Word: isobel
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...much to do with the overexposure of some of these aptly acclaimed artists' work as with the explosive growth of the medium. So to enter "Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund"-which comprises 65 works by 38 artists, assiduously collected by NGV senior curator Isobel Crombie in conjunction with the prominent Melbourne benefactor-is to see Australian photography afresh...
Hotspot headed to a show featuring the eminently huggable Isobel Campbell, whose cello and wispy soprano voice left Belle and Sebastian a couple albums back...
...them were those who, despite a concerted civic-education effort by the United Nations and aid agencies, don't yet fully understand the new order their vote will help create. At a polling center in Liquica, where a militia attack in April 1999 left hundreds dead or injured, Maria Isobel de Jesus says her family "wants only peace," but she doesn't know what a constitution is. Yet even the confusion did not stop the Timorese embracing the day?with enormous enthusiasm: early figures suggested more than 90% of the 421,000-strong electorate voted. A few polling centers stayed...
...songs were indeed long and trippy; on Wednesday night most lasted close to ten minutes. They were laced with numerous guitar solos and fuzzy distorted interludes, which provided a solid bed of noise upon which interesting stuff happened. Most of that consisted of various sounds produced by lead singer Isobel Sollenberger--not just from her voice, but also from her flute and violin, which consistently gave the tunes some high-pitched variation. Although her lyrics were totally incomprehensible, her voice sounded quite nice as a complement to the rest of the band, which was loud and distorted...
Most characteristic of the band is its sincere and quiet intensity. Opposite Murdoch sings the delicate Isobel Campbell, who also showcases the cello. The bass playing of Stuart David weaves into the vocal sound and serves less as rhythm and more to balance the tender melody...