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...obviously the cream of the crop,” Gorolevich said. “We’re looking for not just extremely intelligent men, but with an interesting edge also,” she added, mentioning the many eccentric extracurriculars some students were in, such as paper-rock-scissors competitions. When asked if she was interested in seeing any Harvard beauties, Gorovelich asked, hesitantly, “Have you ever seen the show?” She added Harvard may have “some girls who are slightly clueless with regards to street smarts?...
...Baby 81,” the San Francisco trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) returns to its rock and roll roots, delivering a fourth album that, while often unoriginal, remains thoroughly enjoyable. During the absence of British drummer Nick Jago, BRMC recorded “Howl,” an album of folky acoustic songs. But now that Jago has overcome his substance abuse issues, BRMC are back in their comfort zone. “Baby 81” opens with “Took Out a Loan,” a typical classic rock song that could have been...
...biggest hits,” he says, calmly, when he finishes. “The point of the song was to be as nihilistic as possible. Fans get it. They get the irony of the song.” As Hip-hop reinterpreted by a lite-rock group, “Slow Motion” is a barbed criticism at the overly violent songs that Jenkins feels dominate the hip-hop music scene. And while his other hits might not have such lofty ambitions, the self proclaimed “lyrical band” aims to do more than simply...
...stop,” Collins says, laughing. Since then, his creative juices haven’t stopped flowing, finding outlets in every shape, size, and color. Growing up in New York, Collins continued percussion lessons at Julliard, playing with the New York Youth Symphony as well as a rock band. When the group got serious, he decided to defer coming to Harvard for a year in order to record an album with the band and tour around the Northeast. Although he was already musically involved in high school, this gap year was largely responsible for focusing Collins?...
...says. “We all hurried back to our dorms to play it then to parse through it like it was the Rosetta Stone.” Adams readily admits to being influenced by the music of his generation, saying, “American composers brought up on rock and pop are more comfortable with electronic instruments and a really powerful, identifiable pulse.”THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASYBesides studying music, Adams also conducted the Bach Society Orchestra and would often serve as a substitute clarinetist for the Boston Symphony. He remembers the weight of his responsibilities...