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DIED. SKITCH HENDERSON, 87, avuncular, Grammy-winning maestro of TV's Golden Age; in New Milford, Conn. Born Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson, the classically trained musician got his start on radio shows starring Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby (who gave him his nickname) before landing a job as the Tonight Show's first bandleader. With his Vandyke beard and audience-participation games, he was a key part of the show, bantering with Steve Allen and, later, Johnny Carson. After a jail stint for income-tax evasion, he founded the symphonic orchestra New York Pops, which he directed until his death...
...rise. Since sophomore year of high school when I fell for a tall senior who brought illicit substances to Saturday night dances, played the guitar (Dylan. Attempts at Dylan.), and seemed never to study, I’ve opted for the rebel over Mr. Right. There was a second musician: we discussed spirituality over Chinese take-out and watched reruns of “The Simpsons” while analyzing Shakespeare. He wrote existentialist poetry, listened to the Grateful Dead, and taught me to skateboard during our lunch hour. I managed to keep this crush in class by tutoring...
...dancing. Also featuring Pressure Cooker and Lady Enchantress. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. Tickets available at The Middle East box office or from Ticketmaster, (617) 931-2000, $15 general admission including free CD. (ABW)Balafonist Neba Solo. Harvard’s African Initiative present the Mali-based musician and his troupe. Called “the genius of the balafon,” Souleymane Traoré, aka Neba Solo, plays his xylophone-like instrument. Loker Commons. 3 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. (LAM)Harvard’s Next Top Angel. The Fallen Angels...
...this changed, however, in The Mountain Goats’ two latest albums, “We Shall All Be Healed” and “The Sunset Tree.” Studio-recorded (the latter in coordination with musician John Vanderslice) with a more refined sound and wider instrumentation, these albums have been received with reservations by fans accustomed to the raw truthfulness of previous work. In addition, both albums abandon the traditional song-series and their fictional narratives, telling instead an autobiographical account of Darnielle’s childhood. Writing closer to home, Darnielle drops the overbearing hysterics...
...that pretentious French movie way); an irritating voice-over that sounds creepily like a bedtime story being read to toddlers; forays into slow-motion. There’s nothing really wrong with the plot—a lonely young woman, Mirabelle (Danes) meets an unsuitable struggling musician (Schwartzman), who is obsessed with her, and a wealthy older man (Martin), who is willing to spoil her in exchange for sex; as expected, she must choose between the two. Unfortunately, though, the whole movie seems to be trying so hard to get arrive at some sort of point that you?...