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Metal musicians play to the alienated fantasies of a mostly white, young and male audience by portraying themselves as disillusioned outsiders who have turned their backs on a corrupt civilization. Dressed like renegade bikers, they sing anthems to the rebellious and the wild, or wild at heart. Outrageous behavior is more than a pose for many of them, notably Skid Row's lead singer, Sebastian Bach (ne Bierk), whose on-the-road antics have included tearing up hotel rooms and striking a concert spectator with a bottle that he hurled into the audience...
...Soviet Jews have appeared at just the right moment. Desperate for somewhere to live, they're natural constituents of the Housing Minister. Many are easy recruits for Likud -- if only because the alternative, the Labor Party, flies a red flag, celebrates May Day and has been known to sing the Internationale...
...delighted without being cutesy. He sang "Baa baa white sheep" because, he says, "I never knew why it had to be black." In Down by the Bay, kids for a magical moment could imagine a moose kissing a goose and llamas eating their pajamas. They listened to him sing "I wonder if I'm growing?" and believed his promise that, eventually, they would. Raffi's dynamic with children was rooted in trust. He never patronized...
...perils of celebrity. "The hysteria around public figures is unhealthy," he says. "The inner landscape of their personalities is barren." A mother approaches, dragging along a shy three-year-old. "Are you the famous children's singer Raffi?" she gushes. "I was," he answers. Gently, he declines to sing or / sign an autograph. As the irked mother huffs off, he blows a kiss to her child, who smiles knowingly...
Starting Over With Sondheim is the fifth annual performance by the Harvard/Radcliffe Performing Artists' AIDS Coalition. The ensemble of three men and three women sing, dance and animate 22 songs from Sondheim's extensive collection. Classic selections, such as "Tonight" from West Side Story and "Pretty Lady" from Pacific Overtures, are intermixed with some recent endeavors...