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...electroboys Air, and not one, but two splinter-groups from one-album wonders the Unicorns, to name a few.Two more poppy Frenchmen, Octet, steal the show by recasting bubblegum gem “Girl” as a melodramatic aria, sung at the climax of a new-age murder opera. They cut out all the lead vocals of the chorus, thus negating the longstanding debate over whether our hero is saying “sun-eyed” or “cyanide.” This leaves only the eerily manufactured choir of “aah-aah-aahs...
...holds-barred comedy was matched by a private life that seemed an unending soap opera--outbursts of violence, run-ins with the law, and drug abuse that culminated in 1980, at the height of his freebasing years, when he set himself on fire and nearly died. All of which, remarkably, became fodder for his stand-up. "You know something I found out?" he said of his self-immolation. "When you're on fire and running down the street, people get out of your way." Multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in 1985, all but silenced him in his later years. But his ruthless...
...since 1930. DIED. RICHARD PRYOR, 65, celebrated American comic revolutionary; of a heart attack, in Encino, California. Pryor's comedy re-created the street characters?winos, pimps, junkies?he had grown up with. His no-holds-barred acts were matched by a private life that seemed an unending soap opera?outbursts of violence, run-ins with the law, and drug abuse that culminated in 1980 when he set himself on fire and nearly died. All of which became fodder for his stand-up. "You know something I found out?" he said of his self-immolation. "When you're on fire...
...Rent” from stage to screen led to song order being rearranged, the time frame of the plot being altered, and an overall shortening. The biggest change from the original is the addition of spoken dialogue. On stage, “Rent” is essentially an opera; very few lines are spoken, and the entire plot can be followed through the songs. In the film version, much of the dialogue is removed from the soundtrack. The result is shorter, but certainly less cohesive. For audiences unfamiliar with the musical’s plot, who hope to decipher...
...does its job and sends radio signals to a receiver that collects the data. The sensors can be used to adjust shades on a window, measure air pressure in a tire or regulate temperature and humidity in a building. When the city of Dresden began renovating the Baroque Semper Opera House, it wanted to monitor humidity. But regulations protecting historical buildings prohibited opening the walls to lay cable. So Thermokon, the company that provided the humidity sensors, installed 24 EnOcean-powered devices...