Word: nostalgias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Able to rework tunes from Dylan to Madonna to John Phillip Sousa as well as create a spatially expansive body of his own work, Frisell's music has been called the essence of "Americana." No doubt it is the sense of recognition, springing not so much from an elusive nostalgia as a surprisingly warm and engaging familiarity, that carries Frisell's music...
...passed beneath the bridge. Also: A grander grandeur accrues to the long-past achievement as we reflect on how many human generations have come and gone in the interim ? not only how frail is the flesh, but how rare was the deed. Such a bygone event, hearkened, creates nostalgia and longing. That must have been wonderful, to be in audience as those fathers bravely brought forth...
...able to read them under the bedcovers with a flashlight, but now every issue of Mad magazine can be yours. This mammoth seven-CD collection (for PC only) is unabated puerile nostalgia: a comprehensive archive from the pre-Alfred E. Neuman years (1952-56) through 1998. The multimedia element lets you complete all the fold-ins, listen to all the plastic 7-in. (Free Gift!) singles and watch short videos of legendary artists like Mort Drucker at work. The comic strips themselves look a little faded and grainy on a computer monitor, but at least future generations will see what...
Valentine, former '60s record producer, carries himself with an aura of dignity and the nostalgia of one who experienced the myth of that era first hand. For the audience, this performance evokes associations to Fonda's own part in shaping the '60s. Not only remembered for his biker roles, he was once seen as Hollywood's bad boy. Fonda is even said to have inspired the Beatles' "She Said, She Said" by repeatedly telling John Lennon, tripping on acid, "I know what it's like to be dead...
Enveloped by the electric buzz of activity permeating our campus, though, perhaps it is healthy to step back in the next few weeks and remember the voices and smiles of the real world people. Waxing nostalgia will not cut it, though. Harvard University, believe it or not, is actually located in the real world. It will be our continued responsibility over the coming semester not only to touch base with the real people, but to dedicate time and energy to real needs...