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...Rain Forests at Risk
Money talks--a lot louder than any environmentalist can. This was evident in your article about paving a 435-mile road through the Amazon rain forest [ENVIRONMENT, Oct. 16]. Perhaps it is difficult for Brazil to look past the short-term economic gains of paving highway BR-163. But who are we Americans to criticize Brazil? Isn't opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development a key issue in the presidential campaign? We might destroy one of the few natural habitats that we have left. We Americans can't point a finger at Brazil if we exploit...
...Bruce Hornsby's new live album Here Come the Noise Makers combines his classic hits such as "The Way It Is" and "Mandolin Rain" with an entirely new sound. Although parts of the Bruce Hornsby and the Range signature style still remain, the backing band has changed dramatically, with more brass and a little bit more edge to the rhythm section. (For those of you who have no clue who Bruce Hornsby is, the piano line in Tupac's "Changes" is a sample from "The Way It Is.") Also, Hornsby's singing style has become much looser and much more...
...live sound (recorded last year) and the piano improvisations before almost every song bring energy and freshness to old favorites such as "Mandolin Rain" and the poignant "Road Not Taken." And the combination of piano artistry and heavy lyrics on "The Way It Is" that won Hornsby a Grammy in 1986 still delivers a powerful punch. New additions to the Hornsby repertoire include "The End of the Innocence," which, although co-penned by Hornsby, was originally recorded by Don Henley. Overall, Here Come the Noise Makers presents both a retrospective of Hornsby's 15-year musical career and puts...
Dressed as a wounded ninja, complete with a fake Chinese star glued to the right side of his face, Jacob said the rain made no difference in his decision to go trick-or-treating...