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Polish schools are beginning to deal with the long-suppressed history of the country's Jews. The mournful music of Golda Tencer, a singer at Warsaw's Yiddish Theater for 23 years, is occasionally featured on television. Last year 120 non-Jewish children signed up to learn her music. Tencer recalls a recent essay contest sponsored by the Polish ministry of education on the subject ``One Thousand Years of Jews in Poland.'' ``We thought maybe 100 or 200 would participate,'' she says. ``There were...
That is, of course, unless you're one of the idol-worshipping fans who drool all over their poster-puttied magazine pin-ups of androgynous lead singer Brett Anderson, in which case all of the songs on the album will take on a deeper sensual connotation. If you're not one of the die-hard few, however, you might be just a bit put off by the continual lyric references to dogs, daddies, pigs, and heroin(es). While the meandering melodies and melancholy rhythms of the songs are innocuous enough, the incessant darkness of the lyrics is distracting and almost...
London Suede's career and music are typically British. When the first album hit British audiences in 1993, critics compared lead singer Anderson's sound to Morrissey and the Smiths, predicting that when the band's dark melodies traversed the Atlantic, the group would top the charts. Despite the almost cult-like devotion that the band has inspired in a limited number of American fans, a year later the group's popularity is still out to sea, bobbing around with countless other British pop upstarts that never quite make the boat...
...Miami Rhapsody" is the first film in which Parker, whose film credits include, "Footloose," "L.A. Story," "Hocus Pocus," "Honeymoon in Vegas," and "Ed Wood," has had the starring role. But she has performed extensively on stage and television as a singer and dancer. She was first cast in a lead as a child, when she won the coveted lead in "Annie" on Broadway...
...place where you don't have to be a great athlete or a great singer or have any special talent," says Janie A. Ho '95, citing the need for organizations that promote a sense of community among women. "There are so many male-oriented organizations, and it's hard for women to meet people in that same context...