Word: light
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...British press for publishing rumors of the Foo Fighters' eminent breakup and for comparing them to the constantly troubled Brit-rockers Oasis. Though there was no tension immediately apparent onstage, Grohl's insistence that things had never been better for the Foo Fighters rang a little hollow in light of his seeming neglect of Mendel and Shiflett during the show...
There is no public Harvard record of the details of Ginger's departure from Harvard. Business School Dean's Office and the Harvard Corporation documents from 1954 may shed light on the situation, but Harvard routinely seals internal records for 50 years...
...concert ended with a series of transcriptions by Heifetz of some famous pieces, the highlights being the sprightly and light-hearted (yet extremely technical) "Rondo in E-flat Major" by Hummel, the moving spiritual "Deep River," and the audience's favourite, "It Ain't Necessarily So" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess...
This self-mocking humor was a critical part of this installment of the Dar Experience. For every song, Dar has a story, shedding light on the sometimes-cryptic lyrics. Her warm, funny manner during these anecdotes made the Orpheum seem as intimate as a small club. She engaged the audience with stories that were as intelligent and entertaining as the songs themselves. Where else would a Dar fan find out that in her original vision for "The Christians and the Pagans" (yes, the title says it all), the chorus was to be sung by a giant hall of naked feminists...
Comedy and tragedy have had an incestuous relationship throughout the history of the arts; often a laugh quickly escalates into affliction or a misfortune is made light by a comic touch. The life of a stand-up comedian hangs between these two entangled polarities. With his video in progress, Kyle Gilman '02, a visual and environmental studies concentrator from Wendell, Mass., explores this tightrope in the life of a local Boston comic as he navigates through the harsh and difficult circuit of the comedy world. When we think of comedians, we usually think of the lucky ones on sitcoms...