Word: solos
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Died The Monkees' Daydream Believer is one of pop's most recognizable hits. John Stewart, the former Kingston Trio member who wrote it, may not have been as well known, but he was a cult figure among peers. Stewart made 40 solo albums, traveled as a performer with Robert Kennedy's 1968 campaign and wrote hits for Joan Baez, Rosanne Cash and others. His masterpiece, though, was a collection of narrative gems inspired by trips around the country with his father. Among the 200 best albums of all time, according to Rolling Stone, 1969's California Bloodlines helped define...
...watched the Setting Sun, played by dancer Marin J. D. Orlosky ’07-’08 (who also choreographed the production’s dance pieces). Slowly descending two swaths of gray fabric which reached from the ceiling to the stage, Orlosky gave a solo performance that was graceful, composed, and totally compelling...
...hiking and mountaineering: Some people love it because of the solace, and like to do it alone. Some like the teamwork. Some do it because of the thrill. What was it for you? I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too. If I wished to do something, even if I couldn't find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging, and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your...
...announcement came Tuesday during Sarkozy's first full-blown solo press conference at the Elysée palace. As part of his plan for rationalizing the state's sprawling audiovisual empire, the President suggested "we consider the total suppression of advertising on public channels", and that income lost from the ad ban be compensated in part by "an infinitesimal sales tax on new communication methods, like internet access and mobile telephony." Freeing state television stations from ratings-sensitive advertising, Sarkozy said, would allow public TV to quit trying to match the popular but mind-numbing game shows and reality television...
...semi-autobiographical, self-reflexive tone weaves itself throughout the play. But Sun’s solo play is, above all, a tremendous and exhausting feat of acting. She throws herself into a bevvy of characters: The high-strung principal Mrs. Kennedy, concerned only with the school’s statewide Regents scores and the federal grants that depend on them; the abrasive security guard, who sends students home if they dare sport so much as a metal belt buckle; Sun’s landlord, who believes that sending all students to Catholic school would solve the problems of the American...