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...until they're frayed, on short-wave radio, in bars and beerhalls. "Ministers had better listen," says Tsodzo. "Musicians are voicing what the people are saying." Mapfumo's latest album, Toi Toi, was released three weeks ago in Zimbabwe. The sounds are familiar - melodic mbira, twangy guitars, Big Band brass. The name comes from a type of protest music, but Mapfumo's manager, Cuthbert Chiromo, says Toi Toi is "more reflective, less political." Not apolitical - this is Mapfumo, after all. The biggest buzz among the fans is about the track Timothy. The song censures a fool who endangers children...
...boys don’t know what a real party is like, just as the river Charles is as clean as your meaningful college career as a go getter across the great 50. To those whom have not seen you I am one who believes that you play a brass instrument and belittle bullies Florida State would not have your delicate ass any how! This come [sic] from a guy who went to Phillips Exeter and probably sank your fat mom, if not your dike-ass sister!!! Variety is the spice of life not a $200 plane ticket...
...that provide insight into Buddhist beliefs, practices and developments. Chinese, Korean and Japanese hanging scrolls illustrate and record Buddhist “sutras,” or sacred texts. Ceremonial objects such as Chinese censers and Tibetan bell handles bring to mind images of traditional Buddhist ceremonies. Wooden and brass statues, as well as several scroll paintings, depict frightening monsters who serve as protector deities that ward off demons...
Following its annual tradition, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals presented Scorsese with his brass pudding pot during last night’s Man of the Year ceremony...
Although the membership of the Orchestra consists of between 40 and 50 men, including most of the instruments needed for symphonic work, yet there is an urgent need for more brass and wood-wind, and it is hoped that all men in the University who play these instruments will join the Orchestra next year. The organization has in the past supplied such instruments as the bassoon, oboe, tympani, and double-bass when they are needed, and although in many cases starting with poor material on these instruments for which good players are seldom found in college, it has developed...