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They play in a lonely driveway under a forlorn trumpet and two drums, this silent band. At a yellowed keyboard markered with “Katrina Band of New Orleans,” a gorilla plays forever, an empty bottle of Bacardi in his lap. Next to the pianist, a monster hunches over a guitar, ignoring the empty wine bottle nearby.The lead singer, a mannequin with a gray wig, sings at a rusty microphone. David L. Fountain, 54, calls this wooden statue his wife. Without her, Fountain would have been a bachelor all his life, he says...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet My Wife, Katrina | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...lucky meeting. Luny was a self-taught drum-machine prodigy; Tunes was a skilled keyboard player, working on hip-hop-influenced instrumentals in a small studio he’d set up in a closet at his family’s home. Soon the friends were talking about combining their skills and the far-off, thrilling prospect of stardom...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cooking with 'Gasolina' | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...thing Prince has recorded in a decade. And what would a Prince record be without a salacious slow-jam for your hook-up mixtape? “Incense and Candles” fits the bill nicely. Prince and a female accompanist exchange sexy bon mots over a simple keyboard melody as the track builds to its climax: Prince’s spoken word interlude, in which he describes in graphic detail how he plans to satisfy his partner’s…cravings. The song is an erotic on tour de force on par with “Darling...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prince | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...soup like Mom or eggplant like Emeril Lagasse?often requires more guidance than a classic cookbook can provide. Now, rather than shell out for lessons, you can hop online and learn to slice, spice and saut? like a cordon bleu. Just remember not to spill your b?chamel on the keyboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Click and Cook | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...tour of territory north of Monrovia that was recently taken from the N.P.F.L., Johnson posed for his own video cameraman and shouted to his troops, "Where is Taylor?" "Nowhere," the soldiers shouted back. After returning to his headquarters, Johnson, accompanied by a background quartet of two guitars, a Casio keyboard and a hand-held African drum, strummed religious songs on his own guitar. Dozens of soldiers joined in, dancing and singing, "Oh, I love Jesus, because he loved me first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia In the Land of Blood and Tears | 3/29/2006 | See Source »

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