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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second set, the fiercely grinning Jones called for some ostensible crowd pleasers which did not add artistically to the first set's fine performances. One exception was the tune "Don't Rock the Jazz Boat," a staple of Jones's groups through the years. While Latin beats adapted to the jazz context often come across as trite and excessively happy, Jones metamorphosed the bossa nova of this chart into a menacing Amazonian thunderstorm. Distant rumblings on the toms grew louder and louder during Jones's solo, and as the storm came crashing down, lightning forked through the cymbals and snare...

Author: By Eric D. Plaks, | Title: OUTSIDE THE UMBRELLA | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...praise. Hasty Pudding Vice President Aaron Zelman '95, who plays Ms. Western, makes a convincing cow. He sings a stirring and hysterical medley of songs, ranging from "It had to be moo," through "Like a bovine, milked for the very first time," to "USDA" (the latter sung to the tune of the Village People's "YMCA...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Cross-Dressing With Boris | 2/22/1995 | See Source »

Harvard finishes dual meet play for the season next Wednesday night against seventh-ranked Yale. Although the match does figure in the team' smind, it is really a tune-up for NISRA...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Again! M. Squash Thrashes Amherst | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...toilet seat. Band member Sharon Needles sings the story of a homely woman's child-hood experiences. After screaming her sad tale, the song concludes with a very deep statement, as she is told, "You're ugly because you're ugly." The slow story-telling background music on this tune contrast with the hard guitar from other songs, demonstrates the band's instrumental skill. This is not a band that plays the same tune over and over again, as each song on the album offers something entirely different and frequently puerile...

Author: By Christopher J. Hernandez, | Title: Butt Trumpet, What a Name... | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...television and radio shows he presents himself as a purveyor of the truth, and whether this is just part of the act or not, his tremendous success demands that we ask whether or not he is indeed taken seriously. Given the 20 million listeners that tune into his radio show each week, his relationship with government leaders, and the weight Chairman Greenspan believes to be carried by his opinion, it seems naive to regard him as a figure on the sidelines of the political game...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Laughing at Limbaugh | 2/15/1995 | See Source »

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