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RLISP: “Runners left in scoring position.” Often this term is associated with a team devoid of “clutch” players. Sourcebook articles indicate Oakland A’s as most lucid case study...
...fact, to preserve the theoretical intentions of his piece "Sliding Down a Volcano With Kleenex Boxes as Skis," Lawrence Weimer resorts to a textual caption, since the visual image itself is apparently not enough. The drawing is strictly geometrical and almost devoid of a visual subject matter. Three bold black curves, each crowned with an unassuming hexagon, cut large swaths across the page (not, mind you, the canvass), and converge on a fourth prosaic stroke. It is almost entirely visually uninteresting and the negative space accounts for the vast majority of the framed image. It represents a feat...
Aesop Rock makes backpackers across the continent salivate. He is the embodiment of “lyricism,” spitting out line after abstract line in ideal multi-syllabic, rapid-fire fashion. He makes his own beats, off-kilter pastiches of lo-fi drums and weird bass noises. Devoid of charisma, he is a bastion of grim determination and pure skills. And best of all, he is Underground—known only to the backpacking elite, his primary means of publicity for several years was the internet. Now on New York City’s Def Jux label?...
Reconstruction is a truly excellent documentary, fully realized with a surprisingly fascinating, obscure historical context. Lusztig has shown her dominating presence in the world of filmmaking, and has proven that a trip to the art house doesn’t have to be cold and devoid of behind-the-camera personality, but can be warmly, forgivably subjective...
...more than a couple passionate sentences in a whole volume of criticism? The few attempts at humor don’t really work; some jokes repeat themselves in different essays. And it all manages to be astonishingly devoid of gusto, even in its highest praise. In her “Letter to Borges’’ (1996)—a wise, charitable and admirable short work—she makes clear her affection for the man’s writing, but with no locutions less stiff than “I miss you?...