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Christopher T. Bayley ’60, who served as president of the Young Republicans at Harvard, said that groups of about 25 students would make trips to New Hampshire on weekends, ringing doorbells to drum up votes in the upcoming Republican primary for either Nixon or his opponent Nelson A. Rockefeller...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard at the New Frontier | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...ODDSAC” opens upon a distraught girl alone in a wallpapered room. As heightening drum beats pound away, the girl begins to frantically tear wallpaper off the walls unleashing a profusion of slick mud, in a scene that invokes Perkins Gillman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The mud torrent is seemingly unstoppable, despite the girl’s frantic struggles, and as the mud continues pouring, the profusion of bizarre sounds increase in volume and fury. The successful unity of the visuals and sound trigger intense emotional responses, arousing feelings even...

Author: By Sarah L. Hopkinson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NEW VISUAL ALBUM: The Sound and Fury of Animal Collective | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

This performance had the added benefit of reaching the prefrosh roaming around campus. "We want them to feel excited and welcome about coming to Harvard," said Drum Major Matthew D. Trout...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Band Loves the 80s Music | 4/25/2010 | See Source »

...former, in particular, uses swelling, melancholic synthesizers and delicately whispered vocals to haunting effect. While “Lalibela” recalls the best of Caribou’s previous releases, that song and “Jamelia” are strange fits on an album dominated by pulsating drum-and-bass beats. Still, they’re a welcome break from the indecisiveness of “Swim’s” fallow middle section...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Caribou | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...don’t write off the event just yet: Olubowale Victor Akintimehin—otherwise known as Wale—is an up-and-coming D.C. rapper and DJ whose innovative work tackles tough issues with a creative bent. Incorporating go-go music, his African background, and unconventional drum beats into his music, Wale has differentiated himself through collaborations with artists ranging from Lady Gaga and Marsha Ambrosius to Talib Kweli and David Sitek of TV on the Radio. FM caught up with Wale to talk about his musical influences, the upcoming performance at Harvard, and freestyling at Denny?...

Author: By Clemmie S. Faust, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Wale | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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