Word: tunefully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the better tracks on the album is a duet with Van Morrison, the tune "Serves Me Right/Syndicator." Hooker's voice-rough, vibrant and dripping with years of Jim Beam-mixes well with Morrison's brighter tone. As the song progresses, the two artists lose themselves in its driving melody, calling to one another and responding in true Gospel fashion...
...previously released, its place on Hooker's latest album is a bit of a mystery. Nevertheless, this uppity anthem has lost none of its punch, as it tells the story of a man drinking and drugging a woman off his mind. Hardly the portrait of a healthy relationship, the tune is a perfect setting for Hooker to croon the lyric, "sitting here drinking/ getting stoned/ yeah, yeah," with all the conviction of a man who has lived and sung the blues for more than fifty years...
...pretty effective. So is the station's news operation: with 18 correspondents (two of its cameramen have died in Israeli bombardments), Lighthouse has earned a reputation for in-depth coverage of Lebanon's conflict with Israel; even political opponents tune in to the evening newscast...
Fortunately, however, both games will be played at home in the Briggs Athletic Center, giving both the seniors and non-seniors added motivation to play a final sweet tune. And that type of note is sorely needed at the end of one of the most heart-wrenching and bizarre seasons in Crimson memory...
...tale of imminent doom in his article "A Society Unraveling in Film" (signed piece, Feb. 11, 1995). Mr. Savage describes for us the now-legendary scene from Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs in which "Mr. Blonde" brutally tortures a kidnapped police officer to the beat of a catchy tune. This serves as evidence for the "decivilizing," "lifestyle of chaos" and "shattering of our cultural barometer" that lie before us. Let's suppose that Savage is correct that we as a society are losing our sense of right and wrong. If that were the case then Mr. Blonde's horrific torturing...