Word: celtic
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...Their daughter Hannah is now eight months old. West says that the name of their record company is inspired by the idea of music pointing in many different directions. Compass Records’ artists are a motley mix, with styles ranging from that of jazz bassist Victor Wooten to Celtic phenomenon Kate Rusby to British pop artist Bill Jones. West and Brown have even released an album of music played on the North Australian didgeridoo...
...DiCAPRIO: These were basically Celtic tribes set in the landscape of a new world. This was Europe forming a new society in America. People had a different code of ethics at the time. For example, guns were considered a dishonorable weapon, not a manly way to settle your differences. More specifically, I think that branding has more to do with the dynamic between Bill and Amsterdam - with the ancient code of ethics that these men had, a code of respecting the person you're opposing, and fighting things out the old fashioned...
...film's climax, the Draft Riots engulf the city as Bill and Amsterdam line up for their final face-off--a Celtic clan skirmish that has little to do with the larger atrocities. The point may be that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of corpses when anarchy breaks loose. This daring, perhaps confusing declaration of irrelevance suggests that the epic is a form a director like Scorsese must subvert even as he invokes it. But it doesn't erase the sordid splendor of Scorsese's congested, conflicted, entrancing achievement. --By Richard Corliss...
...those who thought all hams were created equal, Tamburini offers the premium Culatello prosciutto, taken from the most prized section of the pork hind. At €51.65 a kg, it's worth every buttery cent. Mortadella, the region's famed processed pork meat, is believed to have arrived from Celtic conquerors who were used to eating their meat in paté form. Though now considered a poor-man's sandwich filler, mortadella used to be made from the finest cut of the livestock, before production was increased and popularized after World War I. Tamburini is convinced that the region...
...Sophomore year we were using this kitchen in Jordan, and a tutor came by and stuck her head in and said, “What’s that smell?” he recalls. The beginning brewers, all underage, explained to her that they were making Celtic stew. “She smiled and walked away,” Sullivan says. This time, Sullivan brews in the name of his fraternity, Sigma Chi, and has given his brew a curiously long name, “Three Cowboys and an Indian...