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...John Zorn, composer...
This Sunday composer John Zorn will appear at the Adams House Lower Common Room to give a Rehearsal/Performance/Open Reading of his latest piece, Cobra, from 3 until 5 p.m. At this weekend's session, Zorn will work with undergraduates from varied musical backgrounds, including jazz, classical, rock and experimental, teaching them about improvisational experience. Zorn is recognized internationally for his unusual music which combines voiceovers, screeching tires, rap music and jazz. The Museum of Fine Arts will present a retrospective of John Zorn's music on Thursday...
...page narrative moves slowly through 21 years of stutterer Jeremy Zorn's life. There is a rough chronology, but more free association, as one would find in a psychiatric session. Narrated in the first person, the book reads like a record of therapy. Jeremy's speech therapist Sandra is addressed in apostrophe and hangs over much of the book like some Poe-esque confidant...
...prohibition is a huge setback for the polygraph industry, which is expected to lose about 85% of its $100 million in annual revenues. But the new law is a boon for firms that offer two other character tests: pencil-and-paper quizzes and graphology, or handwriting analysis. Says Eric Zorn, senior vice president of the Jamesway discount-store chain: "I'm very unhappy about the new law, but I'm thankful we can still use written tests...
...Zorn's Big Gundown strolls even farther afield for inspiration, to the spaghetti-western Italy of Composer Ennio Morricone and beyond. Zorn and his ensemble build up huge soundscapes of wailing guitars (a Morricone trademark in his scores for Director Sergio Leone) and screaming saxes, vamping freestyle on the thinnest of musical motives from such films as Once Upon a Time in the West and The Burglars. Not for every taste, to be sure. Call it The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but check...