Word: hoodoo
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...characters often verge on the bizarre, they are leavened by a reaffirming dose of humanity: Domaque, the hunchback with a thirst for reading; Miss Dixon, a half-crazed white spinster whose whims determine the fate of black families unlucky enough to live on her land; Momma Jo, the hoodoo priestess who forces herself on Easy in a hilarious seduction scene. But overshadowing them all is the enigmatic Mouse, who combines terrifying bloodthirstiness with naive romanticism; he murders his stepfather so that he can inherit the money he needs for his wedding. As Easy observes in a typically terse but pungent...
...SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, by Mark Teague (Crown; $16), is an amiable spoof of a traditional fourth-grade hoodoo. Remember having to stand up in front of the class telling the stupid stuff you did while school was out? Wallace Bleff is a kid who gets even by inventing a big story--in verse, no less--about being captured by cowboys: "The Cattle Boss growled as he told me to sit/ 'We need a new cowboy. Our old cowboy quit./ We could sure use your help. So what do you say?'/ I thought for a minute, then I told...
Minister Farrakhan's performance, playing to a packed house, rose through Washington's sweet October air and bounced off satellites. Farrakhan banged on the American mind with a silk umbrella and the handle of a broom: Mumbo jumbo will hoodoo you. He went on about obelisks and the intricate, unintelligible meanings of mystical, pseudo-Pharaonic numerologies. He sounded by turns menacing and Rotarian: a salesman in a sharp bow tie, the hallucination of Mussolini channeling Booker T. Washington. Behind him postured his son from the Fruit of Islam, in sunglasses and paramilitary Graustark...
This Minneapolis alternative band has emerged from obscurity to make an album that's soaring up the college charts--and for good reason. Soul Asylum's innovative sound, slightly reminiscent of the Hoodoo Gurus, is complemented by passionate vocals and an unmistakable pop sensibility on this new Columbia release. Grave Dancers Union has its share of muscle but also dabbles in daintiness. (The last song, "The Sun Maid," even has strings.) This record--particularly its standouts "Black Gold," "Runaway Train," and "Without a Trace"--simply happens...
Avalon--(formerly CITI). Call 931-2000. On Saturday at 7 p.m.: Hoodoo Gurus. 19 and over. Tickets are $15.50 in advance and $16.50 at the door. On Wednesday at 8 p.m.: L.A. Guns. 19 and over. Tickets are $15.50 in advance and $17.50 at the door...