Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Satisfied," the album's energetic opener, one of the better songs. Though not a profound theme, the first track is driven by a great beat. Some of the songs on Connected deal with contemporary social issues. A song that addresses the problem of racism as well as the humane spirit of the black community, "What Must I do Now?" stands out because it is a plea against racism and injustice. It is a song with a social conscience, and not empty sensuality. It also makes a great use of the acoustic guitar, unlike most of the other songs...
...coloration and eloquence. There is a sense of oneness. It is a unity that is conveyed in moments when the ensemble sounds not like four distinct instruments, but like one single voice that is guided by the same rhythmn and timing--and more importantly, by the same vision and spirit. What is remarkable is that this doesn't come at the sacrifice of the quartet's many personalities. Somewhere between the pauses and rests, between the crescendos and dimenuendos, the players' personality seeps through. And while there is an intrinsic level of formality in the performance of any string quartet...
...Russell] is someone who I have a tremendousamount of respect for as a player, a team leaderand a friend. She provides such an emotional liftto every member of our team, and I think that I'vetried to emulate that spirit this year in my ownplay. When Kathy gives us the nod on Saturday, I'mplanning to simply enjoy the moment...
Look at the recent closing of the Tasty. Many of the anti-Big-Mac folk were pro-Tasty. They realized that the Tasty's prices and spirit were fair to the working class and true to the area's feel. In that case, the defenders of Harvard Square were concerned for poorer residents. Is a bigger bank really needed here...
...fiasco is beginning to lose its titillative value (`Council Nixes Sister Hazel,' March 9). College students here have indefatigably diverse musical tastes, and the drive to appropriate five-figure sums for a band that appeals to the whole campus attempts to reify "the campus" under a fictive narrative of "spirit" in the service of an oppressive pennant-waving ideology...