Word: gleaner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with AM radio-quality sound, or with cheap, half-broken microphones--anything that will throw their "pop" talents into sharper relief. "Marchers in Orange," on this new record, lasts about a minute and has no guitars, just an accordion and a bass: the vocal melody does all the work. "Gleaner (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" uses a deadpan strum not unlike the one perfected by college-radio heroes Sebadoh (whose "Brand New Love" the knowing lyrics quote). "Exit Flagger" rides a pushmepullyou-like hook to the chorus, where it suddenly gains a kick more powerful than your average well-trained...
...again to dance in a tourist filled nightclub, to purchase more sun block, to venture from the harbor in a yacht. We also reentered the marketplace to buy gifts for friends and family back home. Leaving the country, we came across a copy of a Jamaican paper. The Sunday Gleaner. Its top story was a glowing account of the prime minister's inauguration. His win, the article said, represented an overwhelming mandate to improve the nation's economic status...