Word: ravings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thing no letter writer fails to accuse us of is hypocrisy. How, the incensed writer asks, can we rant and rave about equal funding for sports on the editorial page but then provide such unequal coverage on the sports page? Similarly, some read our staff editorials and assume that our news coverage reflects our editorial positions...
...Using rave notices to sell a movie, of course, is nothing new, and even the most thoughtful critics can sound woozy when their adjectives are taken out of context and reproduced in 80-point type. What has changed is the aggressiveness of the studio publicity people and the willingness of many critics to cooperate with them. Publicists used to wait until reviews were actually printed or aired before picking out quotes. Now they call ahead to get the reviews faxed or excerpts read to them. Some critics will provide blurbs on the spot -- either on the phone or at junkets...
Adamsians rave about the many interesting parties and special events that are unique to Adams. At one recent party, students danced by can delight through the maze of tunnels. Chocoholiday was the theme for the house's Valentine's Day celebration, at which residents indulged in about $1000 worth of obscene chocolate. Other events this year have been Drag Night and Erotic Night...
...result is a buzzing, throbbing, state-of-the-art "techno" album sure to give any rave partygoer flashbacks of delirious all-night dancing in smoky, jam-packed warehouses. But unlike most techno music, Perverse is rather perverse about the electronic age: with lucid and ironic lyrics that lurk beneath the surface maelstrom, it examines politics, pop culture, love and hypocrisy in a world that has become overly high tech...
Bill's Bar and Grille and Venus De Milo. Bill's Bar and Grille is located at 5 Lansdowne St., Boston. 421-9595. Mindwrap productions presents Rave Culture with DJ Debo on Thursday, Dec. 10 International night with Euro-house music and DJ Abdullah on Friday...