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Exhibit C: Barney Wiki says that BJ (the yellow one) calls his sister Baby Bop (the green one) "Sissy...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Saga of the Sissy Shirt | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...wonderful spot, there’s coffee and bananas and the temperature’s hot,” from a song by Freddy Martin. In a poem entitled “Tuttie Frutti,” Wright quotes Little Richard—“A-wop-bop-a-loo a-lop-bam-boo,” concluding, “What could be better than that?” Wright is fascinated by the sensations conveyed by words, and these mentions to outside works help anchor poems that may otherwise be too abstract to a world the reader...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Sestets' Illuminate Space Between Physic and Aesthetic | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...beep, shee-wah-bop-pow. What an a capella smackdown! Wow, it’s like the voices WERE the instruments. I want to join an a capella group, but who would want me, anyhow? I couldn’t even get into the Fallen Angels. Man, those girls have it all. Sure, I turn to drugs and alcohol sometimes to get by, but who doesn’t? Life’s tough. Do you know how many AP 5s I got? Nine...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Rest In Peace, Kirby Puckett | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...your whole life, I never see you, you only hang out with your a cappella group,’” she says. Stone mentions that these are the same objections one hears to varsity sports, except “it somehow seems less legitimate because you just bop your knees and sing ooh-wah-ooh?...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: La Famiglia A Capella | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...social as well as the musical scale. Just before he went on, Goodman was asked how long an intermission he wanted. ''I don't know,'' he replied. ''How much does Toscanini get?'' Tastes changed after World War II. The big bands became dinosaurs. Somewhat petulantly, Goodman decried bop and other forms of modern jazz, even though he had blazed the way with his trio, quartet and sextet for such groups as the Modern Jazz Quartet. Later he would denigrate rock, even though, in his ability to inspire mass mania, he had been a prototypical rock star. He always seemed uneasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HE SET AMERICA SWINGING Benny Goodman: 1909-1986 | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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