Search Details

Word: hummingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...turned to the Justice Department for antitrust relief, and he started looking for an exit strategy. So while the district court in Washington moved at its glacial pace to determine whether Microsoft had violated the public trust, Netscape scampered at Net speed into AOL's $4.2 billion embrace. Hum a dirge, friend, and light a candle to your info gods. Netscape, we hardly knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Fall of the Original Web Start-Up | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...famous flutist has put his weight behind one of America's most gifted "new tonalist" composers, with electrifying results. Liebermann's three concertos are custom-made for listeners who find 12-tone music ugly and minimalism simple-minded. The harmonies are savory, the scoring luminous--and, yes, you can hum the tunes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: James Galway Plays Lowell Liebermann | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...closer one gets to Cambridge, the harder it is to escape bagel chains and venues of cashmere sweater sets. Stereo Jacks is a slight hike down Mass Ave from Porter, but the CD, record and tape collection is a refreshing change from the hum-drum top-40 adult contemporary hits of Tower records and even the ultra-trendy underground of In Your Ear. Jack Woker, the proud founder of this establishment, has been providing eccentric music-listeners with old favorites like "Fabulous Harmonica played by the Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: on the T again OUTWARD BOUND | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...synchronization between Larry Mullen on drums and Adam Clayton on bass, U2 has never been afraid to evolve and explore new territories. In fact, their songs only gained new facets and complexities while retaining their heart and emotion. The latest compositions, which are culled from 1989's Rattle and Hum, still have that distinctive U2 sound, despite broadened instrumentation. "When Love Comes To Town" features B.B. King on vocals and guitar, and "Angel of Harlem" features a horn section...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U2 THE GOLDEN YEARS... | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...week only, a CD with U2's B-sides is included with the greatest hits CD. Though other bands have throwaways as B-sides, any songs on this album could have been included on a regular U2 album (in fact, one, "Silver and Gold," was on Rattle and Hum). Worth the extra money alone are U2's haunting, dark version of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" and the U2 originals "Spanish Eyes" and "Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)." Other songs are brooding ("Love Comes Tumbling," "Endless Deep") or simply happy ("Hallelujah Here She Comes"). Only the covers are overly...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U2 THE GOLDEN YEARS... | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

Previous | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | Next