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While students hoping to hear the quirky melodies of indie chanteuse Regina Spektor may have been taken for the ride as part of the Lampoon’s latest antic, it was Spektor herself—who emerged from the Castle on an eight-person bicycle—who was taken, literally, on the wildest ride of all. Friday’s event, advertised as a “presentation” to students over e-mail lists, featured a series of brief appearances by singer-songwriter Spektor before a crowd of students eager to hear her perform...
...mini-masterpiece that merges Jamaican dancehall patois and Missy Elliott's stuttering rhythm with a political viewpoint entirely her own. She's not so eloquent in her anger as Public Enemy or so tuneful as the Clash, but it's a pretty impressive neighborhood for a debut. Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch Born in Moscow and raised in the Bronx, Spektor sports a rare combination of classical-piano training and hip friends (she opened for the Strokes' last tour). She also has a singing style that springs from an immigrant's fascination with her second language. On Poor Little Rich...
...REGINA SPEKTOR - SOVIET KITSCH...
BORN IN MOSCOW and raised in the Bronx, Spektor sports a rare combination of classical-piano training and hip friends (she opened for the Strokes' last tour). She also has a singing style that springs from an immigrant's fascination with her second language. On Poor Little Rich Boy she stretches words like girlfriend and caf into epic solos, then crams long sentences into her mouth and spits them out in a few exuberant bars. Her music--from Tin Pan Alley to Carole King-style folk--is also a stylistic melting...
...recent letter to The Crimson (Opinion, Jan. 20), Samuel S. Spektor Jr. asks the question: What is going on at Radcliffe? I'm happy to give The Crimson's readers a brief overview...