Eyebrows arched, Dr. Dre pushes the D.J. aside — maybe he just played "Boom Boom Pow"? — pops on Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and places a can of Dr Pepper on the turntable, which then decelerates and begins playing a new Dr. Dre song.
Throughout the 11-minute dance, which featured church bells playing on boom boxes, Ms. Skaggs's contained movement rarely ventured out into space.
There are remnants of corn bread on the stairs, girly pictures on the unfinished walls, salsa playing on boom boxes, lighting being tested on Matisse posters, and plaster, plywood, granite and graffiti everywhere.
Kraftwerk had long been a staple of the D.J. sets of Afrika Bambaataa in the South Bronx, and in 1982 he and the producer Arthur Baker decided to combine the melody from "Trans-Europe Express" (which Mr. Baker had noticed kids playing on boom boxes in a Long Island City, Queens, park) and the rhythm pattern of "Numbers" (which Mr. Baker had seen wow customers at a Brooklyn record store).
His camp Eurovision comedy play Boom Bang-a-Bang was well received, but a virulent response greeted his over-the-top, innuendo-laden BBC sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme.
The second didn't go as well: Buddy was fired, and Rex became the defensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati, where Rick Minter, who was the head coach, recalls: "First day of spring practice, he comes in and first play, boom!
But such risky games are far easier to play in boom times.
"The people who were cynical and jumped in and played this boom are going to win this game.
But companies like Kinder Morgan and its competitors think the need for new energy sources means pipelines are a relatively low-risk way to play the boom.
