111.   Contacted on the golf course Thursday, Ratliff expressed surprise that rap bands were being promoted by a state agency.

112.   Contrary to their outrageous on-stage antics, which include blood-spitting and flame-throwing guitars, McLennan said the band was fairly tame offstage.

113.   Deals with fact band was one of first pop acts touched by AIDS via loss of original member Ricky Wilson.

114.   Despite such exposure, few trip-hop bands have been able to make their mark in an increasingly crowded market.

115.   Deftones singer Chino Moreno says that many Sacramento bands are interesting because they are multiethnic, incorporating different influences that give them an extra edge.

116.   Drummer Mickey Hart explained that the band was never in the music business, they were in the transportation business.

117.   Each band is really a number indicating the intensity of a certain color emanating from a certain spot.

118.   Each band is, essentially, an entire production in itself, and includes performers wearing masks and costumes, as well as the music itself.

119.   Except that now the band of light is brilliant orange, laid down by the setting sun.

120.   Farther out to sea, the band may be much thicker.