Word: banjo
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...magicians, calculus-focused raps, and boy-band stars performing at the Freshman Talent Show in September 2001, Daniel J. Zaccagnino ’05 had one thing on his mind: a lonely banjo case lying on the ground, no owner in sight...
Cowboy Troy's first single, I Play Chicken with the Train, which features Big & Rich, was not designed to put traditionalists at ease. On first listen, it's almost comically dissonant; a grimy lead guitar fights for control with a banjo as Troy's deep, rat-a-tat-tat delivery flies by. But it does grow on you and soon finds a stomping middle ground between the Sugarhill Gang and Charlie Daniels. In the online-opinion maelstrom, about 50% of people seem to enjoy their first exposure to hick-hop; the rest can safely be described as horrified...
Commodore officials insist that the Amiga is a technological marvel, rivaling in quality professional graphics systems (see COMPUTERS). The machine has a color palette of 4,096 hues, animation abilities that make soccer balls bounce, and a keyboard that sounds like a banjo one minute and an electric guitar the next. Computer buffs are impressed, but the general public seems skeptical about all home machines. WINE Guaranteed Not to Freeze...
...good stretch of Crumb's career, from his early formative years to his recent autobiographical work. If it all gets too much, there's a chance to drop out, or at least drop off, in a chill-out zone with Crumb's music on the soundtrack. He plays the banjo, composes his own music, and is into early jazz. Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, is also a cartoonist and sometimes they produce his-and-hers strips - he draws him, she draws her. A Day in Our Beautiful Life (2000) shows them after they moved to a French village...
...traditional instruments—mandolin, banjo, accordion—and a lot of our songs are about traveling,” Warren says. One of her original goals was to create a 12-song concept album with each track featuring a different city. Though she did not achieve the feat, she says the influence of that idea is nonetheless evident on the Great Unknowns’ debut...