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Swett, a moderate, was the first Democrat to win the Second District House seat in 78 years, in 1990. While a member of the House--before being beaten by the Second's current Representative, Charles Bass--he co-authored the Congressional Accountability Act, the first Contract with America law passed by the 104th Congress. An unusual campaigner, in his bid for the Senate Swett has spent days working jobs from lobsterman to factory worker to Dunkin' Donuts employee in order to get to know his constituents...
...CHARLES BASS (R) District...
...textures. In the new album's opening song, "Tropical," Carla Gillis (lead guitarist and singer) declares, "I'm sick of your morals, I'm sick of them, My mother told me what to do today!" Yet behind this repetition, two guitarists piece together a surf-rock riff, while the bass (Amanda Braden) roots the song's fervent movement with hard-driving chords. In "The Phone, the Phone," sisters Lynette and Carla blend two different vocal styles and come up with a wonderfully complementary sound. One sister repeats the chorus as the other sarcastically murmurs, "I'm up here...
...VIII," the second ballet performed, opens on a note eons away from the innocent romanticism of "Company B." Choreographer Elisa Monte describes her dance, set to bass-pounding, Eurotechno "music," as "a personal duet dealing with couples in a love-oriented environment," in which the "moods of a relationship...ecstasy, anger" were emphatically expressed...
...onstage they came, carting a bass, a keyboard, one guitar, a computer and drumsticks. I think a more appropriate name for the band would be Beckphish. But that would detract from the fact that this is a genuinely original band that plays better live than on tape. The almost two hour set included all the songs off their touted debut, Irresistible Bliss and a few knucklers thrown in by lead singer M. Doughty...