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SONG: Highway Patrolman ALBUM: Nebraska LYRIC: "I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number eight/I always done an honest job as honest as I could/ I've got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good" SLANT...
...like my dorm, and Annenberg, and what did I think of the place--not too much, but enough so that I talked and felt witty and knowledgeable, an insider on my first day. Everything impressed me: the vintage hexagonal tiles in their bathroom, the working fireplace, the slant of the light, Andre's chic black shoes (that year I told my mother, only half-joking, that I had to have black Kenneth Cole boots if I wanted to survive in the gay social scene at Harvard). Mostly I was impressed by Andre and Dave. I was openly, adamantly...
...then the Bloodhound Gang hasn't exactly been a model of ethnic sensitivity. To quote "Yellow Fever," off the One Fierce Beer Coaster album, "Cause I ride my slant-eyed slope like a brand new Kawasaki/Oh me chinky she's so kinky got me hot like Nagasaki." Best form of protest for a group that seems to like controversy? Don't write letters, just leave the dance floor every time you hear any of their songs. And pull your friends...
...It’s in the (Big) Bag: Chem 5 textbook and lab manual, Fly-By lunch, slant-ring binder, Harvard planner, miniature stapler, emergency phone numbers...
...also worthy of accolades. Nuccio brings across the deviousness of his character but does so with a charismatic temperament that lightens the mood of the opera without detracting from the plot. His cunning attempts to woo Pamina and his conniving intentions of ruining Prince Tamino bring a humorous slant to the opera, disburdening the role of its evilness. Matching Nuccio's dazzling performance is the musical brilliance of Spiewak as the queen . Spiewak awes the audience with her sparkling arias, reaching musical heights with amazing control and clarity in her voice...