1.   Be prepared for grim laughter, infectious rock rhythms and harrowing drama.

2.   Much of it has involved Prime Time, a jazz-funk band that makes inventive use of electric guitars and rock rhythms.

3.   Others are trading multilayered syncopation for more basic rock rhythms.

4.   Rhythm is the obvious though not the only one, and the particular impact of rock rhythms on contemporary composers has been overstated.

5.   This is largely because the jagged rock rhythms match the bratty, adolescent awkwardness that pervades the set.

6.   Why would the presumably rich women in the audience want to listen to soprano screeches over rock rhythms played by Dior at the Grand Hotel?