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...VALERY GERGIEV/KIROV ORCHESTRA The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...
...Valery Gergiev/Kirov Orchestra The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...
...taken over so much of my residential life, to provide me with a complete personal environment. Which means that if one expects to have Christmas decorations in one’s home, even dining room, then Harvard should accommodate that. And if I want a sukkah (a Jewish temporary ritual structure) in my House courtyard, then the University should also allow me that (which in fact they do), and not force me to hide these parts of me for fear that someone with different needs or desires will feel bad that mine are being...
...time) I simply skip ahead to another that I like more (usually Sagittarius) and claim it as my own. Though I will have forgotten the advice by the time I get to the next article, ad, or embarrassing trauma-rama of the week, I still go through the ritual of reading them until I find one that almost, kind of fits. And since they are all unspecific to a fault and don’t mean anything in my non-Glamour-reading life, I know I’ll never be disappointed and usually quite entertained...
True to form, I read this month’s horoscope and went through my silly ritual. Having just finished a stint with the illustrious weekend magazine FM, I was a bit wary of all that astrology had to offer, bogus or not. In our final issue of the mag, we side-stepped the pre-printed horoscope and went straight to a genuine mystic. We all asked her what was in store for our future and I became horribly distraught when she said I’d have three children out of wedlock. Children? Wedlock? What are these scary words...