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...that institutionalized dreck. Ironically, it was being entrenched in classical music to begin with that made me realize how simple (thus fundamental) it is to play with form. In order to give a sublime performance of Bach or Debussy, you don’t have to be blessed with superhuman skill and you don’t have to be a genius. All it takes is tons of practice and knowledge of what you want to do, countless repetitions of the same physical actions you need in order to inflect a note or shape a phrase. Then you repeat...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Music is the Message | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...utter immediacy is key. For Delay, simply making music that resembles house isn’t enough. Here he does away with the sublteties of Vocalcity altogether, bringing every single element into the foreground. The vocalists hover in front of the speakers; the textures glisten with superhuman perfection; the percussion bangs harder and the low-end feels like being hugged tightly. Listening to The Present Lover is an hour-long rush up the spine, with eyes wide open...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Luomo Explores Uncharted Territory | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...much energy and persistence, he was almost superhuman, but never demanded that others be like him,” said Taylor, who had worked with Streilein for 14 years...

Author: By Jenny Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Professor, Doctor Dies at 68 | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

...quickly changing news cycles. For others, the shortcomings of the campaign revolve around chief political strategist Karl Rove and whether the President's top political mind is distracted, trying to do too many jobs in running both a campaign and the White House political operation. "Even in his superhuman mode, he can't be taking on John Kerry and vetting the manufacturing czar," says a former senior Administration official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising the Volume | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

Since that game—which Harvard incidentally won 2-1, despite Danis’ superhuman effort in net for Brown—the Crimson has spent two years trying to figure out just how to beat the enigmatic goalkeeper with any consistency...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHERE GOALS GO TO DIE: Danis Will Try to End Harvard's Season | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

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