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...this is a shame given the quality of Robinson's musical compositions and the unmistakable talents of the band, formed by Robinson himself on saxophone, Kevin Crockett on guitar and Dwight Hart on drums. It would be much more enjoyable -- and sensible -- to hear the trio play for an hour without the interference of the play's pseudo-narrative and the ridiculous fumbling of the weak cast, especially the offensive Miss Futorian in an inane cameo as a white store owner who launches inexplicable tirades against the black band members...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

...enforces the drinking age. As victims of these larger social trends, women are forced to enter into this distinctly male domain. Female consent to sexual advance is all but assumed, often by cohorts of both sexes. (Why else would they be at the Grille?) College women therefore show no shame in hooking up with their male peers, in public or in private. What do the men offer in return? Some beer. A cheap Sea Breeze, perhaps. And with a high five to their drinking buddies, and their friend guarding the front door, they escape back to the houses for some...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: The Grille Gratifies | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

...performances by playing them on a Yamaha Disklavier, a kind of computer-driven player piano. The Pearl set is based on actual historic recordings--78s, Edison 80s, radio-broadcast acetates. Wodehouse painstakingly tracked them down around the country and cleaned them up for modern ears. "It's a shame that they got lost in the shuffle," says Wodehouse. "But great pop music comes back, and that is what is going to happen here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THEY HAD RHYTHM TOO | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...have a five-person rooming group] and only one is going through recruiting, you can have a Solo Wall of Shame, so it can lose its therapeutic effect," Bonfili said...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Seniors Flaunt Rejection Letters | 2/3/1996 | See Source »

...Scott said that by the end of the year, the Wall of Shame has become part of the person...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Seniors Flaunt Rejection Letters | 2/3/1996 | See Source »

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