Word: bastardization
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...calm before the storm. “Easy Does It” kicks these jangly sleigh bells, gently strummed acoustic guitars, and heavenly harp right off a cliff to good effect. The possessed drums and guitars spar in a spastic soloing bout, while Thom Yorke’s bastard child croons a siren’s song to the wild things...
...this excerpt from an interview with Method Man, on “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),” the Clan’s debut LP. Hip-hop’s original dynasty, the Wu-Tang clan—which includes the RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, GZA and others—brought a new sound and philosophy to late ’80s/early ’90s hip-hop“The Wu-Tang Manual,” written by the RZA, reveals the diverse inspirations for his philosophy and art?...
...Federal Emergency Management Agency to house homeless parish employees, councilman-at-large Joey DiFatta is echoing that subversive sentiment after hearing some critics in Washington claim that St. Bernard should not be rebuilt at all. "I'll tell you why we need to rebuild this parish. When that bastard up north is paying $5 a gallon because the two biggest oil refineries in Louisiana--both located here--are not producing gas for his fat-cat car, that's when he'll learn about St. Bernard Parish," he says. "They better realize we count. The rest of the nation capitalizes...
Without any ideological ballast, the Bush Presidency resembles nothing more than the bastard child of the Harding and Johnson administrations: from cronyism at home (from Brown at FEMA to the Miers nomination) and abroad (Iraq reconstruction contracts), to overly ambitious Great Society spending at home (Medicaid) and quagmire wars (Iraq, again). If, despite a comfortable Senate majority, Bush will not or cannot nominate a bold constructionist to the Supreme Court, it is clear that the administration and the Republican Party at large are without cohesive intellectual principles, message or vision; they are unified only by their short-term desire...
...painting is a sign about where in one of his 40 houses he keeps that particular piece, or, better yet, how he carries it with him to each of his 40 houses. The title? “Things I Love: The Many Collections of William Koch”. That bastard...