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They beckon from supermarket-check-out racks with alluring packaging and absurdly tasty-sounding flavors: chocolate banana split, java chip, mocha latte swirl. But unlike candy and cookies, energy bars have staked out the nutritional high ground. They promise guilt-free bursts of energy and obscure but seemingly healthful extras--antioxidants, "fast-burn nutrition technology" and, in the breathless words of one, "31,000 mg amino acids...
...ambiance seemed similar to what John Coltrane might have known before he exploded onto the jazz scene with Miles Davis: devoted musicians playing to half-empty clubs. Ravi dipped and swayed as he played, revealing a musician dedicated to giving his art to the world, trapped in a swirl of notes...
...rest of the evening maintained the same mixed feelings but nonetheless high energy that it had started out with. High-lights included a poignant rendition of "Winter" (thankfully minus the band), a fantastic back-to-back duo of "Spark" and "Raspberry Swirl" (two of choirgirl hotel's faster songs) and a much too long improvisation on "Waitress." While Amos unfortunately didn't end the concert with her usual, disarmingly emotional version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," she did come back for two encores, though her enthusiasm seemed to be dissipating by the second...
...million things at once swirl around. It's been six months at least since I've been home for more than two days. It's fair to say Cambridge really has begun to feel like a home at last, perhaps oddly more so for me, having been born here. T.S. Eliot '09 said, "We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/Will be to arrive where we started/And know the place for the first time...
Another sweet surprise can be found in "Raspberry Swirl," which features a bouncy rhythm and such energy that one would swear Amos and the entire band were doing aerobics while writing it. Amos also displays her stunning vocal abilities in "Liquid Diamonds" and "Northern Lad," in which her trademark in-tune howls echo well enough to send genuine shivers down anyone's back. The fairly upbeat "She's Your Cocaine" may not be anywhere near as lively as the afore-mentioned "Raspberry Swirl," but, despite its title, it remains one of the more cheerful songs on the album...