Word: cast
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of a "final" issue tempted us to break new habits and rediscover what we've cast off over the years. There was something inspiring about the crummy, faded pages of the "old school" FMs we unearthed. We were smitten with the concept of rediscovering the Fifteen Minutes that attracted rower-jock J.P. and pre-pubescent Aaron long, long ago. We're almost okay calling this issue a "humor magazine," formerly an offensive epithet. And so, as ex-Editor T.J. so pointedly predicted, we find ourselves "in the box" once again...
...This final issue of FM takes inspiration from Andy Warhol as we shamelessly self-reference and glamorize, albeit briefly, a new cast of characters--15 people not our friends...
...Enter post-modernity, FM 1999. New cast members: Anna and Mica. Mica says, "I want to be in Groovy Train." (Her editorial trademark is using the Notepad application...
...very long time people have cast envious eyes at the Lyman Common Room," Dunn said. "We'd like to re-think the use of that space...
...those titles aren't as familiar as Gershwin's or Porter's, there's reason for it. Historically, standards became standards by dint of three forces: cast albums and revivals of the musicals they arise from; jazz musicians mining the repertoire; and Frank Sinatra. But Coward's musicals are theatrically his weakest work; the harmonic simplicity of his tunes--one of the elements that give them their charm--provides scant inspiration for improvisers. And Sinatra recorded only two Coward songs...