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Allen was the pianist on a live date recorded with vocalist Betty Carter that was released on Verve this summer. The album, Feed the Fire, is titled after a Geri Allen composition--a rare sign of tribute from Dame Carter, who is widely known as one of the toughest and most critical taskmasters in jazz. Carter's tyrannical ways were amply demonstrated in her own appearance at the Regattabar last year, when she lambasted her bass player on stage for not getting the changes right. Unlike the poor bassist, Allen was not cowed by Carter's aggressiveness. The level...
...shook his head and sent me to see the company shrink. At first, the net had seemed so exotic and cutting edge. But I quickly worked my way through the list of local BBSes. Brief stops at nearby fantasy- game systems, electronic porn parlors and digital meet-a-date services proved tiresome. A few weeks of arguing with cyberfeminists in alt.soc.women on Usenet taught me that all was not fun and games. Then I found the WELL, acronym for Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. ``Hello,'' I typed in. ``I'm new around here and don't know what to do next...
...idiosyncrasies. Visiting and posting frequently in Internet newsgroups about exercise equipment are not the same as exercising. Playing Tetris was not what my doctor had prescribed for my carpal-tunnel syndrome. Discussing lingerie via my online service's ``chat'' utility was not a good substitute for a Friday-night date. (My last serious girlfriend mentioned something about that, but I lost her E-mail address...
...sister-in-law Anne darts into the room, hunched in a don't-mind-me posture, and looks around. She's terrified that I may have a date in here. ``Who're you talking...
...quilting group threw an in-person farewell party. Since then, she has become good friends with two of her fellow quilters, keeping in constant touch online. ``I feel just as close to these women as I do to my college friends,'' she says. ``I tell them more up-to-date details of my personal life, more often, because their response is so quick.'' Ybarra was fortunate to encounter