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Doughty began a tour this week which will hit the Somerville Theater on Monday, Feb. 18. Unlike the plugged-in sounds of Soul Coughing, Doughty’s solo gig will be acoustic, though it should include some stripped-down versions of songs Soul Coughing fans will recognize. He’ll also be playing off of his unreleased solo album Skittish, and if we’re lucky, he might surprise us with some new material. “It’s very difficult for me to break out a song for the first time, it?...
...been circumspect in dealing with Abubakar, who recently moved back to Indonesia after 15 years. (Hambali, who is wanted by police in Indonesia and Malaysia, has disappeared). Recently questioned by police, Abubakar was released after two days and continues to teach at his religious school in the town of Solo. In an interview with Time, the soft-spoken 63-year-old vigorously denies any connection with a terrorist network. "I am not advocating the overthrow of any government," Abubakar says. "What I want to see is a government committed to Islam." He blames Mahathir, the U.S. and a worldwide Jewish...
...want you to know that I haven’t done this since 1980, but since this is the closest I’ll come to a college degree,” Parker said before she sang the solo in a high, soft voice...
...Even solo performers have provoked consternation with novel choreography. Flamboyant Russian men's champion Yevgeny Plushenko's free program at the Skate Canada contest in November included sexy gyrations that some observers have called "scandalous," and provoked a Canadian official to grumble: "He was wiggling his all, three foot away from the judging panel . . . That's not sport...
...first movement Partita is, as the title suggests, a tapestry of diverse musical ideas coherently woven together. There are contrasting sections ranging from highly rhythmic and jagged themes to lyrical passages, and all are seamlessly intertwined. There are hints of solo passages—a flute here followed by an English horn there. The slow-moving second movement, Adagio tenebroso, involves an obsession with certain intervals, especially the perfect fifth. Huge differences in register (for example, the pairing of piccolo with double bass and low brass) provide for a sense of gravity and struggle. The final movement, Allegro scorrevole...