Word: britishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mayor was appalled, most of all by The Holy Virgin Mary, a 1996 collage by Chris Ofili, an award-winning British artist who uses elephant feces in his work. "The idea of having so-called works of art in which people are throwing elephant dung at a picture of the Virgin Mary is sick," said Giuliani. He announced that the city would cut its funding to the museum--about $7 million this year, or a third of the museum's budget--unless Sensation was canceled...
...hire people who may not know a debenture from a dividend, but who do understand carbon-dioxide emissions or child-labor scams. Thus, when the London office of KPMG recently formed its new Sustainability Advisory Services (SAS), it hired the core personnel en masse from the Body Shop, the British cosmetics firm that helped pioneer the practice of corporate social and environmental accountability...
...favor the [British] Empire, don't take this personally," he said, adding that, as someone with 30 years of experience teaching, he preferred a less rigid environment...
...singer Louise Rhodes and multi-instrumentalist Andy Barlow--better known as Lamb--craft excellent trip-hoppy pop in an unmistakeably British style, like a less morose Portishead. That comparison, however, belies the nature of the duo's music. The soundscapes that Barlow creates behind Rhodes's voice refuse to gel into the standard trip-hop forms; bebop, drum 'n' bass and harsh techno beats all find their way into an eminently digestible mix. The band has undeniable indie cred: they've sampled Charlie Parker, scored a British hit with a song based on the work of classical composer Henryk Grecki...
Picking "the next Radiohead" may soon replace cricket as the British sport that no one else seems to understand. Muse, a trio of typically dour young lads, is the latest band unfortunate enough to be yoked with such lofty comparisons. After nearly sparking a religious revival among the British music press, Muse are hoping the success of Showbiz, their debut album, doesn't get held up in customs on the way to the States. But while Muse's mix of reedy vocals, simmering guitars and slinking keyboards burns with an intensity and focus that at least vaguely justifies the Radiohead...