Word: charme
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...direct the video, both of which are infectiously kinetic. Cuts syncopated with the hyperactive beat switch off images of the rappers with shots of dance moves that are impossibly fluid and at the same time fantastically chaotic. What sets the video apart is its off-beat charm. Rather than reveling in excess, the concern seems to be something closer to an accurate portrayal, or at least a more realistic fantasy: 40 gets a haircut, Keak performs at a fast food joint, and video vixens are conspicuously absent, although everyone involved does seem to wear a giant chain.As a bonus...
...limits, Tortoise swelling up and down while Oldham’s falsetto peaks out through layers of effects. ‘Daniel,’ ‘Pancho,’ and ‘The Calvary Cross’ all allow Oldham’s fragile charm to shine through, offset well by softer instrumentation from Tortoise, avoiding the dissonance and conflict between the two styles that occurs on tracks like ‘It’s Expected I’m Gone.’ Staunch Oldham fans, used to the threadbare Appalachian melodies of Palace...
Though Harvard may not have a structured forum like MIT’s Charm School, Goodman said she has picked up social skills through mediums such as the Women’s Leadership Conference and Office of Career Services events. “I think that we do have our own charm school except it’s not done in nearly such a laid-back or fun manner,” Goodman said. “People take it way more seriously [at Harvard...
...remains unconvinced that Harvard students possess charm...
...Although they possess the same shape-shifting charm, Jungen's masks are much more than art-world variations on TransFormer toys. What they are is a kind of penetrating, wise-guy folk art. They reach into realms that have to do with magic and the objects that presume to have it, with power and the gaudy ways it announces itself, with the degradation of native art into gift-shop kitsch and the elevation of celebrity sports gear into sacred bling. By conflating tribal fetish and consumer trophy, Jungen has managed to tie any number of cultural assumptions and anxieties into...