Word: soundness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chase left the courtroom to the sound of cheering and a standing ovation, 40 minutes before his comedy show. The Chevy Chase Show, aired
...torment of that infinite reflection is strikingly evoked in "Mass Production." An ominous score by Bowie sets the scene, a sensitive juxtaposition of electronic machine-like sound in insistent rhythm with Iggy's plaintive vocals...
...collaboration of two soloists. David Moss's collection of instruments is highly visual as well as audible, some hung from a metal frame: drums, gongs, warped cymbals, pot covers, a Chinese zither. Further downstage stand three sonic sculptures: clusters of metal rods placed on hollow blocks which sound otherworldly when stroked or bowed. And Moss makes vocal sounds too: I thought he was just clearing his throat and settling into his funhouse of instruments before I realized the concert had begun. Paxton joins Moss for one instrumental section; later Moss takes another while Paxton disappears to change from...
...kola nuts to the eldest member of the Kinte family, a distant relative. If all goes according to plan, many other root seekers will follow Haley's footsteps to Gambia. In fact, Gambian officials now expect some 2,000 tourists this summer. Among the spectacles being considered: a sound-and-light show about a slave escaping to freedom. Haley's triumph has been soured a bit recently by charges that some of the details in his book are historically inaccurate, but last week also brought him a resounding vote of confidence: a special Pulitzer Prize...
...hair is less black now and his heavy jaw fuller, but he still has the handsome black-Irish looks of his mother. There is an inscribed silver plate from Jackie Kennedy and an emerald-studded ring from Pope Paul. He has become a virtual prince among priests. The sound of a Beethoven recording, a gift from the president of RCA, plays softly in the background...