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...like all living legends, Wire called it quits, splitting off into various factions and solo projects. In late 1986, the band resurfaced, with all four original members, releasing the "Snakedrill" 12-inch. It appeared that, after a lengthy lay-over, the band was ready to pick up where they left off, with a heady mixture of keyboard-based art rock, submerged in swirling guitars and avant-garde postures. And the road to reunion was sweetened by the band members' floundering solo careers and a guaranteed record deal. The generation of admirers that the band weaned would surely come...
...void, which will disappoint old and new fans alike. If you want to discover the truth behind Wire, the reasons behind their influence, check Pink Flag or Chairs Missing. If ultra-cool-progressive-art-dance-rock is your thing, pick up the latest New Order or SWANS 12-inch. But avoid The Ideal Copy. It's progressive rock with dentures...
...ORLEANS IS SINKING AT THE rate of one inch every year. The city is built over hundreds of feet of soft black mud, deposited there, over thousands of years, by the Mississippi. The mud comes from the Midwest, all the way uup to Minnesota, along with the tourist hordes who contribute their dollars and their considerable collective weight to the city's inexorable descent towards Australia. When we were there, mind you, most of the buildings were still very much visible. The locals, for their part, seemed unconcerned about the dreadful fate awaiting them in just a few brief moments...
Although the Crimson easily handled B.U. yesterday, Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder was a little discouraged by the first-half play of the attack. Many of her team's shots were aimed directly at the goalie, who had only to move her stick an inch or two to stop the shots...
...Inch by inch, the half-submerged wreck of the Herald of Free Enterprise rose out of the icy gray-green North Sea off Zeebrugge, Belgium. It had taken less than a minute for the ferry to keel over and partly sink on March 6, trapping passengers and crew inside. Last week it took 8 1/2 hours for nearly 100 salvage workers using powerful machinery to right the ship...