Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alterna-boys and their hipper chicks. Even teenage rave kids were to be found bumming cigarettes and acting cool. Nobody paid much attention to the opening acts; instead they swarmed around the six bars that service this converted ballroom. Playtopia, the second opener, got some attention by the sheer volume of their amps. Despite much heckling and hooting to the contrary, I thought these guys' blend of pure noise and screamed goofy lyrics like "Here come the worms, the worms of doubt" was actually pretty funny. By the time Sebadoh hit the stage, the crowd was rowdy and raring...
...alterna-boys and their hipper chicks. Even teenage rave kids were to be found bumming cigarettes and acting cool. Nobody paid much attention to the opening acts; instead they swarmed around the six bars that service this converted ballroom. Playtopia, the second opener, got some attention by the sheer volume of their amps. Despite much heckling and hooting to the contrary, I thought these guys' blend of pure noise and screamed goofy lyrics like "Here come the worms, the worms of doubt" was actually pretty funny. By the time Sebadoh hit the stage, the crowd was rowdy and raring...
Alas, these examples, as marketable as they may be, betray the sheer ordinariness of invention at Harvard. Gone are the days of the house regattas, those races on the Charles aboard heaps of junk blessed with more House spirit than seaworthiness. As for feats like putting a car atop University Hall--best leave that to the folks down the River...
...Alas, these examples, as marketable as they may be, betray the sheer ordinariness of invention at Harvard. Gone are the days of the house regattas, those races on the Charles aboard heaps of junk blessed with more House spirit than seaworthiness. As for feats like putting a car atop University Hall--best leave that to the folks down the River...
...odor of healthy flesh nipped by late November chill, perfume of flowers, perfume of perfume, perfume of feminine hair, sharp tang of Egyptian cigarette fumes, clean breath of bourbon, smell of furs--chanting roar of cheers, of thousands of male voices raised in enthralled song, shrill feminine screams of sheer ecstasy...