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Furthermore, the call on Bummer and the call on Jewett are an attempt to suppress the entire problem of why blacks and other minority groups does not apply to Harvard the problem is complex and committees will not find the answers. But some harsh words from Harvard stop two administrators that would place the blame should be--with alumni recruiters and department chairmen--may be a start...
...something called Pas de Deux. In fact, I must have seen it 300 times--it seems like everytime I settle back for some good light feature the distant toot of panpipes (Panpipes!) is heard and this "short" comes on for what seems like days. The content of this vicious bummer is two silouetted dancers--white tights moving slowly in the darkness. The man-figure tippy-toes over to the woman-figure, who keeps darting away and eluding him at the last moment. Several years later, the dancers get together while the "haunting" sounds continue, and eventually their white shadows begin...
...American League East is beginning to sound like a broken record: 1969--Baltimore, 1970--Baltimore, 1971--Baltimore, 1973--Baltimore, 1974--Baltimore. Those of us who aren't from Maryland wish there was some way to vote this repetitious tune the "bummer of the week" to get it off of the top of the charts and out of our hearts, so to speak...
Merle Haggard calls country lyrics "just journalism put to music." That definition suits some recent hits particularly well. There have been songs about ecology (One Hundred Children, Sonic Bummer, Don't Go Near the Water), welfare (Geronimo's Cadillac), amorphous doubts about politics and leadership (Vermont Suite: More Cows Than People) and alcoholism (Pay No Attention to Alice). Haggard's Irma Jackson is a touching look at interracial love ("There's no way the world will understand that love is colorblind/ That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine"). Tanya Tucker sings...
...JAZZ LOVERS--Two veteran jazzmen are giving concerts in Boston this weekend, drummer Buddy Rich at Paul's Mall and trumpeter mously talented, but a night of drum solos at Paul's Mall--like a night of most anything at Paul's Mall--has the makings of a real bummer.--P.M.S...