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...Boyd ’64 understands that timing can be everything. Boyd, who produced the first single for Pink Floyd and has also produced albums for the likes of Nick Drake, R.E.M., and 10,000 Maniacs, may have been 20 minutes late for his “Learning from Performers” talk, but he entered the music industry at just the right moment. When he spoke to about a dozen undergraduates on April 4, Boyd recounted his experiences as a rock and roll producer working in the heady ’60s.“I apologize...
...prosperity than the words, “The sky was gold, it was rose / I was taking sips of it through my nose?” It’s a message we can all enjoy. Yardfest’s opening act, the Upwelling, has drawn comparisons to Pink Floyd, the Police and Leonard Cohen. Commendable influences to be sure, but one wonders if the College Events Board mightn’t have chosen a group with a broader fan base: Aqua, of ”Barbie Girl” fame, leaps to mind. Apparently, the eponymous doll serves...
...student newspaper and the Student Council are a very important part of life on campus,” Careaga said. “The university has never attempted to censor the content of The Missouri Miner,” he added. Neither University of Missouri President Elson S. Floyd nor the University of Missouri Board of Curators could be reached for comment. The paper’s staff believes that the budget cuts—approved by the Student Council on Nov. 7 and later supported by the Board of Curators—were prompted by certain articles that...
...embarked on a citywide tour of Boston last Friday, presenting a series of free performances. Perhaps the most exciting of these appearances took place in the Boston Museum of Science’s Charles Hayden Planetarium and included a multimedia spectacle in the vein of a vintage laser Pink Floyd show. The planetarium was an appropriate venue given the title of the band’s new album, “Ganging Up on the Sun,” which features the single “Satellite.” Having vacillated between the mellow late...
...years, the Harvard College Course Catalogue had maintained a Pink Floyd philosophy: “We don’t need no education.” But this fall, two professors have unrolled undergraduate courses on American education—and their classrooms are filling up. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) debuted Government 1368, “The Politics of American Education,” and History 1637, “The History of American Education, 1636-2000.” Shattuck Professor of Government Paul E. Peterson, who teaches Gov 1368, said he developed the course because...