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...good, the beautiful, under-30s, battle the forces of evil, the ugly militarists of Apokolips, in weird sequences that look and read like nightmares. Whatever they are doing, American comics, both the books and the strips, are full of life. In their 75th year, they are bursting-WUMP, BOMP, OOF! and ZAP!-from the page in a dozen new directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE COMICS ON THE COUCH | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

HARVARD-RUTGERS: John Yovicsin said he'll be there, and everyone's hoping Rutgers brings good cheerleaders. The big question on everyone's mind is Rod Foster. Can he do it again? But that's like asking who put the bomp. No one knows. And will the offensive switches help? Will our timing be good? Will we win? Sure...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: It's All in the Game | 10/3/1970 | See Source »

...really did put the bomp...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach and Bruce L. Regan, S | Title: A Wee Mo Weppa: The Crimson Oldies Quiz | 2/6/1970 | See Source »

...hard to believe that popular music will ever stumble back into such poetic quagmires as "Who put the bomp in the bomp-ba bomp-pa bomp? Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam a-ding-dong?" or the 50-odd repetitions of sha-da-da-da-da in the song called Get a Job. Boston Disk Jockey Steve Seagull thinks that the new interest is a short-time summer thing that has something to do with this primitivism. According to Seagull, "Rock 'n' roll is perfect beach music-like it just says 'pizza stand, convertible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: Return of the Big Beat | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

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