Word: folkishness
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...interior of Bom Jesus is folkish and crudely executed compared with its European prototypes, but the big draw is St. Francis' body, exhibited every 10 years and long held to be miraculously immune from decay. Judging by his partially exposed skull and missing parts, he may have finally succumbed, however. The next showing is scheduled for November...
...idea, he’s not a teenager’s popstar nor is his music suitable for the WB. Rather Yorn is a serious musician, who plays the guitars, bass, piano, drums, tambourines and synth strings on the album and sings as well. His self-created sound mixes folkish American rock with the luscious melodies of British pop. The songs revolve around themes of distance and intimacy, and Yorn refuses to fall into the cliche of lonely singer/songwriter. Instead he notices the failings and exhilarations of love, avoiding the trap of the hopeless romantic. Vocally, he could be described...
...where they were born and raised, they present contrasting faces to the outside world. Victor wants to be silent, stoic, dangerously enigmatic--sort of an old-fashioned movie Indian. Thomas, who seems to be Alexie's surrogate, is, in contrast, a slightly nerdy puppy. And a motormouth, spinning funny, folkish tales, trying to humanize his wary friend and ingratiate himself with strangers...
...Your Arsenal" suffer from the same flatness. "Certain People I know" makes a limp attempt at a country western sound, proving that this child of England's industrial wasteland is simply not cut out to headline at the Grand Ol' Opry. Most of the other tracks are just folkish filler. The only entertaining thing about the aimless, boring "We Hate it When Our Friends Succeed" is the title. It's mystery how he's managed to eke a hit out of the meager, colorless tune...
...fair's green themes seem more with-it. Hungary's folkish, quasi- ecclesiastical pavilion was built out of Hungarian lumber by an imported team of Hungarian carpenters; it has a solitary, mysterious-looking hydroponic oak tree growing inside. The Netherlands' eco-pavilion is exemplary, novel and fun. An open steel superstructure crisscrossed by escalators and ramps, this not-quite-a-building is wrapped, as if by a Whole Earth Christo, in perpetually waterlogged canvas netting, meant to cool the interior by 10 degrees or more. Expo '92, like the 1939 and 1964 world's fairs, also has its obligatory giant...