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Surrounded by the strobe lights, one of the night’s biggest draws was Scott Wolf, a star on the Fox television show “Party of Five,” who dropped in on the party of 225 to show his support for their cause...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dance Marathon Raises $35K To Combat Pediatric AIDS | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...electrical stimulations is sent to her optic nerve. The number of electrical stimulations depends on the number of live pixels on the screen; the more there are, the easier and quicker it is to compile an image. Marie reconstructs the image from what appear to be a series of strobe flashes, an experience that's a bit like watching a miniature stadium billboard, on which images are also compiled from groups of individual flashing lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Body Electric | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...long set of crowd-chanting, mosh-pitting anthems was punctuated by three notable moments. The first was a series of solos—initially, DJ Sid “#0” (who wears a gas-mask), a turntable master, scratched and spun in an ever-quickening crescendo as strobe lights flickered; the second spotlighted the drummer—the kabuki-masked musician drummed at a hellish pace while his drum set floated upside down and rotated above the stage. Slipknot’s second highlight was their final track, “Surfacing,” a song which...

Author: By Michael T. Packard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Heavy Metal | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

Regardless of the new name, debauchery was certainly encouraged. A table of condoms preached safe sex while simultaneously hinting at chance encounters. Bottles of whip cream oozed kinkiness as layers of a cool smoke hid the sticky floor. A curtain replete with a strobe light illuminated the silhouettes of nasty dancers while onlookers grinded to Britney and Destiny’s Child...

Author: By W. L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Get Chaste or Chased | 11/8/2001 | See Source »

...When Air released its album Moon Safari early in 1998, the world discovered the awesome potential French music could have once it freed itself from its inferiority complex. While precursor Daft Punk remained rooted in the strobe-lit euphoria of dance culture, Air's eclecticism hitched up '60s film soundtracks with drum machines and spacey synthesizers to create a crisp pop sound you could listen to outside the nightclub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baroque 'n' Roll | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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