Word: musicale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ONCE UPON a time there was a genre known as musical comedy--quick-paced, sly and witty, warm, didactic but shallow. The songs were pleasant and melodious, you could count on a few up-tunes and some spangled bimbos, never in any more dissonant a musical mode than mixolydian. The...
There is little dazzle, although some of the singing and acting is very good, even excellent. Farrar is funny as the gooey 20-year-old who believes he is rebelling against his father by falling in love with the girl next door, and his voice is strong enough to carry...
All of her songs lack musical energy, however. Olivia's voice complements the mediocrity of the instrumental rendition and often there is no point in trying to make a distinction, given the mundane quality of the music.
I take issue with Paul Karch's statement, quoted in The Crimson on October 15, that being a "Viking" is "an expression of the Neanderthal in all of us." He does the academic community a great disservice by leading it to believe that the vulgar antics of his modern "Atillas...
The Road to Bingdom began May 2, 1903, in Tacoma, Wash. Bing was the son of a devout Roman Catholic. His real name, Harry Lillis Crosby, refused to stick. According to one legend, he so loved a comic strip called the Bingville Bugle that he became Bing himself. He also...