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...magicians, calculus-focused raps, and boy-band stars performing at the Freshman Talent Show in September 2001, Daniel J. Zaccagnino ’05 had one thing on his mind: a lonely banjo case lying on the ground, no owner in sight...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Musician Brings Veritas to Ears | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Within a month, the banjo-playing duo were a fixture on the steps of Weld Hall and Widener Library, their pluck entertaining Asian tourists and anyone else who would listen...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Musician Brings Veritas to Ears | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Cowboy Troy's first single, I Play Chicken with the Train, which features Big & Rich, was not designed to put traditionalists at ease. On first listen, it's almost comically dissonant; a grimy lead guitar fights for control with a banjo as Troy's deep, rat-a-tat-tat delivery flies by. But it does grow on you and soon finds a stomping middle ground between the Sugarhill Gang and Charlie Daniels. In the online-opinion maelstrom, about 50% of people seem to enjoy their first exposure to hick-hop; the rest can safely be described as horrified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of Troy | 5/24/2005 | See Source »

Commodore officials insist that the Amiga is a technological marvel, rivaling in quality professional graphics systems (see COMPUTERS). The machine has a color palette of 4,096 hues, animation abilities that make soccer balls bounce, and a keyboard that sounds like a banjo one minute and an electric guitar the next. Computer buffs are impressed, but the general public seems skeptical about all home machines. WINE Guaranteed Not to Freeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Aug. 5, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...good stretch of Crumb's career, from his early formative years to his recent autobiographical work. If it all gets too much, there's a chance to drop out, or at least drop off, in a chill-out zone with Crumb's music on the soundtrack. He plays the banjo, composes his own music, and is into early jazz. Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, is also a cartoonist and sometimes they produce his-and-hers strips - he draws him, she draws her. A Day in Our Beautiful Life (2000) shows them after they moved to a French village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Cat Of Them All | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

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