Word: solos
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While kayaking is a solo sport, it's hardly for hermits. The Washington Kayak Club, based in Seattle, boasts some 700 members and sponsors everything from fall outings on the Cedar River to viewings of the sockeye salmon swimming upstream to clinics at local pools on how to roll your boat over in the water. Year-round festivals include the weeklong Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival, which starts Oct. 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., and features more than 50 group paddles. You'll always be the master of your kayak, but it's more fun when a paddling buddy comes along...
Rationally, I can understand why people love beer. It’s cheap, it’s conducive to drinking games, and you can drink a Solo cup full of it without landing in University Health Services. But every time my father offers me a sip from his bottle during a football game, or I find myself with a can of Natty Lite at a room party, I’m going to pass on it. And it’s not because I’m a killjoy...
...Brian Jones and the great Mick Taylor in the guitar spot? -Rich Cervantes, Philadelphia, Pa.I used to work with Mick Taylor when he was very young. He had no confidence, but I knew he was a damn good player. He is the only one who won't take a solo. That kind of thing annoys me. If someone has talent, they should have faith in themselves and play. Brian Jones set a precedent - swapping between rhythm and lead guitar - which I like to keep going. He was the ultimate rhythm guitar player...
...swimming through 20 notes in a matter of a few seconds. Then, violinist and orchestra merged together, fortissimo, to produce an epic finish.Goto performed a surprise encore, wild and improvised. While plucking strings with his left hand, he masterfully maneuvered the bow with his right.After Goto’s solo, the orchestra returned to center stage. Their performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 was impressive, especially considering the small size of the orchestra and the fact that half of BachSoc is comprised of new, albeit talented, freshmen. It was nearly impossible...
...what-you-want download, it’s perfectly representative of what modern “albums” are. Plus—oh yeah—it’s got music.Thom Yorke evidently got all his bleep-blips out with last year’s solo outing, “The Eraser.” On “In Rainbows,” Radiohead once more consists of five distinctive musical personalities, each pulling in their own direction with their own instrument.Drummer Phil Selway gets to play the funky beats he’s kept...