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...Marathon" goes on a careless, accelerating dance through the 20th century, nostalgically stopping at favorite decades, until the abrupt, eschatological ending puts a stop to the singing, the dancing and the music. "Carousel" sets lyrics of childish innocence about carnivals, and ferris wheels, and cotton candy to light-hearted oom-pah-pah music that gradually speeds to a maniacal frenzy, until no singer could possibly keep...
When Friedrich Karl Flick wants to vent frustrations or have a little fun, he takes over as the drummer of the oom-pah-pah band at his favorite beer cellar, Munich's Franziskaner. After a few brews, he and his buddies-a motley of virile game wardens and ski instructors -get their jollies by smashing glasses against the walls and hurling tablecloths, laden with plates and cutlery, across the room. Last year Flick and friends completely wrecked Ingo's Discotheque in a boys-will-be-boys night of carousing, which ended with a brunch of beer and white...
...audience was composed almost exclusively of members of the worried, defiant, 2.6 million-strong "white tribe" of Africa, whose Dutch forefathers first landed in Cape Town in 1652. More than any other man since their legendary 19th century Boer chieftain, "Oom Paul" Kruger, Vorster is their accepted leader. Said a party worker at last week's rally: "The people of this constituency have followed Mr. Vorster's career and been loyal to him in his worst and his best times. This time it has never been better...
...yeah, there were some occasional squeaks from the clarinets, a couple of oom-pahs from the lone tuba, but the overall observation was that those fellas in section 18 were about as useful as hemorrhoids on a race horse...
...great anticipation. Brandon, another of that Music 180 class, proved himself all that he is reputed to be. The Bassoon Concerto is an odd piece of music, but purposefully so--it is carefully crafted to the odd demands of the bassoon. One usually thinks of the bassoon as an "oom-pH" instrument, used for punctuation and bass foundations, but it has a beautiful tone, and is capable of some e startling leaps and bounds. Brandon negotiated the two octave jumps and running sixteenth note passages with ease and aplomb. His real success lay less in forcing the awkward bassoon...