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The Giants are a whacky bunch of characters. Their rotund vocalist, dressed in a white swami shirt with gold glitter is given to meaningless but emphatic gestures and grimaces; the lounge lizard bassist leers maniacally; the professorial drummer wears an Oakland A's baseball outfit. They play in front of a backdrop that features geometric patterns I think I've seen before on the sheets at Bloomingdales. | The Giants are a whacky bunch of characters. Their rotund vocalist, dressed in a white swami shirt with gold glitter is given to meaningless but emphatic gestures and grimaces; the lounge lizard bassist leers maniacally; the professorial drummer wears an Oakland A's baseball outfit. They play in front of a backdrop that features geometric patterns I think I've seen before on the sheets at Bloomingdales. | ||
The preconcert tape of Frank Zappa's "Yellow Snow" should have warned me; the Giants are partial to the Zappa/Beefheart/Bonzo school of erratic yo-yo virtuosity. | The preconcert tape of [[Frank Zappa]]'s "Yellow Snow" should have warned me; the Giants are partial to the Zappa/Beefheart/Bonzo school of erratic yo-yo virtuosity. | ||
One quartet for flute, violin, cello an zylophone was intriguing and an intricate five-man a-cappella number was cleverly arranged. More common, though, was buoyant, disjointed loopiness suitable for some futuristic music hall, hopefully beyond this observer's lifetime. | One quartet for flute, violin, cello an zylophone was intriguing and an intricate five-man a-cappella number was cleverly arranged. More common, though, was buoyant, disjointed loopiness suitable for some futuristic music hall, hopefully beyond this observer's lifetime. | ||