Splendors in the Grass
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and proceeded to entertain the house.  The web of tonal colors she created with her deep alto and jazzy fingerstyle guitar was complemented by her spellbinding lyrics.

   In some instances, she adhered to unusual song structures: slow atmospheric jazzy openings, followed by a rockabilly-country feel. Interesting covers were also thrown in. Kurt Weill's "Alabama Song"(made famous by the Doors) was given the ultimate treatment it deserved as Nicki accentuated the extremely funny, albeit ignored lyrics.  Next was Rodgers and Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things;" a version that would make Coltrane turn his head.
   For guitar freaks out there, Nicki is a slave to alternative tunings, a practice she stumbled upon by accident as she was learning how to play the damn thing. Nicki certainly has progressed over the past couple of years. Nicki's style can be welcome in a number of disciplines: alternative, folk, jazz-blues, and cabaret. Her next performance will be on the Spectacle on 88.7 WRSU-FM Rutgers University Radio and the Broadway Central Café on December 15 (Dogs of War). She is also currently recording a CD with  Jim Raia.
   Next were two stalwarts of New York's Anti-folk scene, Joie's Dead Blonde Girlfriend and Lach & the Secrets.
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Surf Club to Stay!!
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are hot and which are not. The Surf Club maintains it will pick entertainment based on responses.
   "Our goal -- bring the locals back home,'' reads the Web site.
   The questionnaire also decides the host of Miss Planet Surf 2002.
   For more information, go to Joey Harrison's Surf Club online at
www.joeyharrisonssurfclub.com --by Catherine E. Galioto, Staff Writer