Boppers

Josh Donaldson threw to the bases Friday and barring setbacks, is nearing a rehab assignment and having their two big boppers slugging together could be the pick-me-up the team needs.

Picture it: a vast song and dance with body-popping, dry ice and deely-boppers for the climactic battle with the White Walkers.

Christian and the other early boppers would also begin stating a harmony in their improvised line before it appeared in the song form being outlined by the rhythm section.

Instead of using jagged phrasing to create rhythmic interest, as the early boppers had, these musicians constructed their improvised lines out of long strings of eighth notes and simply accented certain notes in the line to create rhythmic variety.