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...bombers, plagues of rats and - worst of all - jinns, the spirits that many Moroccans believe are hazards of daily life. He learned to deal with the jinns the Moroccan way, sprinkling drops of his blood in the toilet, burying chunks of meat in the garden and, eventually, hiring 24 drum-banging exorcists for a two-day expulsion ritual. The Caliph's House ends with the residence beautifully renovated and the transplanted Londoners better for the experience. So much better that Shah is working on a sequel. No word on the jinns' next move. - D.M. 6. Tove Jansson, Moomin: The Complete...
...Onion Cellar, a dark nightclub in Gunter Grass’ 1959 novel “The Tin Drum,” those who can’t cry cut onions. The tears may not be real at first, but once things get rolling, the emotional release turns genuine...
...Cypress Hill, “How I Could Just Kill a Man”: Before you call Room 13, I implore you to recognize the sheer beauty of the song: its completely monotonic sensibility, its “middle-schooler in the drum room” beat, and, of course, its canonization of classic lines such as “I be doing all the dumb shit, yo, cause nothing is coming from it/I’m not gonna waste no time f****** around, I got ya humming/humming, coming at ya/then you know...
...respectful, and genuine. His mother Marilyn Terrelonge highlighted his stubborn streak, describing his determination while playing the role of the Little Drummer Boy in a day care Christmas play. “He was very furious. There was not a smile on his face because he was beating that drum and he never missed a beat,” she said. That determination continues to his musical endeavors today. Terrelonge is a tenor with the Harvard Din & Tonics, and he used to sing with Under Construction, a Christian a capella group. A former BGLTSA social chair, he also works with...
...Hufstedler first came to Harvard, she couldn’t find her niche. “I would call the music department and the Office of the Arts,” the Adams House resident remembers. “I was told over and over that there was no drum kit. There actually were, but...Harvard couldn’t point me to them.” Instead, Hufstedler decided to create a community for musicians who did not play “Harvard traditional fare.” She joined Record Hospital, the underground rock department of WHRB...