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...same can be said of Smith. She planned to be a tap dancer ("I got too fat") or a jazz singer ("I wasn't as good as Aretha"), despite a lifelong interest in writing. She grew up in an irreligious, working-class household in London. Her father, a onetime photographer, and her mother, a model turned child psychoanalyst, divorced when she was 12. Smith took to writing short stories and poetry during an adolescence she describes as "pathologically angst ridden." She hasn't outgrown the angst: her manner is painfully serious, even defensive, despite the success of White Teeth, which...
...training is to be known eventually to the public at large by your first name alone. Surnames are for the little people--you know, people like McCartney and Dylan and whatnot. Divas--Aretha, Mariah, Whitney, Sisqo--have no need of surnames. So up-and-coming R.-and-B. singer Mya (much like one of her contemporaries, Aaliyah) is already a bit ahead of the game. She doesn't use her last name, Harrison, professionally. Yes, she's on her way to divadom...
...learning how to juggle or attacking the free barbeque tables until Nano stepped up on stage. Their opening rendition of the familiar "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" with a slightly catchier beat won the attention of the crowd. As the band drew in an audience, lead singer and songwriter Nathaniel Whitman '02 (affectionately known as Nano) picked up on the crowd's energy and proved that this band has stage presence. With Pete Kennedy '03 on drums, guitarist Joe Linhart '03, Jon Wallace (a Tufts first-year) on bass and the multitalented Robbie Lee '03 switching between...
...outsold the main act's. Except for their opening song (the much-overlooked 1997 single "All I Want to Do is Rock") Travis' set contained mostly songs from their recent album, with the biggest response coming for the gorgeous current single "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" Lead singer Fran Healy has the unique ability to make something trite sound like a display of pure vulnerability, and his use of speeches in between songs never came across as pretentious...
After the meekness of Travis came Liam Gallagher, Oasis' lead singer, strutting about the stage as though about to inherit the earth. This was Oasis just as the crowd wanted it, a band impudent enough to counter criticisms of its Beatles-like sound by displaying a video of New York that culminated in a shot of John Lennon. Liam was appropriately swaggering, blithely lapping up the audience's cheers, while brother Noel let his guitar...