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...voice-memo feature on Casio's Cassiopeia. The research firm IDC predicts that by 2002, U.S. handheld sales will triple to 6.9 million units--about the same number of notebooks sold in the U.S. this year. Why are consumers so keen on handhelds? While failed products like the Apple Newton tried to handle too many tasks, says IDC analyst Jill House, today's handhelds perform just a few basic organizing functions extremely well...
...Woker, the proud founder of this establishment, has been providing eccentric music-listeners with old favorites like "Fabulous Harmonica played by the Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes in Jazz, Blues, Classic Rock and "Roots" music. Seekers of Chumba Wumba and Olivia Newton John will have to look elsewhere for their fix of mainstream pop and other musical schlock. A written blurb really cannot do justice to this unique source of hifi records and rare gems of the forgotten eras. The titles undoubtedly speak for themselves: "Music to grow Plants," "Music...
...sure these kids will be much more receptive to your style and attitude than the Abercrombie-clad kids of Cambridge high schools. Your parents may be a little nervous about your new batch of friends, but no worries: if they kick you out, you can probably go home to Newton with one of these Pit kids. Good luck in the coming weeks and let me know what happens...
Even more distressing is the construction in front of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Scaffolding has intruded onto the sidewalk, blocking any means of avoiding the Pit when crossing from Out of Town News to the Coop. We at Dartboard have long lived in fear of the maladjusted teenagers from Newton who, adorned in leather and spikes, make the Pit their home. Our recent screening of John Carpenter's new film "Vampire" make the prospect of descending into that den of iniquity all the more harrowing...
Sappho, the famous ancient Greek lesbian poet, is coming to Newton. Really. Well, she'll be represented by local composer Patricia Van Ness, who will present a talk entitled "Sappho, Beauty and Medieval Music Devices: Composing a Premiere for Full Chorus and Soprano Solo." 2 p.m., Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St. 499-4868. FREE...