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...with a machete. “I am seeing each drop of blood and each drop of sweat flying here and there. I am hearing the bird flapping their wing as they are leaving all the tree,” Iweala read. “It is sounding like thunder.” Born in America, Iweala comes from a Nigerian family. The novel is the product of his senior creative-writing thesis, which he completed under the tutelage of Visiting Lecturer on African American Studies and on English Language and Literature Jamaica Kincaid. “I knew right...
...show’s whole point was to further the careers of the two bandmates. The crowd poured in heavily, including some sadistic parent armed with an infant strolling up the backstage ramp. The baby made its presence known later, as looped crying began to thunder out of the amp wall. Opener Sunburned Hand of the Man was taking the stage. As the baby cried on and on, the Boston natives trickled out, until all nine members had donned instruments, electronics boards, microphones, and drum sticks. It was a motley crew of pseudo-lumberjacks while the keyboardist donned an Animal...
...Bear’s Place. 11:30 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $10. (MFK)Saturday, Dec. 10thChristmas on the Common. The Radcliffe Choral Society presents their annual Christmas concert. First Church Congregational. 8 p.m. $16 general admission, $8 students. (CNC)“Such Sweet Thunder.” The Harvard Jazz Band performs the music of Duke Ellington with guest artist Don Byron. Lowell Lecture Hall. 8 p.m. $10 general admission, $7 students. (CNC)Comedy For A Cause Stand-Up Comedy Night. The Harvard Concert Commission brings you a night of stand-up comedy to benefit the victims...
...easily pigeonholed, is extremely exciting.”On Saturday, Byron will take the stage with members from both of the two Harvard Jazz Bands. They will play a Byron original that incorporates Afro-Cuban beats, as well as Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder,” a rarely-performed early Ellington piece that includes narration from Shakespeare’s sonnets.Byron recognizes that some students may find the decision to play such an early piece of Ellington’s a strange decision. “I know most of the Ellington that...
...collage of pop, hip-hop, and Sesame Street samples on vintage equipment in his bedroom in Brighton, England. Parton brought in a few local musicians to supplement his playing on his debut 2002 EP, released on the tiny Pickled Egg Records, and for the 2004 album “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” released on the small-scale label Memphis Industries. In a hurried three weeks, “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” transformed from a whiz-kid’s solo project to a full-band spectacle. When a booking agent arranged...