James Steals Show From Duran Duran

January 17, 1994August 4, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

The best thing about going to Duran Duran’s concert Sunday night at McGaw Hall was catching its opening act, James. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s a bad, bad idea for headliners to hire opening acts that are more interesting than they are. Don’t get me wrong. I like Duran Duran. And for a couple of years in the ’80s, I truly loved them. Until they stopped growing.

MY KIND OF TOWN . . . Bertice Berry

January 14, 1994July 16, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

The best comedy, says Betrice Berry, is outside the Dunkin’ Donuts at the corner of Clark and Belmont.

Sooyoung Park, 26, Musician

January 9, 1994May 29, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Sooyoung Park’s theory is there’s a time and place for everything. When he majored in math in college, he didn’t worry that school was holding back his music career. And when Seam’s singer-songwriter-guitarist felt ready to tackle music full time, he put grad school on hold.