and Wellesley senior Becky Warren. This Saturday, they will open for Primus in San Francisco, as part...
North House--whose members include Alfred Bennett '00, Andrew C. Eggers '99, Altay M. Guvench '03, Jose L. Sandoval '01 and Wellesley College student Becky Warren--could win $10,000, a contract with a small record label and the chance to be published in Rolling Stone magazine as part of the "MusicOMania" online contest...