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...movie is, according to the press notes, inspired by “Wattstax,” a legendary concert film starring Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, the Staple Singers, it also vividly recalls “The Last Waltz,” Martin Scorsese’s record of The Band??s last performance. Like “Waltz”, “Block Party” is filled with amazing musicians linked by a common genre; in that case, Southern Folk and Gospel-tinged rock, in this case, soul. And neither film is restricted in its audience...
...might as well chill in the basement and take in some free music. And, seriously, keep an eye on the schedule in case someone you actually know plays there; at the Lizard Lounge, you’ll pay a paltry price to damn near sit in the band?...
...from all genres. In “Congotronics 2,” a compilation featuring seven Kinshasa-area bands, the music gains a wider scope, which promises to expand the scene’s growing crossover appeal. Konono No.1 continues to sound the most familiar to western ears; the band??s beats and riffs are dense and quick-paced, introducing dissonance into supple vocals and generally submerging traditional melodies in a wash of sound that would be at home in any scenester dance club. Other bands on this album reflect varying degrees of similar fusion. On Masanka Sankayi?...
...pioneered the dreamy “slowcore” sound. Doubtful freshmen in need of concrete proof need look no further than the archived records at Harvard’s radio station in the basement of Pennypacker. On the cover of “Today,” the band??s second full-length, someone has scrawled in Bic pen: “Damon, the percussionist on this recording, gave a brilliant and cogent Duchamp presentation in the Jameson seminar last year.” It’s signed by someone named Vodka. Krukowski, for one, takes...
...coat and a simple white top-and-jeans ensemble, paraded with Dodd and Pudding President John P. Blickstead ’06 in an azure Bentley. Berry, who bore a red headdress provided by the Pudding, set a lighthearted mood when she entered the theater by dancing to the band??s music. Dodd and Blickstead roasted the actress. Parodying Berry’s “emotional, gracious, and extensive” Oscar acceptance speech, Blickstead presented Dodd with a plaque commemorating him as the first African American male to present a Woman of the Year award...