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...album’s real strength is its instrumentals. Arguably the group’s backbone, these tunes burst with the energy of live sessions, and their smooth melodic transitions—from fiddle to accordion to flute—speak to the players’ experience. The raucous reels of “The Low Highland” and the fantastic “Gweebara Bridge” infuse The Blue Idol with the toe-tapping beats that Irish music is best known for. Altan could stand to break free from their languid pace by further realizing the strength...
...already nervous about SARS. But the reality didn't hit her until she arrived at her brother's home for the family's weekly mah-jongg game. Everyone had to wear slippers, and there was a designated "shoe area" to prevent footwear from contaminating the flat. The usually raucous pregame lunch was silent?the 10-person group had agreed not to talk to avoid spitting on one another and the food. Kong's brother wiped the mah-jongg tiles with rubbing alcohol to disinfect them?three times. "We played mah-jongg with everyone in masks and gloves," she says. Kong...
...learning lessons from the Sex Pistols and the Clash while taking night classes with ABBA. Though the band shares the manic energy of the garage movement and the infectious melodies of the new wave revival, they’re a little too radio-friendly for the former and too raucous for the latter...
Competing in a stadium filled with several thousand raucous fans, the Crimson men were led by strong performances in the distance events and relays...
...year-old gymnast became queen of the Montreal Games by making history as the first to rate a perfect score in the Olympics--on the uneven bars, punctuated by a backwards half-twist dismount. She followed with a perfect score on the balance beam. The Forum, normally filled with raucous French Canadian hockey fans, was instead roaring with appreciation for a 4-ft. 11-in., 86-lb. Romanian who would finish the Games with seven perfect 10s, three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Comaneci launched a thousand gymnastics clubs that night...