Word: eccentricism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
2. On a particularly eccentric walker: "The most extreme Los Angeles walker I know is called Mudman, a persona of the artist Kim Jones. In order to become Mudman, Jones coats his body in mud, pulls a thick nylon stocking over his head, puts on a foam headdress, and then...
3. On just one of a multitude of ridiculous walking bets: "Peter Radford, in his book The Celebrated Captain Barclay, recounts some gloriously eccentric pedestrian contests. One was devised by 'an unnamed Duke' who wagered a thousand guineas that he could find a man to walk the ten miles from...
But he paid his dues. He kicked around various movie studios and did minor TV work - Maverick, The Alaskans, Ivanhoe - for years before The Saint landed in his lap. It was heaven-sent: just like that he was famous and rich, and after moving on to a one-season series...
On the last Sunday in October, the atmosphere in Sanders Theatre resonated with a mixture of mystery and anticipation. The audience was a mixture, as well—of old and young, rustic and intellectual, neophyte and old believer. When the man that they were all waiting for, that had...
At some point in the late 1990s, hip-hop became weighed down by bling and, taking its cue from the diamonds that adorned the necks of most of its artists, grew harder and more polished. Electronic sounds further stretched the genre, but an orthodox mainstream was born and experimentation fell...