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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that it is only the passage of time that rewires Lockgroove, however, would not do justice to their experimental nature. This calls for another explication of the band's name: when Lockgroove locks on a groove in live concert, it may well be a groove even they have never heard before. Much space in the music sections of Boston periodicals has been dedicated to talk of Lockgroove's improvisation, jamming and "free space." This is especially since the band plays a key role in organizing and enlivening Boston's famed Deep Heaven underground events...
...sure you guys probably get this a lot, so I apologize for asking this, but how did you guys come up with your band name? I read on the Internet that it means "Dimwit Reproductive Monkey" in Welsh...
...Pixar films for the next 10 years and about 2.5% ownership of Pixar with the option of further stock purchases. Moreover, Pixar is still grappling with internal issues. One Pixar insider comments, "The work hours get long, and Pixar tends to keep the pay scale low, just because the name is big." The financial picture is not as rosy as it appears; despite a huge opening for Toy Story 2, Pixar stock still dropped slightly...
...next band, North House, was a more dynamic presence. The crowd grew visibly larger (a quick head-count indicated about 80 to 90 souls) to see the show's main act and North House did not disappoint. Playing in the place from which they derived their name, North House, led by Al Bennett '00 (founder of the QSS), possessed an uncanny ability to work a crowd, with Bennett entering beating two drumsticks together to stir up noise. It was a polished stage act; more than that, it showed talent. Bennett's voice and the clear, crisp sounds of his guitar...
...rapped about any topic the audience threw at them, improvising some delicious rhymes seemingly from leftfield: Christmas ("seemed last year I got a Sega Genesis/Now my Ma's my nemesis") and the X-Files ("it's really complex/To analyze what's next"). Scott & Chiqui displayed impressive pop-culture name-checking ("Just last week I saw Princess Amidala/Grab Portman by the collar"), a sense of humor (somehow Roy worked in the lyrics of the dreidel song in his rap on Hanukkah). "Have you ever heard of freestyle like this?" they asked in one of the songs. "Not at Harvard, not until...