Word: mopar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...different shows in two different realms ofHarvard, both received with decided approval. Butlast Friday night was an anomaly. Although enoughgroups certainly exist to keep the student bodyentertained--Betty Please. Fat Day, HypertrophieShitstraw, Mopar, Neverlovers, Pushkings, Circusof George, Smiley's Bone, Soma and Toddler, toname few--Harvard bands are rarely heard byHarvard students...
Doug is a self-described little, balding guy inthick glasses with big black 50's style frames. Ashe performs with Mopar at the Happy Hour, he wearsa greenish plaid shirt and jeans. Even though hehas spent his entire day organizing this event, heexerts all of his bodily energy while singing,tensing up while leaning back and hunching down.The veins on his neck pop out angrily, and hisface is strained. He bounces a lot, and jumps. Heturns his back to the audience. He spreads hislegs far apart, one in front of the other, andwriggles. At the end of a song...
Other bands under the nurturing eye of DeMayare Mopar, Fat Day and a first-year band calledHypertrophie Shitstraw. Singer/guitarist John J.Donahue '94, of Toddler, says he was "inspired byDoug DeMay" to take up the guitar and form a band...
Bands share musicians, practice spaces,instruments and equipment with one another, as allof these things are hard to come by at Harvard.Though groups average four hours a week ofpractice time, DeMay and Zach B. Sitter '94 playin both Mopar and Fat Day, Kelefa T. Sanneh '97plays in Mopar and Hypertrophie Shitstraw, Matt A.Donahue '97 plays in Toddler and Hypertrophie andAdam E. Rosen '95 plays in Mopar and Neverlovers."The main difference" between playing withNeverlovers as opposed to Mopar, says Rosen, "isthe songs are a lot slower so it's less physicallytaxing." Rosen says he must exercise regularly to"build...
...Friday night, and the basement of WHRB is hot, dark and crowded. People sway, jump, groove and yell to the sounds of two indie-rock-inspired Harvard bands, Hypertrophie Shitstraw and Mopar...