Word: tunings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, at their recent Juke Jam concert, the Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes reappeared after their normal set to sing--surprise--"Change in My Life," the emotional gospel tune which many say is their best song. No matter how good the song or the group, it is presumptuous to withhold your best song from the normal set in expectation of being asked for an encore...
...wasn't too long before the inadequacies of my amateurish style became evident. Given a very large bucket, I might have been able to carry a tune, but usually my singing sounded more like the call of a tomcat on the prowl. My guitar playing was similarly sub-standard, though most wouldn't be able to tell through the jangling of six crudely-tuned strings. And, finally, my harmonica playing--which I'd been toying with for a longer time--was more than enough to set the dog howling in pain and my little brother storming to my room...
...this an example of Sammy Davis Jr.-hugging-Nixon-like enthusiasm? Not quite. What happened was that Katzenberg was hanging out with SIR ELTON JOHN following John's rehearsal before the state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR. Katzenberg had been lobbying John to sing a tune he didn't write for the very-high-stakes upcoming DreamWorks animated film Prince of Egypt. Unfortunately, John doesn't do songs he didn't write. Enter HILLARY CLINTON. (Seemingly a casual drop-by, she was actually there by prearrangement with Katzenberg in the hope that she would find John...
...friends to stay away, too. He also said he would boycott the Cannes Film Festival and send back the Legion of Honor (one of France's highest civilian decorations) that he was awarded at last year's festival. Later, on a French TV talk show, De Niro changed his tune, saying he would indeed return to France this fall for an exhibition of his late father's paintings. The actor has been a star in that country since 1976, when his film "Taxi Driver" won honors at Cannes...
...Tune in to TNT between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. to get live coverage of the events all week long. Except we don't have cable. Not that it bothers too many people, with the possible exception of Beth A. Stewart...