Word: clank
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loud," he says. "And the voices were far too shrill and strident... I'm relieved I have the opportunity to get this [reworked], because it would have destroyed the film." To lighten the tone, some of the score will be softened. Miller says he is even tuning down the clank when Farmer Hoggett falls into a well, because "people thought he was dead...
...three dozen kids might jump a train, eventually reminiscing the joy rides into tall tales. To be sure, getting onboard isn't that tough. The trains routinely stop at the Hop-In Grocery for a coffee break. But when the train gets going, it really gets going. The wheels clank heavily against the tracks and the cars rattle and shake fiercely. The fainthearted are left wishing they had never hopped on. The real pros, though, ride that baby confidently and wait for just the right moment to jump off and roll, stunt-man style, upon the grassy bend...
...show would have been staged but for the curiosity value of its author, Ono does have talent. Abler at providing catchy musical hooks than at building ballads to emotional peaks, she has assembled (and partly recycled) a likable score free of her trademark screeching. Most of the lyrics clank, but a few are funny or touching. A compelling group stomp called I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window deftly captures the nihilistic self-loathing of many street kids. At such moments, New York Rock seems pertinent. Otherwise, despite a production of great energy and inventiveness, sweet...
...always be there, telling silly jokes, making me laugh," said one soft-spoken woman over the clank and whine of the church heaters...
...sufficient to alert a computer user that his machine had been turned on or that a floppy disk had failed. Then came the Macintosh, with its built-in sound chips and an onscreen control panel that enabled Mac enthusiasts to replace the beep with a boing, a clink-clank or a monkey's chirp. Finally, last spring Microsoft put sound- control software in the latest version of its Windows program, extending the power to customize a computer's noises to the 90 million owners of IBM PCs and compatible machines...