Word: pogo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After intermission, the husky Joel Cage outshone the similarly styled Ellis Paul. The Nields, however, stole the concert from its stewards, pogo-ing from the mid-90's into a classy alternative stage presence. Half as well known as Baez or Patty Larkin, The Nields were good enough to accidentally give the rest of the concert a sober, if triumphant, denouement feel. Patty Larkin was glaringly down-to-earth by contrast, singing masterful songs that nonetheless seemed a bit long. Baez finished the concert, bringing her niece on for an encore, and in fact her entire set was focused...
...show's uptempo pace continued with TMBG's nod to Beach Blanket Bingo surf music, "Twisting." The pogo-ing continued well into the next song, "Till My Head Falls Off." The stage coordination was extremely tight between the two Johns and their three auxiliary musicians--all named Dan. Is this fact an insignificant piece of minutiae? Not quite...
McCarthy ranted, and students were arrested andbeaten by the carload in the "Pogo riots," whencartoonist Walt Kelly arrived in Cambridge for a1952 speech about his creation. A number ofCrimson editors landed in jail, in what would bethe first of several times in the next two decadeswhen the Middlesex County Jail would serve as amotel for Harvard students...
...Moby's mind, though, nothing mixes so well with the ecstasy culture as punk. As he plunged into "That's When I Reach For My Revolver," the dancers began to pogo. While an odd mix, it worked; the following Bond theme progressed from speed metal to pounding funked-up house. Not content with this excursion into rock, Moby decided that the show needed a guitar solo, and noodled for a couple of minutes. The crowd was variously amused and disgusted; some were upset that they'd been tricked into watching Def Leppard-style musical onanism. The pounding techno soon resumed...
WEAK POINT: Rube Goldberg-like take-offs and landings, utilizing a flimsy bicycle landing-gear arrangement. Pogo outriggers support the wings and drop away when the plane lifts off. On landing, "it's like riding a bike off the back end of a flatbed truck at 70 m.p.h.," says U-2 pilot Major Jeff Jungemann. As the plane descends, another pilot races behind it in a Chevy Camaro, radioing to the plane's pilot his distance to the runway...