Word: ways
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...with a bit of Harvard creativity, some students say it's not all that difficult to find a way out of this multitude of costs...
...glow-stick fiends away from their drinks and onto the dance floor. But as the rhythms became more snare-intensive and Maas' trademark bass rattled the club's foundation, fewer and fewer found themselves able to resist. By the time the sampled introductory chords of Madonna's "Vogue" gave way to yet another punishing rhythmic assault, a mere hour into the set, it became clear that Europe's Next Big Thing was well on his way to winning over Boston clubbers...
...course, "wet, hard funk" has a way of piling up on itself, a tendency that a well-placed vocal mix can alleviate. Maas was often a bit stingy in this department; although he was quite an affable presence in the DJ booth, the same personal touch of vocals would have provided an interesting counterpoint to his occasional minimalist proclivities. The set was generally straightforward and built around the usual throbbing 4/4 rhythms (Maas had promised earlier that evening that his set would be "a bit rougher" than his in-store performance at Allston's Sound Factory), but he threw...
From here the plot unravels quickly. Through a suite of bizarre events Elizabeth traces the drug set-up back to Dian Black, the cop played by Kate Agresta '02. Agresta's high-pitched, edgy performance seems at times exaggerated, yet it is the only way to reconcile the initial Dian Black, who exudes sleek professionalism, with the final Dian Black who reveals herself as the looniest character...
...Kelly: No, actually it originated at the Oberlin Conservatory. I was teaching a class called First Nights about these same five pieces, but it was designed for pre-professional conservatory musicians. When I came here, it seemed that a similar course might be a good way to introduce people more generally to classical music and performance. The course and the book are both about what it was like to be present when each of these pieces was on the cutting edge of contemporary music...