Word: congas
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...like my stuff?"--a long calypso-sounding tune--made good use of the backing band's djunbe and conga players while creating space for Diddley to explore. Fiddling with effects switches, scratching his guitar strings and playing muted chords, Diddley left the basic pentatonic blues behind to experiment with more textural sounds...
...groups at the top and bottom of the jars. The males, meanwhile, are having a party -- no, an orgy -- among themselves. With a frenzy usually reserved for chasing females, the males link up end-to-end in big circles or in long, winding rows that look like winged conga lines. As the buzz of the characteristic fruit fly "love song" fills the air, the males repeatedly lurch forward and rub genitals with the next ones in line...
...neurotransmitters that carry messages between nerve cells. Serotonin is a multi-purpose chemical, and abnormal levels of it in humans have been linked to everything from depression to violent behavior. In the case of the gay fruit flies, the scientists speculate, a shortfall of serotonin produced those all-male conga lines...
...about the meaning of the NIH studies. To complicate the picture, some of the work shows that environment, along with genetics, influences sexual behavior. In one experiment, a small group of "straight" flies was mixed with a larger group of genetically altered "gay" flies. While the gays formed their conga lines, the straights stayed to the side -- but only temporarily. After a few hours, the straights joined in and, for the time being, acted...
...Paradiso" is the most complete song on "Passion." After an initial burst of conga drums, Adjaffi switches effortlessly from an up-beat reggae rhythm to a soft ballad...