Word: drone
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...Brit’s voice is treated, Auto-Tuned, and tweaked until it’s robotic and metallic. This may be a nod to current successes in the hip-hop world like T-Pain or Kanye; it just as likely covers up lost singing talent. The android-like drone complements the futuristic sounds of “Womanizer” and “Mannequin,” but its ubiquitous presence soon becomes grating. And without the driving shock factor, milder songs never come together. “Out From Under,” a slow-dance track...
...Marriott hotel blew himself up, claiming the lives of 53 people, including two Americans and the Czech ambassador. The crying child in Mumbai who had lost his parents wrenched my heart with pain, as did the image of the Pathan child whose family was instantly killed by an American drone attack in northwestern Pakistan. The parallels were all too stark and obvious, and my heart bled as it had at each past instance of terrorism, be it in Islamabad, Mumbai, or Baghdad...
...with the delicate transparency of the fourth movement. The long final movement, with challenging changes of tempo, sometimes came apart, as the orchestra seemed unsure and occasionally almost confused. Still, the movement (and the entire piece) was often transporting, ranging from a reluctant, fateful march to a bitter, resistant drone of the cellos under an expressive alto line...
...first effort at writing verse, but it was the first time I tried to write a long, narrative, epic poem. I somehow decided that doing a book of rhyming couplets would sort of drone on after a while, so I decided to interrupt it with what we're calling "embedded poems." Some of those - maybe about half - are poems that appeared in The Nation. The whole narrative poem is published for the first time in the book...
...desperate pleas for financial assistance from China and Saudi Arabia last month having been rebuffed, forcing Pakistan to accept loans from the International Monetary Fund - but those loans come with stern conditions limiting government spending, the implementation of which will risk inflaming further unrest. A suspected U.S. predator drone attack in the tribal areas on Saturday - one of dozens in recent months - has further alienated a population already suspicious of U.S. interference. Hardly surprising, then, that Pakistani leaders have reacted with alarm to politicians and the media in India pointing a finger at Pakistan-based terror groups over the Mumbai...