Word: sopranos
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...space can do justice, say, to the plunks and skittering knock-knocks in Lou Harrison's Concerto in Slendro and also to the sustained, exalted moan of Mahler's Fifth Symphony? Can the huff and puff of the Carmina Burana sound any good in the same space where soprano Dawn Upshaw unfolds that lucid, liquid C? The curving interior of the Disney Hall was developed by Gehry with Yasuhisa Toyota, a partner in the Tokyo firm Nagata Acoustics...
...America ready to make a pornographer into the next Tony Soprano? Leonard and his stars say yes, on the grounds that porn is more "mainstream" than ever. It's accessible on computers, in hotel rooms, on cable; dirty movies are a punch line on Friends; Pamela Anderson voices a pole dancer on Spike TV's cartoon Stripperella; porn chic is embraced by pop stars from Blink 182 to Kid Rock to Madonna...
...icons of the small screen aren't so much on network television these days as they are on cable, where characters like Larry David, Tony Soprano and David Brent exist. Wait, who's Brent? If you have to ask, you haven't seen The Office, the British comedy airing on the cable channel BBC America. An absurdist mockumentary, The Office is a critical and popular smash in Britain. And with its second season premiering in the U.S. this month, it has claimed a cult following and turned Brent, played by British actor Ricky Gervais, into a hit with the media...
...invokes an obscene number of high school and college stereotypes, acutely playing off of teenage insecurities—it tells its audience that any transformation can be made with MTV’s help. In its casting call, MTV asks: “Are you…The soprano in the church choir but secretly want to learn how to rock? The computer geek who wants to put down his pocket protectors and pick up a varsity jacket?” If so, MTV suggests that you are a perfect candidate for “MADE.” Recent...
...legendary 60s activist, Joan Baez performed at MLK’s 1963 March on Washington, participated in the Free Speech movement at UC Berkeley and co-founded the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence. She’s also a talented soprano, a versatile folk rock star, a six-time Grammy Award-nominee and a Woodstock performer. 8 p.m. $30.50-$38. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston...