Word: musicalization
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...frontman for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was referring to his second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, a sordid tale about a sex-crazed, drug-addled, adulterous traveling salesman and the 9-year-old son with whose care he suddenly finds himself charged. Cave discussed his music, the gold statue he wanted to erect in his hometown and, of course, his new novel - which is very interesting but kind of creepy. (Please don't hurt me). See TIME's list of the 10 greatest electric guitar players of all time...
...themselves, also face other obstacles in having to split the space with other groups. Harvard Taekwondo, for example, will share practice space with the Crimson Dance Team for a half hour on Thursday nights. “It will be an interesting mix because they will be playing dance music while we do our routines. We ourselves yell every time we kick... and we kick a lot,” Tran said. “I don’t think it will be a safety hazard—just an inconvenience,” he added...
Recognizing that the Beatles were more a vocal group than a Rock Band, the game includes opportunities for three-part harmony, so you can try out those castrati woooos on "She Loves You." (It's as much karaoke as music video game.) The 45-song playlist emphasizes guitar-heavy songs - things the Beatles could have sung live. Some of the most infectious are those early, primitive classics from their first album, Please Please Me, which was released in 1963. As you start playing, especially if you're a novice, you may share Lennon's testy frustration, heard on the earliest...
...five folks trying out the game at MTV headquarters were nervous too, though they had varied musical credentials. Christopher Porterfield, TIME writer and editor emeritus, had played jazz in college and, as a young TIME staffer in 1964, traveled with the Beatles on their first American tour. He played bass. On drums was Leo Sacks, a Grammy-nominated music producer of vintage R&B who is making a documentary on the New Orleans gospel icon Raymond Myles. TIME writer Gilbert Cruz, the only participant who knew his way around the Rock Band platform, took lead guitar. The vocals were shared...
...were doing some shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and during the commercial breaks I'd go out and talk to the people in the audience. And a little boy stood up and asked, When was the Magna Carta signed? I said 1216. I was off by a year. I know a lot about the Magna Carta, but unfortunately I got the date wrong in front of 6,000 people...