Word: banters
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...most of all, the album simply avoids the usual pitfalls of live albums—poor sound quality, tone-deaf guitar work, inane stage banter, etc. James Lynch and Marc Orrell’s guitars roar without overpowering the songs; indeed, two of the Murphys’ most rousing offerings (“For Boston” and a strangely moving “Amazing Grace”) feature enigmatic bagpiper Spicy McHaggis. Even the audience comes through in the clutch, shouting lyrics word-for-word when charismatic frontman Al Barr’s voice drops out. Of course, nothing...
...would have been an unremarkable exchange, if only the two men hadn't been live on the air, purportedly delivering television commentary on the Open for Italy's Tele+ cable network. This, however, was typically digressive banter from Clerici, 72, and Tommasi, 68. An announcing tandem for more than 20 years, they fill their broadcasts with more random ruminations, mutual dissing and off-color commentary than Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. "Even people who don't like tennis will watch them to hear what outrageous things they're saying and doing," says Rita Grande, an Italian currently ranked...
...whether a black man will ever be able to kiss a white woman onscreen (we won't say). All this local intelligence supports the view that people make a mess of their lives, then try to clean up by sweeping that mess under a rug of propriety, hostility or banter...
...These are the wild and wacky Hash House Harriers, part jogging group, part frat party?and self-described "drinking club with a running problem." "Hashers" trot and sprint together not just for exercise but to socialize and banter (in their own arcane jargon), and to quaff copious amounts of beer that cancel out the very health benefits they gain from running. Many people?mostly expatriates? find the mix appealing, and "hash" chapters have mushroomed in cities worldwide...
...first I was annoyed, but I eventually grew to love the way their loud, mindless, Southern-accented banter added some life to the morning bus trip, and now that they’re gone, the ride from my dorm to the subway stop is a little lonelier...