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...SOUNDS: Ramirez: "Our main influences are Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone and other assorted Motown and R&B greats. We are currently playing songs by these artists and Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye, among others." Padte: "We've been working on originals, but currently we do not have any completed...
...lesser extent, the production of Richard III suffers from some of the same faults as its main character. It tries to do too much, reinventing the role of women for the play and splitting the role of Richard into three apparently distinct personalities and actors, while at the same time utilizing an innovative stadium stage. While interesting individually, the combination of these three leads to a production that comes across as jumbled and unfocused...
...lesser extent, the production of Richard III suffers from some of the same faults as its main character. It tries to do too much, reinventing the role of women for the play and splitting the role of Richard into three apparently distinct personalities and actors, while at the same time utilizing an innovative stadium stage. While interesting individually, the combination of these three leads to a production that comes across as jumbled and unfocused...
...flat minor Scherzo, the piece used by that eerie little Russian girl to intimidate Richard Dreyfus in "The Competition," came off worse. Its main weakness was lack of dynamic range--or rather, lack of sensitive dynamic range, as one tended to be awed by Zimerman's ferocious key depth without forgetting the harsh sounds it sometimes produced. A stricter observance of tempi would also have been in order; this was Chopin, not Debussy. In any case the risks he took at high speeds were admirable, and his confident, blind leaps across three octaves are a reproach to showier pianists...
...House of Representatives voted Tuesday to increase the maximum federal Pell Grants by $400 in an effort to help students afford higher education. On this campus, though, the University endowment will be the main beneficiary of this decision, financial aid officers said yesterday...