Word: eclecticism
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It's a surefire way to whip up a crowd this summer: "All governments are liars and murderers," says the voice of the late American outlaw-comic Bill Hicks, in a sound loop repeating over and over as 6,000 fans watch a giant screen flash images of George W...
DIED. NINA SIMONE, 70, fiery, eclectic singer and classically trained pianist who was known, somewhat inaccurately, as the "high priestess of soul"; of undisclosed causes; in Carry-le-Rouet, France. Born Eunice Waymon (she changed her name so her mother wouldn't catch on to her pop career), the onetime...
The Barking Crab’s rudimentary cracking devices, along with its blasé Jimmy Buffet atmosphere, make for a fun and relaxing dining experience. Even the waitstaff is in good spirits, sailing from table to table while whistling along to the eclectic background music. Tarr and the rest of...
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST. By all accounts, this new offering from veteran Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki is a bizarre, eclectic offering, trafficking heavily in dark humor and kitschy music. Kaurismaki focuses his story on an injured, amnesia-addled man who falls in love with the woman who...
And a bizarre tradition it is. Lauren E. “Orly” Kivett-Ripmaster ’03 calls the 130 basement murals “a bunch of eclectic quotes and artwork that epitomize Adams House.”