Word: cartwright
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...Harvard grads are at it again. Perennial slacker Bart causes Springfield to lose the Olympic Games, and as punishment he must pitch in at a retirement house. Wacky antics are sure to ensue. Voices of Dan Castelleneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer. Guest voice of Jack Lalanne...
...skilled playing is supplemented by her husband, Blaine Cartwright (former guitarist for Nine Pound Hammer), who also plays guitar and sings--or rather, bellows--the vocals. Although I had a difficult time understanding him, his hoarse screams went rather well with the thrashing guitars. He has a couple of thrilling two measure solos in "Blowin' Smoke" in which you can actually hear his voice. In the background, drummer Jeremy Thompson, once a member of the band Phantom Creeps, does what he can--which isn't too much...
Nashville Pussy was kind enough to supply The Harvard Crimson with its special "bonus disc of rare tracks," creatively titled Eat More Pussy. It's pretty much more of the same, but perhaps a tad more musical than the tracks on the LP. Sometimes they even allow Cartwright to sing something resembling an audible melody. Not to worry, however; Suys always takes over with her guitar before he can get too much out. She especially shines in "Milk Cow Blues" with some truly jaw-dropping guitar solos...
That Bart is a cartoon character--a sheaf of drawings animated by smart writing and the unique vocal stylings of Nancy Cartwright--makes him both "real" and surreally supple. Cartoon figures can do more things, endure more knocks on the noggin, get away with more cool, naughty stuff than the rest of us who are animated only by a telltale heart. The face-offs of Bugs and Daffy in Chuck Jones' cartoons of the '50s involved many shotgun blasts and rearranged duckbills, but the humor and humiliation, the understanding of failure and resilience were instantly translatable to kids and adults...
Just as Jordan needed his Paxson, Cartwright, Kukoc and Harper; so does Feaster need her Basil, Janowski, Seanor and Miller. Jordan has Rodman, Longley, Buechler and Brown; Feaster has Russell, Sturdy, Kowal and Brandt...