Word: calypsos
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...burst of satiric inspiration. He shadowed the pop-music hits of the day with his own meticulously crafted parodies. Doing most of the voices himself, Freberg skewered the schmaltzy Johnnie Ray and the early Elvis, made fun of gabby folk singers (Rock Island Line) and Harry Belafonte's calypso shout (Banana Boat). Freberg's parodies were notable not just for their dead-on mimicry but also for the sophistication of their musical commentary. A jazz lover, Freberg fought a rearguard action against rock 'n' roll, which he considered undisciplined and musically simplistic. Only Freberg would have had the idea...
...signal one of his earnest-looking friends to make more of an effort to cut off with the rest off the group, since he's breaking later than everyone else and sticking out. On a shuttle bus provided by their clients, the boys are already preparing for calypso night at the Fly Club, despite the fact that there's another gig before they can go home. After the last performance, their third tonight, the Kroks are visibly drained...
...recently followed up their first two records, Better Late than Never and Redlight, with The Question. If you are already a fan of theirs, you will not be disappointed. Victor Ruggiero still leads The Slackers with his sexy, scratchy voice, and they still pump out that strong reggae-ska-calypso-swing beat. The Question, being their third record since 1990, exhibits a progression towards integrating new diverse sounds, influenced by jazz, mambo, R&B and soul, into their traditional style. If you are somewhat familiar with the ska scene, The Slackers would most closely resemble Hepcat, with a more slick/soulful...
...your Harvard experience on your host for the weekend--the matching process is too much of a shot in the dark anyway. Don't let the cafeteria food get you down--it's just a shame you missed last Sunday's Caribbean Feast, complete with festive tablecloths and even Calypso music. And you didn't hear it from us, but if you come here next year, Harvard Dining Services will feed you lobster in Annenberg at least once...
...Cousteau acquired a retired 66-ft. minesweeper named Calypso and turned it into the floating oceanographic laboratory on which he would sail the seven seas for more than four decades. That legendary vessel sank after a freak accident in Singapore harbor in 1996; a state-of-the-art 217-ft. replacement, Calypso II, is on the drawing board awaiting funding. But through the Cousteau Society, which he founded in 1973 and which continues to operate under the direction of his widow Francine, Captain Planet's legacy lives on in the form of films, books and a thousand azure images etched...