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...Hafez; now it's Bashar 40. Rubbernecker 41. Legislation that would eliminate the need for paper contracts 42. Deer sirs 44. Antidiscrimination agcy. Thomas once chaired 45. Allied victory site of 7/18/44 47. Its price has skyrocketed in Chicago 48. Coiner of the word stabile 50. Kind of nut...
...season that defined Harvard Ballroom in many ways. By this time, the recent resurgence of swing had taken its hold on the country. Bands like the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Squirrel Nut Zipper, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies led the rise of the oldtime blend of jazz and blues...
...April 26). Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, for instance, is not a swing revival band but owes more to the punk movement of the 80s and the ska of the 90s. The "similar bands" Liebert mentions are not at all similar, except in the fact that they are bands: Squirrel Nut Zippers are a ragtime/Dixieland effort, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra is a rockabilly throwback--all three often lumped together by neo-swing detractors. The Voodoo Daddies are a great choice for Springfest this year--enrollment in Literature and Arts B-80: Swing Era and the success of swing lessons offered...
...this year the Council has not invited a Violent Femmes clone to Springfest. Instead we have Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, whose music tries to revive swing--which, as a popular music, has been dormant for some 50 years now. With the help of several similar bands--most notably Squirrel Nut Zipper and the Brian Setzer Orchestra--and the applause of countless conservative culture warriors, they've been fairly successful. However, it's worth asking if their music is really so different from that of the Violent Femmes of the world...
...warriors from Afghanistan, Iran and the Mideast played a significant role in keeping Bosnia afloat in the early years of the war there, when sanctions maintained by the West left the republic almost defenseless against Serbia and Croatia. But Kosovo played out very differently, and would be a tough nut for Bin Laden to crack. "Nobody ever found any Bin Laden links to the KLA in Kosovo," says Calabresi. "Both the KLA and the Albanian government were aggressive about keeping the mujahedeen out of the conflict because of Washington's concerns. Although Bin Laden might find a sympathetic ear among...