Word: accordians
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...spare stylings of albums like “I See A Darkness” (which Johnny Cash liked so much he later recorded his own version with Oldham on backup) toward more polished studio trimmings. But in pulling in all the extra instruments (marimba, flute, tenor saxophone, and accordian, to name a few) it loses something of the stark devastation that gave voice to America’s stranger corners of existence. The album’s title should in the end serve as a warning to Oldham himself—amidst all the banjos and choirs, the warm shadowy...
...might get a chance to hear “The Pennsylvania Polka” playing while you walk to the game. Ever see Groundhog Day with Bill Murray? The accordian-led Pennsylvania polka plays throughout the movie as Murray lives the same day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pa. The song’s really catchy, and if I know my Pennsylvanians correctly—and I think I do—someone will surely be playing it and singing along at Penn. “Strike up the music, the band has begun. The Pennsylvania Polka...
...earliest works, the artist displays a decidedly cubist influence. The dimension, subject matter and composition of such pieces as Bottle, Teapot, and Accordian are reminiscent of the distinctive collage still-lifes of the French artist Braque...
GISCARD'S position has evolved considerably from his 1974 role as the "people's president." During that election, he ran what many perceived as an American-style campaign: psoing for informal pictures with friends and family while playing accordian, or standing bare-chested in a soccer stadium. Once in office, he even invited garbage collectors to dinner at the Elysee Palace and once a month staged a televised meal with an "average French family" at their home. But that populist touch has now all but vanished. Today he is aloof, unabashedly aristocratic, and fashions himself a closet literary critic with...
...killed in an accident (or is he?) and Joseph Cotton plays the American writer who investigates the death. The story is hard to beat, the little touches (watch for the cat in the doorway) are brilliant, and Welles is Welles. The "Third Man Theme" is a catchy little accordian tune that tops off a great flick...