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...guitar line; double kick drumming outlines a simple but conspicuously slow tempo, and the crash symbol weaves the disparate strands together. These are all acceptable punk ingredients—or, in the wrong hands, a recipe for nausea. Unfortunately, the latter is the case here. Our first reaction (the gag reflex): Isn’t Blink 182 a bit young to have a tribute band on its coattails? Our second reaction (the cogitative reaction): This is elevator punk—I’m not being challenged as a listener, either musically or lyrically. Our third reaction (put into perspective...
...hanging up my reportorial keyboard and donning the velvet gag of the public-relations man, well, I'm sure the news will be ably reported while I'm gone and still around when I get back. I'd get to participate in something instead of just writing about it from the outside. Maybe I hear a few things that you folks don't. And if the Army thinks I can help us win, well - I am rooting for our side. Happy to help...
...work--from Microsoft's competitors. My AOL connection refused to recognize my cable modem and tried to connect via the phone, something Microsoft says AOL will "fix" in its forthcoming 7.0 release. Liquid Audio, a popular music player, had the dubious distinction of causing my machine to gag. And Java programs now require you to find, download and install a special piece of software. Oh, well. Life's not perfect under a monopoly. Better get used...
When movie stars cut albums, they can't help but trigger a gag reflex. Everyone is suspicious of people who write songs between close-ups and mudbaths. Thousands of upstanding citizens spend the best years of their lives trying to take a garage band bigtime and never score a record deal, goes the knee-jerk response, so how can already rich and universally-adored actors feel they have the right to regard music as their sideline? Valid as that complaint may be, a survey of three upcoming records by movie stars reveals that every once in a while celebrity dabblers...
...half. "Acme Novelty Library" #15 (September) will be Chris Ware's return to the form since the triumphant hardcover collection, "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth." Lauded even by the mainstream press for his intricate design and sardonic wit, this new issue will be over-sized and full of "gag" pages, rather than part of a continuing story...