Word: becking
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...Richard S. Beck...
...troubled, but not too troubled, teens get empowered and mimic the “black power” salute. The song’s lyrics, so deep that they’re meaningless, are written as by an invisible hand, graffiti-style, on the wall. Oy. -Richard S. Beck...
...from which the word whisky derives) in Glasgow's West End. He's nursing a rare dram, and only a stuffed stag's head on the wall stares in our direction. But his days of anonymity may be numbered. Murdoch is talking enthusiastically about recording with producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air) in Los Angeles between games of football with Robbie Williams and other Brit expats. "We think the album is going to have a degree of permanence because it sounds so solid," says Murdoch, "and you can dance to it." The faithful need not worry, however. The album is filled...
...wall-of-sound cover of the "Tetris" theme), both of which paid tribute to the lo-fi gamer aesthetic in their music. Hella start their debut album (2002's masterful "Hold Your Horse Is") with an 8-bit intro, before launching into their more familiar noise-rock stylings. Even Beck released an EP of 8-bit style remixes of his 2005 "Guero" album, borrowing the Nintendocolor aesthetic of underground video artists Paper Rad for his "GHETTOCHIP MALFUNCTION (Hell Yes)" music video.So what is this "Nintendo music," really? Who were these mysterious video game composers, who determined the sonic environment...
...just as cognitive therapy didn't simply pop into Beck's head when he learned to master his tunnel phobia, ACT is more than the sum of Hayes' experiences. As Hayes' anxiety condition improved in the '80s, he worked with scores of clients and students in his lab to develop the therapy. The lab did studies showing how humans narrow the range of their behaviors based on rules they hear, even in situations where rules hurt them. For instance, Hayes conducted experiments showing that subjects who could have earned more money for doing simple tasks (like moving a light around...