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Fu Manchu's latest, 'The Action Is Go,' is dead on arrival

By Hank Leukart | November 3, 1997

The other day, a friend of mine was listening to Bush when her roommate walked in the room and said, "What is this, Metallica?" That is essentially how I feel about Fu Manchu's first major release, "The Action is Go." Fu Manchu's music is not ultra-heavy, but it is so close that it might as well be.

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Spring '98 provides musical direction for a capella group

By Nicole Tsong | October 29, 1997

J. Carrie Spring '98, this year's musical director of the coeducational a capella group, the Dodecaphonics, has been destined for the spotlight since the tender age of seven. "I sang in a church choir in Japantown, (a predominately Japanese section of San Francisco;) I was the only Caucasian in the group.

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Local Vt. band finds fame on 'Philadelphia' release

By Holly Eaton | October 22, 1997

Sensible Shoes is a Vermont-based blues band whose 15 minutes of stardom came with the release of, "Philadelphia," the tear-jerking story of a outed homosexual which starredTom Hanks, who garned an Oscar award for his portrayal of his character and Denzel Washington. Their song, "yes means yes" had several seconds worth of play in the movie, though the song was unfortunately not featured on the movie's soundtrack. Sensible Shoes's sound on their 1996 debut CD, "Step Off" is a combination of blues/jazz/classic R&B/rock and funk, infused with soul by the lyrics and vocal talents of the lead singer, Jenny May. The twelve original songs penned by producers Barbara Hand and Tim Utt on "Step Off" sound in most aspects original, yet their influences are in some instances clearly heard.

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Geritol Rock: The Rolling Stones build 'Bridges to Babylon': Rock favorite, The Rolling Stones with frontmen Mick Jagger, Keith Richards delight in latest musical offering

By Michael Meikson | October 21, 1997

Did anyone think the Rolling Stones could make a bad album? Could the greatest rock-n-roll band in the world -- who helped to expropriate the genre from its African-American inventors and appropriate it into late 20th century Anglo-American culture, who have been shaping it ever since, who have more money than most of the world's nations combined, whose lead singer's lips are an international icon -- make a bad album?

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Fisk brings classical guitar to Hop recital

By Kascha B. Semon | October 14, 1997

Eliot Fisk, renowned classical guitarist, will display his extraordinary technique and artistic vision in concert today in Spaulding Auditorium at 8 p.m. The program includes not only a range of classical and contemporary music, but works transcribed by Fisk and others written specifically for him by well-known composers. Although the performance commences with a group of three classical Italian pieces by Agustin Barrios, Fisk extends the traditional repertoire, encompassing a collection of American pieces by George Rochberg and Robert Beaser. Fisk has also arranged a series of works by early composers Grandos and Albeniz, an impressive artistic and technical feat.

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