Word: chop
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...concept and execution, Chop Suey is a marvelous paradox. It is an “autobiographical documentary” about the world of high fashion, of glitzy entertainment, of celebrity—essentially of people who create and inhabit sublime artificial realities. Bright colors, strange costumes and set pieces command its filmic landscape. Fabulous and freakish personalities float past the lens. We lucky spectators get nice heaping eyefuls of homoerotic icons, fashion designers, super athletes, bright shining Stars, surfer dudes, tragically hip youth, quadriplegic artists. Everything is ready for its close-up; everything is so chock full of life...
...first full-length documentary since 1988’s Let’s Get Lost, Chop Suey is an extended scrapbook session of his life and career, rendered in striking color. On a personal tour through his extensive back catalogue, he takes his camera into smoky jazz clubs and under water, ring-side at boxing matches and bed-side in nurseries. He turns a train trestle into an oversized jungle gym for Adonis Males. He shows us elephants romping in the surf, and strapping lads trotting jauntily alongside as Golden Retrievers, groomed to white-blond perfection...
Whether one agrees with System’s political views, it’s certain that a great many are listening to what the band have to say. Their sophomore opus, Toxicity, has spawned the band’s first true hit, “Chop Suey.” The track’s music video has gained surprising attention on MTV as frequent play on mainstream radio. But while the success of other metal acts has been tainted with inner-industry cries of “sell-out” and a subsequent loss of respect...
...GOSSIP OF THE WEEK: Jason A. Abrahams ‘03 ate his pork chop before his salad Wednesday night in the Lowell dining hall. “I didn’t want the pork chop to get cold. With the salad, temperature doesn’t really matter,” he explained...Jennifer T. Cohen ’02 bought new pens yesterday. “My pens ran out of ink so I needed new ones,” she commented...William K. Weaver ‘98-’03 took Linden St. instead...
Once you try it, you will understand why Berkshire pork sells for 60[cents] per lb. wholesale--about 50% more than factory-grown skinny pigs--and about $9 for a jumbo pork chop online. It's the Ben & Jerry's of pork: socially conscientious and sinfully delicious...