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...Your Essay "Louder! - The Need to Complain More" was better as a partial inventory of what people have to complain about than as a solution to this growing problem...
...focal point of the Orchestra is the drumming of Billy Cobham. He plays loud, and hard, and joyously. He owns a special kit of clear fiberglass drums: they are louder than any set I've ever heard. Cobham plays full till throughout the set, nearly two hours in some cases. He plays under each soloist, so he must know their intricacies. He can fellow the complexities of tempo, and rhythm changes, as though he were telepathic. I, for one, am sure he is. His showcase was the finale. "The Noonward Race," Every time McLaughlin had an idea, or made...
...individual. When he feels like griping, the average American faces an adversary that the framers of the Constitution did not envision. It is the burgeoning mass society, a creature with a remorseless, faceless, self-declared efficiency that intimidates many Americans and renders them silent when they should be talking louder. Too many people still doubt that complaining will do any good. Those ultimately responsible for this state of affairs seem baffling and remote. Is anybody listening when an individual-as distinct from a powerful, publicity-seeking group like Nader's-seeks to air his grievances...
...lets you do it either in quiet or in noisy surroundings. A nice place to get quietly bombed is the Blue Parrot (123 Mt. Auburn St.). The sangria is so good and refreshing you can drink it like water and the music is softly calming (although canned). A little louder is the Casablanca (40 Brattle St.), and a little hokier the Toga Lounge (1274 Mass Ave), but both can get you smashed without spending a fortune. Cronin's (114 Mt. Auburn St.), a traditional Harvard beer-drinking establishment, should be avoided because of the owner's intransigence is a dispute...
...when working journalists round the world are seeking louder voices in the editing and publishing processes, the 15 staffers of the Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye (circ. 22,000) have received an unusual concession without a fight. Editor-Publisher John McCormally is not only soliciting their nominations before selecting a new managing editor but is offering them veto power over his final choice. "They'll be helping to select a boss," he says, "while I'll only be hiring a subordinate...