Word: distraction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...connection between its elements (perhaps it’s about the Munich Olympics?), odds are that the band just wanted a video that would make people go, “Ooh, cool,” happened to see some freeze-frame photos of athletes, and thought it would distract their fans from the fact that they sound exactly like The Bravery...
...string of qualifiers trailing in its wake: this was not a full album, he insisted. Instead, it’s a mini-album, a soundtrack of transition meant to connect its predecessor, “Surrounded by Silence,” with future efforts. Herren’s caveats distract listeners from what is perhaps the most honest way to look at this album: as a reaction. “Security Screenings” clocks in at a healthy 40 minutes, but displays a wider palette of sounds than many records much longer. Last year?...
...possible connection to an alleged North American sports-gambling ring. Should Gretzky, the executive director of Canadian men's hockey, stay away from Torino? If the Great One did show up, would his (unsubstantiated) connections to the controversy tarnish the Olympic ideals? And might the whole affair distract the other athletes? Chambers, the C.O.C. president, tried to minimize the affair. "It's not a big story in Torino," he said, insisting that it was of interest only to North Americans...
Turner's voice is dry and laconic, and he seldom strays from his middle range, but flourishes would only distract from some of the best lyrics ever written by someone who still lives with his parents. On the punk hurricane I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, he yelps, "Oh, there ain't no love, no, Montagues or Capulets/ Just banging tunes in DJ sets and/ Dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness," while the song title You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me gets a laugh on its own. Turner...
...restaurant, said the driver was an employee of Ultimate Valet. “They’re very good,” Deibel said of the company. “They’ll take care of all damages.” Scherer said the crash would not distract him from his studies. “I guess we’ll have to go to Lamont,” he said. —Staff writer Sam Teller can be reached at steller@fas.harvard.edu...