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The Beat Circus: Ringleader's Revolt
by Celeste Sunderland
The timing is a bit inopportune for this. In a world rife with disorder, the last thing the listening population needs is music to dismantle the mind. Things start cheerfully enough, with a big-top band overture that culminates in oohs and aahs from an admiring crowd, then erupts into a rapid-plucking, drum-stomping, horn-blasting good time for Mandalay Song. But then things begin to fall threateningly apart. Glimpses of disjointedness arise on Big Top Suite Part 1: March of ...
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