Word: dumptruck
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...Peggy and Anna May to do this? How did he tell them to tumble forward? You can't just ask politely. This is not something elephants do in the wild. It is not easy to teach this move to a human, much less a mammal the size of a dumptruck. The other elephant tricks were expected, but the headstand seemed supernatural...
...local faves opened for the Gurus, Dumptruck and the Turbines, whose contrast was a good reminder that there are some great and there are some terrible bands bouncing around this town. Where the Turbines put on a loud and boring batch of noise-rock sounding more like an amplified construction site than a musical ensemble, Dumptruck cruised through a complex and melodic set that, with a bit more stage polish, could have even upset the headline...
Sounding like an inspired cross between R.E.M. and the Del Fuegos, Dumptruck's jangling guitars and earnest appeal--they reportedly take their name from the same Dylan lyric that denotes The Harvard Crimson's election supplement--make them a top-line local attraction and a band to watch...
...saloon. The tight angles force the audience into contact, and often an unsettling intimacy, with the heavy mundaneness of lower middle class life. One has scenes of a locker room echoing with weeping after lay-off notices, the crew trading sandwiches on their lunchbreak, a monstrous dumptruck heaving its load in barren industrialized zones...
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