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Lockgroove's name is dangerously self-descriptive. It makes clear that band locks onto grooves. But it does not make clear that these grooves are more like the deep, black grooves of a rock record than the groovy grooves of jazz. The band's dense style may resemble the deep, black, concentric grooves of records, but their first release is actually on compact disc. The name of the CD is Rewired. That name is also descriptive; since the album was released in mid-1998, Lockgroove's sound is sure to have changed--to have been rewired, so to speak...
...yore. We're over the Shoot and moments of crisis, generally speaking. We're over intercom abuse by Crimson geeks. Over MP3s. Over the boy in section (kinda). Over mood swings and swing dancing. Totally over crummy paper (feel this crap!) E-mail. Halo (NYC). Over boyfriends. And name-dropping. We're over our theses (before they've even started). Extra-long twin beds. Tealuxe. Fellowships. E-anythings. Allston Burr Senior Tutors. Smoking. Anxiety-induced vomiting and dream sequences. Aaron has discovered the plain front; he's over pleats. Over the learner's permit. Cafe Pamplona? Pretty much over that...
...Detroit, you would wear a red suit with white gloves, a red hat, red gator skin shoes and a pinky ring on the outside of the glove. You might have a gold tooth. One of the clubs I used to hang out at was called Chickenwing. The owner's name was Chickenwing and he used to have parties called Chickenwingthangs. That's my environment. I was always selling things. My first job, was one where I was selling cars. I learned how to sell from guys like Chickenwing. I was dressing like Chickenwing from the time I was eight...
...Admittedly, our mission was somewhat impaired by our lack of visual data. Other men might have been deterred by such an obstacle, but not us. After all, you can tell what a girl looks like by her name, right...
Parsons gave her an application fee waver and "made it as easy as possible to apply," Gardenhire says. "Meeting someone gave it a human face, because Harvard is a big name...