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Rollercoaster of Love: Play Relives Heyday of Jazz
BY KARI WETHINGTON

The lifestyle of jazz musicians is a mystery to mainstream America and is even more enigmatic when juxtaposed against the middle-class family values of postwar America, which is exactly what Warren Leight’s autobiographical play Side Man does. 
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Black and Oberlin: Both Weird, Both Anti-Bush
BY CHRISTINA MORGAN


According to Comedy Central, Lewis Black is “America’s foremost commentator on everything.” The comedian will bring his stand-up talent to Oberlin tonight at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. Black is best known for his weekly segment on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show entitled “Black on Black” where the comedian angrily pummels the audience into submission with his views on the insanity of American society.
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