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While the crowd that filled the Orpheum Theatre looked like a combination of displaced Phish followers and graying Deadheads still mourning the death of Jerry, they brought a kind of enthusiasm that is only found in smoke-filled concert halls. As Victor Wooten, legendary bassist for the Flecktones, threaded his way through the masses outside the enterance unnoticed, I began to wonder if anybody knew exactly what they were there for, or if what they were smoking was really that good. Of course, it could have something to do with the fact that Wooten is about 5'4" and just...
...over twenty minutes, everybody's buzz was wearing off. However, when Bela Fleck and the Flecktones finally took the stage, spirits rose anew. The crowd was up on its feet, stomping and clapping with an enthusiasm that didn't ebb until the end of the show. Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten and Roy "Future Man" Wooten have been playing together since 1988, and are pioneers of their art form. They were joined by Jeff Coffin, a phenomenal horn player whose saxophone mastery was right at home on stage with the other three magicians. While making their instruments speak in unheard...
...politics practiced by three-term incumbent Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, by purging themselves of his leadership. In the past, D'Amato has shown himself to be the worst sort of political opportunist, flip-flopping on the issues and exploiting ethnic and racial stereotypes for his political gain. The victor in the Senate race, Representative Charles E. Schumer '71 has shown himself to be a devoted public servant and will hopefully serve New Yorkers better than his predecessor...
...There is no national driving issue," said Kurt Victor, a congressional correspondent for the National Journal magazine...
...Victor suggested one reason black Americans stood so solidly behind Democrats...