Word: melon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people, half the number who made up Woodstock Nation in Bethel, an hour's drive away. The crowd was overwhelmingly white and middle-class. The bands, 50 of them, were more diverse and included everyone from sexy female rappers Salt N Pepa and trippy alternative rockers Blind Melon to punk-funksters Red Hot Chili Peppers and even soul crooner Joe Cocker, who reprised his Woodstock '69 classic With a Little Help from My Friends...
After unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with music groups Digable Planets and Blind Melon, the council sponsored a large scale, sold-out concert by They Might Be Giants in April...
...role of organizer (and student representative), Mann talked to students and developed a realistic opinion of which bands would be popular at Harvard. He then followed through by talking to the band's management and tour schedulers to make sure the show would actually happen, unlike the failed Blind Melon and Digable Planets attempts. The concert was well-publicized and well-attended, unlike the De La Soul disaster of 1992. And ticket-buyers seemed to get exactly what they expected. Daniel S. Quint '97 even called the show "awesome...
...only hints of incompetence people have been able to point out in the council all year are the failures to bring Digable Planets and Blind Melon. First of all, I think TMBG is better than either of the above. More importantly, as the point man on this project, I expressly stated when these packages were approved by the council that the proposals were contingent upon acceptance of our monetary offers and possible dates...
Gabay thought the $18,000 price tag for They Might Be Giants, 20 percent more than the cost for Blind Melon, would sway some voters...