Word: mainstreamers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lockgroove may not be independent and local for long. Like many vaguely underground things, the band currently doesn't sound as polished as more mainstream acts. However, this is a redeeming quality. Lockgroove isn't produced to sound like the next big thing. And like any band that is not yet famous, it would be a shame to listen to them with their future in mind. The group has a voluminous sound that invites attention from head to toe. Indeed, Lockgroove goes deeper than the cutting edge...
...often receive gifts like this, but this particular gift may generate interest in a more mainstream audience than some other gifts," Armini said...
...tradition of most American colleges is to be bastions of creative or experimental music, or even experimental forms of mainstream music like indie rock. At Harvard, I think there's a desire to be culturally conservative. I was shocked that people had such a negative reaction to the Violent Femmes concert last year. At any other college, people will get very excited about a band that original and that distinctive playing. Here you can see the UC posters. "Who wants the Violent Femmes? We want Third Eye Blind...
...great Isaac Asimov wrote of a robot unexpectedly given very human emotions and abilities. Gradually, the robot seeks to become more and more human, raising profound questions not only about the morality of creating intelligent machines but about broader issues like humanity and immortality. In adapting this tale for mainstream moviegoers, however, screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and director Chris Columbus forgo the subtleties of these dilemmas in favor of greeting-card sentimentality. The result is an enjoyable, often touching picture, but one that fails to realize the richness of its concept...
...People who know me will find this hard to believe, but I have moved significantly to the left while I have been at Harvard, though I am still one of the most conservative people here. I showed up basically a right-wing nut, and right now I am just mainstream conservative, whatever that means. Other than that, I have become more convinced of the idea that hard work is necessary in order to achieve anything. I have realized that being robotic is not an ideal. When I came here and through most of high school, I wanted to be like...