Word: bloodsport
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...great fan of chess," Pichuzkin told the police as he handed over his diary to the police. Indeed, his neighbors and friends confirm he was good at resolving problems on a chessboard, a talent to boast about of in chess-mad Russia. But he turned into bloodsport what a Nabokov character saw as an existential revelation. In The Defense the novelist wrote of one chess-obsessed character's epiphany: "...he had seen something unbearably awesome, the full horror of the abysmal depths of chess. He glanced at the chessboard and his brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness. But the chessmen...
Commuter rage gave way to relief this morning after labor mediators convinced striking New York City transit workers to return their jobs without a contract. That deal was reached on Thursday afternoon. Cursing the walkout had become a bloodsport for New Yorkers in the last three days, but at the 116th Street station in uptown Manhattan, the strike end brought a quick return to normalcy. Commuters streamed past the single station agent with barely a glance, while a couple of French tourists hovered nervously nearby before asking the agent for change for a $20. They were denied...
SNEAKER PIMPS • Bloodsport (Tommy Boy Records) On the Sneaker Pimps’ third album, Bloodsport, they dump their vocalist, Kelly Dayton, the voice of their most recognizable hits, “Six Underground” and “Low Five” and adopt a more raw male vocal sound. The feel of the album can’t be described as alternative. It lies somewhere between indie and electronica, informed as much by the smooth beats of Moby’s relaxed moments as by Apollo Four Forty’s frenetic, guitar-based electronica...
...Aidez.” The first single is “Sick,” a track with angsty vocals and guitar accompaniment that is catchy but in no way representative of the smooth production of the rest of the album. It is difficult to characterize Bloodsport as a whole and this lack of coherence may be what stands between the album and its potential. The Sneaker Pimps do manage to find some moments of brilliance, but they are overshadowed by an experimental sound that prevents them from being entirely accessible. ––Daniel...
...FOOTBALL FANS. The XFL's spectacular failure was a victory for authentic sports and a warning to the WWF and NBC, its founding partners, that even bloodsport fans have standards. They promised us smashmouth football; we got trashmouth football narrated by Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and played by buffoons. Hooray for football fans who tackled this one for a loss...