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Oussama Zahr ’04, the political chair of both the BGLTSA and Radcliffe Union of Students, sits to my left, wearing a blue polyester Lacoste dress that fits him like a curtain, a teeny bop wig and profoundly maroon lipstick. He says the politics around the event are “complicated...
...Harvard dreams of. There aren’t any elite social gatekeepers—everyone in the college seems to feel comfortable there—and it’s got foosball, a pool table and darts. There are also different theme nights which are dubbed “bops.” Basically, it’s a dance where they play bad American music and everyone gets “trollied.” The recent Valentine’s Day bop, had a traffic light theme. If you were taken you wore red; if you were...
...appeared cemented for all time. One problem: the Ramones weren't really punk. Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee (who died of a drug overdose in June) dressed in black leather and scowled like Bowery thugs, but they actually played some of the loopiest pop music ever made. Blitzkrieg Bop's famous "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" was an homage to the Bay City Rollers, while Joey--singer of the immortal line "I'm a Nazi schatze"--was the deadpan alter ego of Jeffrey Hyman, a nice Jewish boy from Queens...
...Play our set to a large and enthusiastic crowd (later tallied at 172 people). Spot Rolling Stone contributing editor Touré in the audience. Using the death stare, get him to bop his head. Conduct call-and-response with audience, where we say “This is all,” and they say, “Total bullshit.” Generate an air of liberating stupidity. A moment of noticeable group anxiety going into our lewdest song, “[Bitch, don’t trip, I just wanna] Dip the Tip,” given...
...MEAN MUSIC A block away, Be-Bop Bar is to live blues what All About Coffee is to hot beverages?heartfelt and happenin'. Its Thai owner heard B.B. King perform in London in the early '90s and has recreated an authentic blues bar atmosphere on Chaisongkram Road. Resident and visiting bluesmen bop against a backdrop of Indonesian batiks, Western blues festival posters and Chiang Mai lanterns. The one thing owner Chart has not brought to Pai, however, is the late hours: out of consideration for his neighbors, he voluntarily turns off the amplifiers...