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...revelation. Disc One contains fifteen demos recorded by Mr. Francis (perhaps apocryphally) the day before the Pixies went into the studio to record their debut Come On Pilgrim; Disc Two offers almost as many remakes of Pixies songs recorded by Mr. Black just before the since-much-talked-about reunion. Disc One is, at most levels, what one might expect almost any demo tape to sound like: the pleasure here comes almost exclusively from the post-hoc knowledge of the songs’ evolution. The utterly bassless “I’ve Been Tired?...
...Midwestern hospitality took Sox fans by surprise. The vitriol of the Yankees-Red Sox series had evaporated; here, it was pure baseball, fans enjoying the game and cheering for their team. By comparison to the scene at Yankees Stadium when the archrivals played, this was more like a college reunion. Until, of course, the inevitable moment during the celebration when Boston fans cast aside their manners and started chanting ?Yankees Suck!? The Yanks may have been out of sight, but they weren?t out of mind. One sign read: ?Plane Ticket: $350, Game Ticket: $750, The Yankees Watching...
Across the river in Reunion Village, a two-year-old feature of the regatta, professionals young and old sipped wine and beer in the comfort of private tents reserved by alumni associations and families, toasting to four more decades of Head of the Charles tradition...
...participants spent most of the reunion critiquing the human rights agenda they have helped shape over the past two decades...
ELTON JOHN is starting to remind us of that curmudgeonly relative who blurts out what everyone else is really thinking at the family reunion. While accepting a songwriting award in London last week, the elder rocker, 57, griped that he couldn't believe Madonna had been nominated for best live act. "Since when has lip synching been live?" John asked. "Madonna, best [expletive] live act? [Expletive] off." Last month John called a group of Taiwanese paparazzi who ambushed him "rude, vile pigs." And last spring he called the reality show American Idol "racist" after two black contestants were eliminated...