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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps it's emblematic of our society that today's Tag Lines seem much more concerned with being clever ("When you tease someone under a pine tree, you needle them") and cynical ("A woman who tells her weight has nothing to lose") than with promoting moral righteousness and responsibility ("When the wells dry, we know the worth of water...
Watch out, Milwaukee. Something is growing in the woods just over, or rather under, the Wisconsin-Michigan border. It feeds off rotting organic matter and tree roots, and has been doing so for 1,500 years, making it at least half as old as a mature sequoia tree. The thing has already taken over a whopping 15 hectares (37 acres). It weighs in at somewhere between 100 and 1,000 tons, at least as big as a blue whale. And it is still growing. At its present creep, it could reach the city of beer and bratwurst in a mere...
With ILM at the console, who needs reality? "We have conquered the physical properties of nature," Williams declares. "We can do tree bark; we can do grass blowing and water rippling. But we have only begun with computer- generated humans." At the moment, special-effects experts have trouble making the skin look authentic, and, as Williams notes, "hair is hard." Not to worry; just to wait. "A real human being -- I think we'll get it," he says. "Not much is impossible...
...rhythms and tones layer and splay, reaching vertiginous crescendos then vanishing into something new, leaving a motif hanging in the air like the Cheshire cat's smile. But no sequencers or automatic drums are used--this is all done manually (albeit on mind-blowing pieces of musical technology). Think Tree plays these instruments, rather than simply programming them. The resulting combination of sophistication and sponteneity has earned Think Tree recognition on the local music scene and airplay on local radio, most notably on alternative giant WFNX. When asked about their musical influences, the band is unanimous on one point...
...remarkable. From a French-sounding "Those Canaan days, we used to know, where have ze gone, where did ze go." to the rhythmic calypso of "Oh no, not he, how you cahn acuze heem eez a meestarie, save him, take me, Benjaameen is straighter than the tall palm tree"--the music thrills. There are even flavors of Elvis and country music in some of these numbers...