Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...didn't like swing because he liked his music slow and easy." That is a very interesting quote, since the best swing music is played slow and easy. Somehow, and with the aid of Benny Goodman, the general misconception has arisen that music only swings when played loud and fast. That is not true. The things that the good swing musician tries to attain are relaxation and sincerity of expression. The idea of technique is secondary in jazz; that's why a good swing piano man doesn't like Art Tatum's work--a lot of octaves which when finished...
...time they worked in shifts with Ed Rothechild and Jack Penson sharing the pivot duties. Penson worked with the Rice-Romano combination, while Rothschild centered the Rigby-Webber due. Substitutions are absolutely necessary when the boys learn to play the fast breaking type of game which Coach Stahley likes. "Go" is the keyword for the team, and the indoor Athletic Building schoes every afternoon with Skip Stahley's booming voice...
...following week the handful of Crimson rooters who ventured forth to the Garden in the expectation of seeing the Hoddermen slaughtered by a very fast Queens outfit were amazed when the Canadian six came out on the short end of a very definite 4 to 2 score. And in the same week the Varsity continued in the win column with a win over Princeton in its Quadrangular League opener. Then last week the squad came very close to beating a strong Dartmouth team and battled the veteran Elis to a 2 to 2 overtime deadlock at New Haven...
...Soft music has a definite anesthetic effect, dulls mild sensations of pain. Dr. Podolsky claims that doctors can conquer more severe pain by playing "music in a fast aggressive tempo," such as The Toreador's Song from Carmen, Anchors Aweigh!, The Stars and Stripes Forever...
Captain Harvey Ross of the Crimson team started off the afternoon with a decision over Columbia's sophomore Al Marasca. The Lion wrestler looked outstandingly fast and aggressive for the first part of the match, but he was unable to last it out at that speed...